8th grade Ch 1-3 Study Guide Louisiana History

Location in relation to another place

• Relative location

• Absolute location

• Exact coordinates

• Fixed position

An abnormal amount of water raised by a storm

• Storm surge

• Tidal wave

• Flash flood

• Monsoon rain

Measurement of distances North and South of the equator

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Altitude

• Meridian

Manmade lakes

• Lake Mead

• Lake Victoria

• Lake Superior

• Lake Baikal

Rain or snow that fell

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

Low-lying ground next to a river

• Floodplain

• Mountain

• Desert

• Plateau

A U-shaped body of water

• Bay

• Lagoon

• Gulf

• Cove

The study of people and societies who lived before written records

• Archaeology

• Paleontology

• Anthropology

• Sociology

Prefix meaning Middle

• Meso

• Pre

• Post

• Sub

The culture that appeared at the end of the Paleo period in the lower Mississippi Valley; they created a different spearhead than the rest of the Paleo-Indians

• Clovis culture

• Folsom culture

• Dalton culture

• Adena culture