Grade 7 Social Studies Vocabulary A-E

The descendants of the original inhabitants of North America. First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples have unique heritages, languages, cultural practices, and spiritual beliefs.

• Aboriginal

• Acadian

• Alliance

• Assembly Line

• Assimilation

A Francophone citizen of Acadia

• Aboriginal

• Acadian

• Alliance

• Assembly Line

• Assimilation

A union in which groups agree to trade and help each other resolve disputes

• Aboriginal

• Acadian

• Alliance

• Assembly Line

• Assimilation

A production method used in factories whereby an incomplete product is placed on a conveyor belt and, as the product moves down the line, each worker does one task on it;

• Aboriginal

• Acadian

• Alliance

• Assembly Line

• Assimilation

A process by which culture or individual is absorbed into a more dominant culture because of its overwhelming influence

• Aboriginal

• Acadian

• Alliance

• Assembly Line

• Assimilation

Trustworthy and reliable; original, not a copy

• Authentic

• Baby boomer

• Barter

• Bias

• Bicultural

One of the huge number of children born in the years following the Second World War (1945 to about 1960)

• Authentic

• Baby boomer

• Barter

• Bias

• Bicultural

The exchange of goods for other goods rather than for money

• Authentic

• Baby boomer

• Barter

• Bias

• Bicultural

A personal like or dislike of something or someone that is not necessarily based on fact

• Authentic

• Baby boomer

• Barter

• Bias

• Bicultural

Built on two cultures

• Authentic

• Baby boomer

• Barter

• Bias

• Bicultural