Social Studies Final Exam Vocabulary

An increased interconnectedness of countries as a result of trade, improved technology, etc

• interstate
• interdependence
• international 
• interesting

being connected with each other through communication, technology, trade, etc.

• interconnectedness
• interstate
• interesting
• interedependence

The idea that the Earth and the planets revolve around the sun. It was previously believed that everything revolved around the Earth.

• geocentism
• geography
• heliocentrism
• helium

The spread of cultural elements from one society to another.

• cultural diffusion
• culture
• cultural iceberg
• counterculture

An exchange of goods, ideas and skills from the Old World (Europe, Asia and Africa) to the New World (North and South America) and vice versa.

• Colonialism
• Imperialism
• Columbian Exchange
• Mercantilism

bring (goods or services) into a country from abroad for sale.

• Import
• Export 
• Enter
• Exit

A good or service produced in the home country and sold in another country.

• Import
• Export
• Enter
• Exit

According to this doctrine, the colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country; they should add to its wealth, prosperity, and self-sufficiency. The settlers were regarded more or less as tenants. They were expected to produce tobacco and other products needed in England.

• Environmentalism
• Democracy
• Imperialism
• Mercantilism

A highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever, weakness, and skin eruption with pustules that form scabs; responsible for killing Native Americans.

• AIDS
• smallpox
• Avian Flu
• Bubonic Plague

"rebirth" A number of people who lived in Italy between 1350 and 1550 believed they had witnessed a rebirth of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.

• Revolution
• Renaissance
• Enlightenment
• Dark Ages