Social Studies Glossary

to purchase or bring a good or service from another country

embracing the different ideas and experiences of every person

efforts to reduce poverty and inequality around the world as well as to improve health, education, and job opportunities

invest

(as a social studies thinking concept) connections within and between natural and/or human systems, including how they adapt to and have an impact on one another

a camp where prisoners of war, immigrants from enemy countries, and many Canadians of Japanese, German, and Italian descent were imprisoned during World War II

plants and animals that are not native to the areas in which they now live

Latitude

Levee

the distance east and west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees; all longitude lines run between the North Pole and the South Pole