Social Studies Terms ( First People and European Explorers)

What is Geography?

• Study of life

• Study of the earth

• Study of the sea

• Study of the Universe

What are cardinal directions?

Ransom is

• kidnapping

• money paid for the safe return of someone

• bringing back

• a way of helping others

Voyage is a journey that is usually made

• by land

• by space

• by water

• underground

A group of people who are ruled by another country are a

• colony

• country

• voyage

• nomad

A safe place on land where ships can load and unload supplies is called a

• tectonic plate

• island

• landport

• seaport

Maize is

People who travel from place to place are called

• gatherers

• hunters

• nomads

• settlers

Family members who lived before you were born are your

• ancestors

• parents

• prehistoric

• grandparents

Carbon dating allows you to find the ____ of something that is ancient based on the carbon inside of them.