Social Studies Terms Review

event/idea/or historical development

• geographical circumstance

• historical

  circumstance

• purpose

• turning point

where a historical event/development is taking place or why it is taking place there; can be a feature, location or city for example

• historical circumstances

• geographical circumstances

• audience

• similarity

Why a document or source was/is created

• purpose

• audience

• author

• bias

the person or group received the message of the source

• bias

• author

• audience

• purpose

a slant, or strong opinion shaped by a persons circumstances or other factors like gender, class, race, or job

• purpose

• author

• audience

• bias

a person or group that creates a source

• author

• purpose

• bias

• audience

refers to something that contributes to the occurrence of an event happening

• effect

• impact

• result

• cause

refers to what happened as a consequence (result, impact, or outcome) of an event, an idea or a development

• cause

• force

• effect

• spawn

tells how something is alike or the same

• difference

• contrast

• similarity

• purpose

tells how something is not alike or not the same as something else

• difference

• duplicate

• twin

• identical