Social Studies Vocabulary Units 1-4

a period of 10 years

• map scale

• century

• decade

• timeline

a period of 100 years

• century

• month

• adapt

• decade

something done for fun, a hobby or game

• modify

• timeline

• resources

• recreation

a diagram that shows when events took place during a given period of time

• timeline

• symbols

• map key

• climate

a tool on a map showing cardinal and intermediate directions

• symbols

• map scale

• compass rose

• map key

compares a distance on a map with a distance in the real world

• map scale

• timeline

• map key

• a capital

explains the lines, symbols, and colors used on a map

• symbols

• century

• map key

• compass rose

something that represents something else

• decade

• timber

• symbols

• hazards

overall weather in an area over a long period of time

• climate

• hazards

• resources

• modify

materials found in the earth that people need and value

• timber

• resources

• a capital

• hazards