7th Grade Social Studies Vocabulary Review

Land that is suitable for growing crops.

• basin

• urbanization

• arable

• canal

The movement of people from rural areas to urban areas

• urbanization

• cultural diffusion

• developed countries

• globalization

A generally flat region surrounded by a higher land such as mountains and plateaus.

• canal

• delta

• basin

The annual number of births per 1,000 people.

• birth rate

• death rate

• Gross domestic product

A religion based on the teachings of the Buddha that developed in India in the 500s BC.

• Christianity

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Islam

A human-made waterway.

• delta

• canal

• basin

A major world religion based on the teachings of Jesus.

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Hinduism

• Islam

A region's average weather conditions over a long period of time.

• physical geography

• developed country

• climate

A territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land.

• colony

• landlocked

• Imperialism

An economic system in which the government makes all economic decisions.

• communism

• command economy

• empire