Save
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

SCA 2 vocabulary

TermDefinition
Nomads a member of a people having no permanent abode, and who travel from place to place to find fresh pasture for their livestock.
Communist government is the radical social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose ultimate goal is the establishment of the communist society
Oligarchy a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.
Monarchy a form of government with a monarch at the head.
Direct Democracy is a form of democracy in which people decide
Representative Democracy is a type of democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people, as opposed to direct democracy.
Brazil’s Escarpment The Great Escarpment in Brazil is a major geological formation that runs along much of the eastern coast of Brazil south of the city of Salvador.
Tyranny cruel and oppressive government or rule.
Tierra Fria mountain locations where high elevation results in a markedly cooler climate than that encountered in the lowlands at a comparable latitude.
Tierra Templada a pseudoclimatological term used in Latin America to refer to places which are either located in the tropics at a moderately high elevation or are marginally outside the astronomical tropics
Tierra Caliente a pseudo-climatological term used in Latin America to refer to those places within that realm which have a distinctly tropical climate.
Equator an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.
Region an area or division, especially part of a country or the world having definable characteristics but not always fixed boundaries.
Climates
Steppe
Tundra
Tropical
Savanna
Mediterranean
Culture
Dominant Culture
New Granda formation 1830
Absolute location
Mixed Economy
Traditional Economy:
Market Economy
Command Economy
Great Lakes
Amazon River source
Created by: cossevelyn
Popular Social Studies sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards