Social studies terms Flashcards
History
Story of the past
The science that studies the land features in habitants of phenomena of earth
Geography
The study of people in their culture is by analyzing the artifacts and inscription’s monuments and other remains
Archaeology
The name someone who studies people in their cultures by analyzing the artifacts and inscription’s monument another remains
Archaeologist
A peoples way of life
Culture
These items that arrived from the environment some are essential for our survival while most are used for satisfying our wants and needs
Natural resources
The organization of past events according to their date
Chronology
Diaries speeches manuscripts letters interviews news film footage autobiographies and official records are all what type of source
Primary source
Textbooks magazine articles histories criticisms commentaries and encyclopedias are all examples of what type of source
Secondary source
Transition out of a lifestyle based on hunting and gathering to a lifestyle based on farming is called the
Neolithic Revolution
The main shelter for the haudenosaunee or Iroquois
Longhouse
The climate of Cortland New York USA is
Humid continental
Rain snow sleet or hail the falls to the ground
Precipitation
The state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat dryness sunshine and wind rain etc.
Weather
The average weather over multi-decade time. For a particular region
Climate
A region in which people share, customs language and rituals
Culture area
More than what is needed or used
Surplus
The angular distance north or south of the earths equator
Latitude
Angular distance east or west of the prime meridian
Longitude
The hohokams lived is dry dessert climate so they dug ditches to bring water to their farm fields this is known as
Irrigation
What group of people lived in the pit house or igloo
Inuit
Brad platform is created and steep slopes to increase farm productivity
Terraces
A trio of plants that many Native Americans consumed
The three sisters
Sun-dried bricks at the Anasazi used to build the villages
Adobe pueblos
Mount Hills and plateaus are examples of
Landforms
Hunters and gatherers frequently move from place to place in search of food this type of societal structure is known as
Nomadic
A connection between Asia and North America that developed during The ice ages
Land bridge
This is the study of how people choose to use and manage their resources
Economics
A transfer of plants animals and diseases that greatly altered life on both sides of the Atlantic
Colombian exchange
A direct water route to the Americas which explores eventually proved not to exist
North west passage
A network interlinking trade routes that connected Afro - Eurasia
Silk road
The first person to circumnavigate the globe
Ferdinand Magellan
In 1492 he sailed the ocean blue and discovered what he thought was the Indies
Christopher Columbus
The tool that allows cells to determine their direction when they were far from land
Compass
The three g’s
Gold,god and glory
The instrument that allowed sailors to determine the latitude well at sea
Astrolab
I ship inspired by the Arabs that had a stern rudder triangular masts and could sail into the wind and navigate shallow water
Caravel
Goods or services sold outside of a country
Export
Goods or services brought into a country
Import
System under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold and are forced to work
Slavery
To pay for the passage to America they agreed to work without pay for a certain length of time
Indentured servants
The economic theory of that stated that the county should produce money for the parent country
Mercantilism
The popular Atlantic trade route the carried sugar molasses rum and slaves
Triangular trade
And infamous trade route between Africa and the New World
Middle passage
Spanish soldiers explorers and adventurous who brought much of the Americas under the control of Spain in the 1400 and 1500s
Conquistadors
Crops grown in large enough quantity sold for profit
Cash crop
A group of people who settle in a distant territory but still remain loyal to their native parent country
Colony
The systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another group
Persecution
A voluntary act of protest to stop buying/using goods from a country
Boycott
The war that took place from 1754 to 1763 in North America and was part of a larger struggle between England and France to control the world trade and ocean travel.
French and Indian war
Citizen soldiers
Militia
Colonists who supported great Britain
Loyalists
Colonists who supported independence
Patriots
Approved on July 4, 1776 this document stated the colonist were breaking free from the British Empire and setting up their own country
Declaration of Independence
This battle was a major turning point in the war because after the Americans won the French decided to help the Americans fight the British their a long time rival
Saratoga
A plan for how a government will function and work
Constitution
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the power of each other so that no single branch can dominate the government
Separation of powers
The branch of government which creates the laws
Legislative
Branch of government which enforces the laws
Executive
Branch of government which evaluates the laws
Judicial
