Social Studies Unit 1 Vocabulary Review

The weather conditions that occur in an area over an extended period of time

• migration

• culture

• archaeology

• climate

When there are not enough resources for the number of people

• population change

• population pressure

• emigrate

• pull factor

The movement of people from once place to another

• land bridge

• adapt

• migration

• modify

Old Stone Age; the earliest part of the Stone Age. The Stone Age is an era in human history when tools were made out of stone

• Custom

• Paleolithic

• Culture

• Artifact

To make changes to improve or make less extreme

• values

• ideas

• beliefs

• modify

A way of acting that is acceptable for a person or a social group

• Artifact

• Custom

• Value

• Belief

The study of human history through the examination of artifacts

• push factor

• pull factor

• idea

• archaeology

To make or form sloping land into a number of level flat areas resembling a series of steps

• Terracing

• Adapting

• Modifying

• Climate change

A feeling of being sure that someone or something exists

• Value

• Idea

• Belief

• Language

A particular type of food

• cuisine

• Pizza

• Hot dog

• Cheeseburger