Social Studies Vocabulary Chapter 1

What is HISTORY?

• the study of the past

• the study of land

• the study of government

• the study of economics (buying and selling goods and services)

What is a TRIBE?

• a group of people that are NOT related

• a group of people that are related and share the same language and culture

• a group of people ruled by another country far away

What is a COLONY?

• a group of people that rule themselves

• a group of people that have no ruler

• a group of people that are ruled by a country far away

What does it mean to ADOPT?

• to raise and parent a child born from another person

• to no longer raise your child

• to change something in order to fit in

• an artifact from people long ago

What are IMMIGRANTS?

• communities of people

• people who moved from one country to another

• groups of people born around the same time

What is a SIBLING?

• a mother or father

• a brother or sister

• an aunt or uncle

What is a PRIMARY SOURCE?

• something written or made by a person who DID see the event happen

• something written or made by someone who did NOT see or experience the event

• an object from people long ago

What are GENERATIONS?

• communities of people

• people who moved from one country to another

• groups of people born around the same time

What are TRADITIONS?

• beliefs and ways of doing things

• types of music and dances

• stories of the past