Unit 1 and 2 Social Studies Vocabulary

Match the following

• the study of our physical surroundings

• Geography

• a part of the Earth's surface.

• Climate
• physical features of the Earth's surface

• Landforms

• weather elements, measured over time

• Physical Feature

• the organization that makes the laws

• Government

Match the following

• something from nature that is useful

• Origin Story

• movement to a new place in the world

• Adaptation

• everything that surrounds a given area

• Environment

• a story that explains the start

• Natural Resource

• a change that allow something to survive

• Migration

Match the following

• a narrow, deep valley with steep sides

• Artifact

• an object made by a group of humans

• Gorge

• an area where people share cultures

• Cultural Region

• moving to follow sources of food

• Nomadic

• way of living of a group of people

• Culture

Match the following

• an early tool used for position of stars

• Astrolabe

• the land masses of a specific continent

• Explorer

• a crop that is grown for sale

• Cash Crop

• a person who travels for new information

• the Americas

Match the following

• a Spanish explorer who claimed land

• East Indies

• a sickness that can be shared with germs

• Contagious Disease

• route Europeans never found

• Colony

• a term used in the past for SE Asia

• Conquistador

• a community ruled by another country

• Northwest Passage

Match the following

• the ruler is a king or queen

• Democratic

• elected leaders make decisions

• Representative Government

• a small community created by settlers

• Settlement

• people have the power to rule themselves

• Monarchy

• a person who settles in a colony

• Colonist

Match the following

• a body of lawmakers

• Assembly

• a large farm on which crops are grown

• Industry

• to give something to someone as a favor

• Economy

• use of resources to meet needs and wants

• Plantation

• a group of businesses

• Grant

Match the following

• the exchange of people who were enslaved

• Overseer

• a public sale to the highest bidder

• Middle Passage

• the voyage of ships carrying enslaved

• Auction

• someone who captures another person

• Triangular Trade

• a person who was in charge of enslaved

• Enslaver

Match the following

• main government building for lawmakers

• Bill

• a draft of an idea for a law

• Politics

• person who does manual or artistic work

• Craftsman

• a craft or occupation that takes skill

• Capitol

• the activities of governments

• Trade