General VOCAB - 8th Grade Social Studies

A conclusion based on evidence and reasoning, not direct facts.

• Inference

• Assumption

• Guesswork

• Conjecture

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-2

The importance or meaning of something in a particular context.

• Significance
• Insignificance
• Triviality
• Unimportance

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

The system of producing, distributing, and the exchange of goods and services in a country using by trading money

• Economy
• Finance
• Wealth
• Business

A category of business activity, such as manufacturing or technology, involving similar kinds of production or services.

• Industry
• Sector
• Corporation
• Trade

A group of people living together with shared laws and values.

• Society

• Association

• Club

• Gathering

A place or thing from which something comes or is obtained.

• Source
• Origin
• Outlet
• Resource

Original materials or records created at the time of an event, providing firsthand information.

• Primary Source
• Direct Source
• Initial Source
• Root Source

Definition of materials or accounts that describe or analyze primary sources, produced after an event.

• Secondary Source

• Indirect Source

• Follow-up Source

• Derived Source

A distinctive feature or quality that helps identify something.

• Characteristic
• Attribute
• Trait
• Feature

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The supplies, materials, or assets used to achieve a particular purpose.

• Resources
• Assets
• Supplies
• Inventory

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-3