Study sets matching "social studies test vocabulary"
Study sets
Diagrams
Classes
Users
interdependence
immigration
refugee
developing nations
A relationship between countries in which they rely on one ano…
Migration to a new location
A person who has been forced to leave their country in order t…
A nation where the average income is much lower than in indust…
interdependence
A relationship between countries in which they rely on one ano…
immigration
Migration to a new location
Rivalry
Peninsulare
Creole
Mestizo
Competition for the same objective or for superiority in the s…
Was a spanish- born spaniard, residing in the new world or the…
This was a class of race in Latin America that were descendant…
This person would be a mix of Indian and European
Rivalry
Competition for the same objective or for superiority in the s…
Peninsulare
Was a spanish- born spaniard, residing in the new world or the…
glacier
migration
agriculture
civilization
a huge, thick sheet of slowly moving ice
movement from once region to another
farming
a group of people who have government, religion, and culture
glacier
a huge, thick sheet of slowly moving ice
migration
movement from once region to another
harvest
agriculture
fertilizer
combine
when ripe crops are ready to be gathered
the business of growing crops and raising animals
chemicals that are used to help plants grow
a machine that makes harvesting faster
harvest
when ripe crops are ready to be gathered
agriculture
the business of growing crops and raising animals
Landform
mesa
plateau
canyon
a natural feature of the earths surface
similar to a hill except that its top is flat and not rounded
a large, flat, raised area of land
deep narrow valley with steep rocky sides
Landform
a natural feature of the earths surface
mesa
similar to a hill except that its top is flat and not rounded
history
geography
natural resource
climate
the study of past events
the study of the physical features of the earth
things from the earth that people use
the general weather of a place over a long time
history
the study of past events
geography
the study of the physical features of the earth
Migration
Culture
Monarchy
Agriculture
moving from place to place
a way of life that people create for themselves and pass on to…
Type of government where the king had the power that was passe…
Farming of crops
Migration
moving from place to place
Culture
a way of life that people create for themselves and pass on to…
era
archaeology
artifact
paleontology
a large division of time
the study of the past by looking at what people left behind
an object made by people
the study of the past using fossils
era
a large division of time
archaeology
the study of the past by looking at what people left behind
Geography
Physical Geography
Human Geography
Spatial Scale
The study of the Earth and the ways people interact with the E…
the study of natural characteristics of Earth
the study of the ways people interact with the Earth
the different sized "containers" or ways to group places toget…
Geography
The study of the Earth and the ways people interact with the E…
Physical Geography
the study of natural characteristics of Earth
compass rose
cardinal directions
map scale
primary source
a tool on a map that tells you direction
north, south, east, west
a tool on a map that tells you distance
a first-hand account of an event in the past
compass rose
a tool on a map that tells you direction
cardinal directions
north, south, east, west
exploration
colonization
mercantilism
representative government
traveling to new territories
state sponsored settlement of people to new territories
economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materi…
political system where policies are created
exploration
traveling to new territories
colonization
state sponsored settlement of people to new territories
Continents
Equator
Hemispheres
Prime Meridian
Earths largest land masses... The 7 largest landmasses in the wor…
An imaginary line splitting the earth into two hemispheres.
Half of the Earth in different sections like North, South, Eas…
divides the earth between the eastern and western hemispheres
Continents
Earths largest land masses... The 7 largest landmasses in the wor…
Equator
An imaginary line splitting the earth into two hemispheres.
Multicultural
Cultural diffusion
Push factors
Migration
Relating to or including many different cultures.
The spread of ideas, innovations, etc. from one person or grou…
Factors that force a person to move from one place to another.
Moving from one place to another.
Multicultural
Relating to or including many different cultures.
Cultural diffusion
The spread of ideas, innovations, etc. from one person or grou…
Excavation
Sarcophagus
Kitchen Midden
Prehistory
In archaeology, the systematic digging of an area of the groun…
A stone coffin; any coffin
A rubbish heap, including artifacts and bones, left in a settl…
The history of humans before writing begins
Excavation
In archaeology, the systematic digging of an area of the groun…
Sarcophagus
A stone coffin; any coffin
political party
electoral college
Democratic-Republican party
Federalist party
The aim of a _______________is to elect officials who will try…
When the system was first created, the members of the ________…
Led by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, the _______________…
The upper class and the elitists were strong supporters of the…
political party
The aim of a _______________is to elect officials who will try…
electoral college
When the system was first created, the members of the ________…
antebellum
wwI
Civil War
Huey Long
Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civ…
A war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies, notably Bri…
The period of warfare between the Confederate States of Americ…
"Kingfish" Rep. senator of LA; pushed "Share Our Wealth" progr…
antebellum
Belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civ…
wwI
A war fought from 1914 to 1918 between the Allies, notably Bri…
region
environment
natural resources
minerals
An area with common features that set it apart from other areas
the surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live
things found in nature that people can use.
nonrenewable resources that are found in the ground. Examples,…
region
An area with common features that set it apart from other areas
environment
the surroundings in which people, plants, and animals live
hemisphere
longitude
latitude
International Date Line
half of the world: northern or southern hemisphere
parallel lines that measure the distance east and west of the…
parallel lines marking off the distance north and south of the…
the longitudinal line where the date begins, located in the Pa…
hemisphere
half of the world: northern or southern hemisphere
longitude
parallel lines that measure the distance east and west of the…
Absentee Voting
Ballot
Blue State
Candidate
A way people can vote when they can't get to their polling pla…
A document listing the different people running for office tha…
A Democratic State
A person running for office.
Absentee Voting
A way people can vote when they can't get to their polling pla…
Ballot
A document listing the different people running for office tha…
bay
glacier
harbor
lake
a part of an ocean or lake that cuts deeply into the land
a huge sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land
a sheltered place along a coast where boats can dock
water surrounded by land
bay
a part of an ocean or lake that cuts deeply into the land
glacier
a huge sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land
Bering Land Bridge
Paleo Indians
migration
hunters-gatherers
a strip of land between northeastern Asia and Alaska
the people who used the Bering Land Bridge to cross into Alaska
a movement of people or animals from one region to another
people who hunted animals and gathered wild plants for food
Bering Land Bridge
a strip of land between northeastern Asia and Alaska
Paleo Indians
the people who used the Bering Land Bridge to cross into Alaska