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SS Core Concepts
Vocabulary for Social Studies Core Concepts
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Historian | people who study events from the past |
| Timeline | line marked off with a series of events and dates |
| Chronology | list of events in the order in which they occurred |
| Period | length of time singled out because of a specific event or development that occurred during that time |
| Prehistory | time before humans invented writing |
| History | written history |
| Primary Source | information that comes directly from a person who experienced it |
| Artifacts | objects made by human beings |
| Secondary Source | information about an event that does not come from a person who experienced the event |
| Bias | unfair preference for or dislike of something |
| Archaeology | scientific study of ancient cultures through the examination of artifacts and other evidence |
| Anthropology | study of humankind in all aspects, especially development and culture |
| Fossils | bones and other remains that have been preserved in rock |
| Absolute Location | place's exact position on Earth in terms of longitude and latitude |
| Relative Location | location of a place in relation 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 |
| Movement | how people, goods and ideas get from one place to another |
| Human-Environment Interaction | how people affect their location and how their location affects them; can be positive or negative |
| Key/Legend | explains the symbols and shading on a map |
| Locator Map | shows a larger area than the main map; gives more detailed location where something is found |
| Scale Bar | show how much space on the map represents a given distance on the land |
| Compass Rose | diagram on a map that shows direction |
| State | region that shares a common government |
| City-State | independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding area |
| Empire | state containing several countries |
| Democracy | citizens hold political power |
| Representative Democracy | citizens elect representatives to make government decisions |
| Nation-State | a state that is independent of other states |
| Monarchy | form of government in which the state is ruled by a king or queen |
| Authoritarian | government in which all power is held by a single person or small group |
| Communism | a political and economic system in which government owns all property and makes all economic decisions |
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