SS 6thGrade Vocabulary List

What is the name of the people who first settled Australia?

• Aborigines

• Maoris

• Inuit

• Vikings

What do you call rain that is polluted by gasses released into the air by the burning of fossil fuels?

• Acid Rain

• Fresh Rain

• Mineral Rain

• Distilled Rain

What is a record of how you plan to spend your money called?

• Budget

• Invoice

• Receipt

• Contract

What is an artificial (man-made) waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships inland called?

• Canal

• Harbor

• Peninsula

• Lagoon

What do you call a factor of economic growth; tools that help workers to complete a task, such as factories, machines, or technology?

• Capital Good

• Natural Resource

• Labor Force

• Entrepreneurship

What is an economic system where the government makes all of the economic decisions called?

• Command Economy

• Market Economy

• Traditional Economy

• Mixed Economy

What is a government controlled system in which goods are owned by a society as a whole and not by individuals called?

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Feudalism

• Monarchy

What is the term for how much money someone owes?

• Debt

• Income

• Asset

• Profit

What is the environmental issue called where the systematic cutting down of trees eventually leads to poor soil over time?

• Deforestation

• Urbanization

• Desertification

• Afforestation

What is a form of government where citizens have many ways to express themselves, participate in the government process, and have their rights and personal freedoms protected by law called?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy