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McClure SS Vocab #1
Term | Definition |
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Social Studies | The study of people, their activities, their customs, and their institutions in relationship to other people. The 5 parts of Social Studies are government, economics, history, geography, and culture. |
Government | A group of people who have the power to make and enforce laws for a country or area |
Economics | The study of how people meet their wants and needs |
History | The study of the past |
Geography | The study of the human and nonhuman features of Earth |
Culture | The beliefs, customs, practices, and the behaviors of a particular nation or group of people |
Absolute Location | exact position on Earth in terms of longitude and latitude |
Relative Location | location of a place relative to another place |
Place | mix of human and nonhuman features at a given location |
Region | area with at least one unifying physical or human feature, such as climate, landform, population, or history |
Movement | how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another |
Human-environment Interaction | how people affect their environment and how their environment affects them |