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5 Strands of SS
Important standards and ideas related to the 5 strands of social studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The study of earth | geography |
| A record of the past | history |
| The trading of goods and services; a system of trade | economics |
| The people and groups within a society that have the authority to make laws, to make sure laws are carried out, and that disputes about them are settled. | government |
| The beliefs, customs, laws, art, and ways of living of a group of people | culture |
| document, person, or object from the actual time or event (first-hand knowledge) | primary source |
| document, person, or object that interprets or analyzes primary sources (second-hand knowledge) | secondary source |
| Features that make a site unique | place |
| The way people change or work with their surroundings | human-environment interaction |
| The exact point on earth where something can be found (ex. latitude/longitude, address) | absolute location |
| The position of one site in relation to another (_____ is "NEAR" or "NEXT TO" ____.) | relative location |
| going from one place to another | movement |
| a group of place that can be grouped together because they have something in common | region |
| vertical lines that run NORTH and SOUTH on a map but are measured EAST and WEST of the prime meridian | lines of longitude |
| parallel lines that run EAST and WEST on a map but are measured NORTH and SOUTH of the equator | lines of latitude |
| the line of latitude (0 degrees)that runs around the center of the earth and from which all other lines of latitude are measured | equator |
| the line of longitude (0 degrees) from which all other lines of longitude are measured | prime meridian |
| A government where political official are elected by the people to represent them for a certain term in a public office (a gov't of the people, for the people, by the people) | democracy |
| type of government where there is one leader ONLY that has total control over the government, the military, and the citizens in the country | totalitarianism |
| government where one political group takes control of the government in a country and keeps that control over its citizens | communism |
| large land mass that is usually home to many countries | continent |
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