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ap world history 1
ss terms for 8th grade
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| accurate | to be right |
| adopt | to take on |
| affect | to change something |
| analyze | to closely examine |
| associated | linked or related to |
| attempt | to make an effort/to try |
| cause | the source or reason for why something happened |
| chronological | listed in time order |
| compare | to find similarities |
| concept | an idea or thought |
| conclusion | a result or outcome |
| construct | create |
| contrast | to find differences |
| critically | to find importance of an idea/event |
| curtailed | to cut short |
| depict | to represent |
| describe | to explain |
| develop | to expand in detail |
| difference | not the same |
| discouraged | to frown upon |
| discuss | to examine by argument |
| distinguish | to show a difference |
| effect | the outcome of an action |
| emphasize | to stress importance |
| evaluate | to determine the value of something |
| examine | to inspect (look closely) |
| flourished | to thrive (succeed) |
| generalization | a broad statement |
| hastened | to move or act quickly |
| hindered | to get in the way of |
| implement | to put to practice (apply) |
| incorporate | to include |
| indicate | to point out or specify |
| inference | conclusion drawn from evidence |
| influence | to persuade or sway |
| interpret | to put in your own words (to understand) |
| main idea | the most important concept |
| opposition | against |
| predict | make an educated guess |
| prohibited | to ban or forbid |
| promote | to help or encourage |
| prosperity | state of growth and rising profits |
| result | outcome |
| direct result | immediate outcome of something that happened |
| indirect result | not an immediate outcome |
| reduction | decrease |
| sequence | an order |
| similarity | a common characteristic |