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Exploration of Texas
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Absolute Chronology | A chronology that determines the age of a feature or event in years, Ex: 1982, 2020 |
| Coast | Land near the shore or sea |
| Conflicting territorial claims | A disagreement over the possession or control of land between two or more territorial entities. |
| Defining characteristics | A property that defines that which possesses it. |
| Eras | periods of time in history |
| Exploration | Traveling in or through an unfamiliar area |
| Gold | A yellow precious metal |
| Historians | A person who studies history and writes about the past |
| Major eras | Important span of time in history, Ex: Age of Contact in Texas 1519-1689 |
| Mapping | Making a map and/or charting the land |
| Relative Chronology | A chronology that determines the age of a feature or event relative to the age of other features or events, Ex: younger than, older than |
| Settlement | a place where a colony or any small community of people live |
| 1519 | Alonso Alvarez de Pineda was the first known European to explore and map the Texas coastline |
| Era: Age of Contact | The era when Spanish and French discovery of Texas took place |
| France and Spain, Spanish, Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca |
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