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SSV
Social Studies Vocabulary
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| Abundant | Having lots of something | My class has an abundance of opinions |
| Acid Rain | Polluted Precipitation | The acid rain is threatening world environment |
| Ally | People/Countries who join together for a common cause | The United States was Britain's ally during World War II |
| Autocracy | Government where the power lies with 1 ruler | A dictatorship is one type of autocracy |
| Capital Goods | Manmade items that are needed to run a business | The majority of imports were capital goods |
| Centralize | To make public | The average church today is highly centralized |
| Colony | A group of people who settle far from their homeland but are still citizens of their home country | Brazil was a Portuguese colony |
| Contaminate | To make impure or unclean | People are suffering from the contamination of the water supply |
| Currency | Item used for the exchange of goods and services | Japanese currency is referred to as yen |
| Democracy | Government where citizens have the power | Spain has been a democracy since 1975 |
| Dictator | A ruler with total control of their country | My mom is like a dictator because her rules are strict and her punishments are harsh |
| Distribute | Give out | Its nice to distribute food and blankets to the homeless |
| Diversity | A range of different things with at least 1 thing in common | The zoo contains a large diversity of animals |
| Domestic | Within your country/home | The horse is a domestic animal |
| Efficient | Performing a task the best way possible with the least amount of waste and effort | You should study in an efficient manner |
| Embargo | A ban on trade | Many allies are pushing to lift the embargo |
| Empire | A group of lands under 1 supreme authority | The United States was once part of the British Empire |
| Entreprenuer | A person who takes risk and starts and runs a business | The entrepreneur takes business risks in the hope of making a profit |
| Ethnic Group | A group of people with a common and distinctive culture | Many ethnic groups traditionally give money as a wedding gift |
| Fascism | Political Belief in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied | Fascism began to spring up in several European states after the struggles of World War I |
| Foreign | Not from this country; unfamiliar | Speaking foreign languages is not easy |
| GDP | The total market value of goods and services produced by a country in a given year | Australia has a very high GDP |
| Globalism | Linking of Nations through trade, information and technology | |
| Holocaust | A act of mass destruction and loss of life | |
| Human Capitial | The skills, knowledge, and experience that people have brung to the work place | |
| Imperialism | Claim and Colonize other lands to build an empire | |
| Intervene | To come between people or groups that are not in agreement | The teacher was injured when she tried to intervene in the fight between 2 students |
| Nationalize | To go from private ownership to government | The government is planning to nationalize the banking system |
| Outsource | Paying to have some off your company's work done by someone | Some companies outsource to cheaper locations to cut costs |
| Regulations | Rules and laws | All students are supposed to know the school regulations |
| Textiles | Woven fibers | Scotland is famous for its woollen textiles |
| Poverty | Not having enough money to meet oneâs needs | |
| Population Density | Number of people square of land | |
| Parliamentary Democracy | A government system where voters elect the legislature branch which then chooses the prime minister | |
| Reform | To make something better | |
| Monarchy | Type of government run by a queen or a king | |
| Capital Resources | Materials that guide in nature that can be used for economic government | |
| Quota | A limit on the number of imported goods | |
| Scarce | Not having much of something; limited amount | |
| Republic | Government in which citizens elect representatives | |
| Separate | A group within a country that wants to break away or make their on country | |
| Smog | A mixture of smoke and fog | |
| Arable | Land that is suitable for farmland | |
| Specialization | To make money for something your good at | |
| Tariff | A tax on imported goods | |
| Urban | Having to do with city on city life | |
| Rural | Having to do with country on country life | |
| Inflation | Price of goods and services goes up while the value of the dollars goes down | |
| Income | Money received especially on regular basis for work or through investments | |
| Budget | An investment of income and spending for a period of time; play | |
| Savings | Preventing waste of particular resource like money | |
| Credit | Obtaining goods and services before payments baced on trust that payment be made later | |
| Venture | Doing something that has an uncertain outcome | Any business venture contains an element of risk |
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