Social Studies Vocabulary

What is the exact point where a place is located, identified by latitude and longitude coordinates?

• relative location
• absolute location
• ecosystem
• region

What is a formal change to a law?

• preamble
• constitution
• amendment
• monarchy

What are the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

• Bill of Rights
• empire
• democracy
• republic

What is a mapmaker?

• biologist
• conquistador
• cartographer
• engineer

What is a document that organizes a country's government and states its powers?

• proclamation
• Bill of Rights
• amendment
• constitution

What is a form of government by the people, in which citizens can elect representatives to govern them. 

• monarchy
• democracy
• oligarchy
• dictatorship

What is a ruler with complete control?

• president
• governor
• mayor
• dictator

What is the imaginary circle around Earth that is the same distance from the North and South Poles? 

• latitude
• longitude
• equator
• equinox

What is the period of great wealth, culture, and democracy in Greece?

• Dark Ages
• Golden Age
• city-state
• ancient times

What is one-half of the Earth?

• equator
• hemisphere
• latitude
• longitude