Unit 1 Vocabulary

the study of how people over time have interacted with each other and their environment

• Social Studies

• Geography

• Economics

• Government

the study of people, places and the environment

• Culture

• History

• Governmment

• Geography

peoples' way of life that include the beliefs, customs, laws, art and everything that makes up how they live

• Geography

• Culture

• History

• Social Studies

any government ruled by a king or queen

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Republic

record of the past

• History

• Social Studies

• Government

• Culture

government that gives the people the ruling power by letting them vote and have a say in government

• Democracy

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

people and groups within a society that have the authority to make laws, to make sure the laws are carried out, and settle disagreements about them

• Government

• History

• Culture

• Social Studies

document, person or object that interprets or analyzes primary sources

• Relic

• Fossil

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

the study of how people manage their scarce (limited) resources by producing, exchanging and using goods and services

• Economics

• Government

• History

• Geography

type of government in which people elect leaders to make laws for them

• Republic

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy