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social studies #1
definitons
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The study of the past | History |
| A person who studies the past | Historian |
| Proof that something happened | Evidence |
| Records made by people who saw or took place in an event | Primary Sources |
| Records written by someone who was not there at the time of the event | Secondary Sources |
| Time sequence | Chronological order |
| A diagram that shows the order in which events happened | Timeline |
| How a person looks at a problem or an event | Point of view |
| An action that makes something else happen | Cause |
| Something that results from something else happening | Effect |
| The study of the earth and the way people interact with the earth | Geography |
| Five big ideas that help people understand geography | The five themes of geography |
| the geographic theme that answers the question Where is it? | Location |
| the geoc theme that answers the question "What is it like there?" | Place |
| Geographic features that were not made by humans | Physical Characteristics |
| Geographic features that were made by people | Human Characteristics |
| Ways in which people use ,adapt,or modify with the earth | Human/enviornment interaction |
| The geographic theme that explains how and why people, goods, and ideas move | Movement |
| an area with one or more common features | Region |
| Not enough | Scarcity |
| There are only certain amounts of resources | Limited resources |
| There is no end to the number of things people want and need | Unlimited wants |
| Workers and their skills | Human resources |
| Things in nature that people see as useful | Natural resources |
| Things that are used to produce more goods and services | Capital resources |
| When you make a choice, your opportunity cost is the second thing you wanted most | Opportunity cost |
| Someone who makes goods or provides services | Producer |
| someone who buys goods and services | Consumer |
| When people produce only some of the goods and services they consume | specialization |
| To trade | Exchange |
| A system people use to excercise authority distribute power, and regulate conduct of people | Government |
| the study of the rights and duties of citizens | civics |
| Federal, State and Local Governments | Levels of Government |
| The government of our country | Federal Government |
| The government of one of the fifty states | State Government |
| People elect representatives to make laws for them and be their leaders | Representative Government |
| One of three different sections of government | Branches of Government |
| The branch of government that enforces laws | Executive Branch |
| The branch of government that decides what laws mean | Judicial branch |
| Things people believe in that bring people togrther as Americans | Core Democratic Values |
| The branch of goverment that makes laws | Legislative Branch |
| Different ways people use resources and make goods and services | Economic Activities |
Created by:
Tia Boo
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