Social Studies: Ch. 1 & 2 Vocab

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A record of the past is called

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history

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Study of people, places, and environment

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Geography

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Authority in society to make laws

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government

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A legal member of a country is a

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citizen

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Study of resource management through production, exchange, and use of goods/services.

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economics

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Conflict between desires and limited resources:

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scarcity

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Beliefs, customs, laws, art, and ways of living shared by a group of people.

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culture

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An area where people share similar beliefs, history, and languages is

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culture region

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Economic, political, and social dependence of culture regions on each other.

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interdependence

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A large continuous mass of land is

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continent