Social Studies Vocabulary

Things that are provided by nature for the betterment of the human race and the planet.

• Natural resources

• Farming

• hemispheres

_____________ is the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock.

• Farming

• fishing

• sponging

How the earth is cut into halves.

• hemispheres

• environmental

• manufacturing

A can with a funnel that measures the amount of rain that falls.

• Rain gauge

• wind vane

• barometer

_____________ is not destroying or polluting the environment.

• Environmental Conservation

• Sustainable use

• Manufacturing

___________means profitable.

• Lucrative

• climate

• Bank

____________ means protecting our natural resources so that future generations of Bahamians will benefit from them.

• Sustainable use

• climate

• Archipelago

Describes the kind of weather a place has in general.

• Climate

• weather

• rain gauge

___________ is making of things.

• Manufacturing

• Archipelago

• bank

A place of business that looks after money and valuable things for its customers.

• Bank

• Insurance Company

• Government Office