Intro to 7th Grade Social Studies Vocabulary Review

This is a pattern of behavior shared by a society, or group of people. Examples include food, language, clothing, tools, music, arts, customs, beliefs, and religion.

• climate

• culture

• location

• migration

This is a particular place or position:

• climate

• latitude

• location

• migration

This is the average measurements of temperature, wind, humidity, snow, and rain in a place over the course of years. It is like the weather, but over a long time.

• climate

• culture

• migration

• movement

Any group of people living together in a country, state, city, or local community has to live by certain rules. The system of rules and the people who make and administer them is known as a:

• culture

• economics

• geography

• government

In this system of government, the people hold supreme power. They exercise their power by electing officials to represent them. All citizens have equal rights to participate in government.

• autocracy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• unitary

A system of government where one leader holds complete power. It is the opposite of a democracy. Citizens have no participation in government when living under this type of government:.

• autocracy

• democracy

• federation

• oligarchy

In this system of government, the legislature (Parliament) controls the power. The majority party in the legislature forms a government headed by a prime minister, who is chosen by the legislature.

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• parliamentary democracy

• presidential democracy

In this type of democracy, the executive and legislative branches are separate bodies elected independently by the citizens (separation of powers). There are checks and balances where each branch can overrule the other. The president answers to the voters, not to the legislature. The people elect the president, and elections are held at set intervals.

• autocracy

• oligarchy

• parliamentary democracy

• presidential democracy

This is the way in which a country produces and distributes goods and services.

• culture

• economics

• geography

• government

This type of economy is found in agricultural societies where people live the same way their parents and grandparents did. People in these systems produce what they need to survive by farming or hunting and gathering. They make their own clothing and tools, and trade any extra food or items with others in their society.

• traditional

• command

• market

• mixed