Vocab List #2

an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest

• Artifacts

• Landmarks

• Elevation

• Mound

the boundary of an area of land, or an object marking this

• Elevation

• Landmarks

• Mound

• Artifacts

height above a given level, especially sea level

• Canyon

• Artifacts

• Mound

• Elevation

a large open area of grassland

• Aquifer

• Aquifer

• Prairie

• Mission

a deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it

• Waterways

• Landmarks

• Escarpment

• Canyon

a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater

• Aquifer

• Mission

• Canyon

• Elevation

a long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights

• Escarpment

• Mission

• Prairie

• Artifacts

a river, canal, or other route for travel by water

• Mound

• Canyon

• Waterways

• Landmarks

a rounded mass projecting above a surface

• Elevation

• Prairie

• Aquifer

• Mound

a settlement founded to spread Christianity to the people in the area

• Landmarks

• Artifacts

• Aquifer

• Mission