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Kids Discover Social Studies Vocabulary

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 28mins

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Class
Date
1.

The ancient ancestors of Native Americans may have come to America thousands of years ago by crossing a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska. What is the meaning of ancestors?

a)

person from whom you are descended

b)

melted

c)

the way something is arranged or spread out

2.

The air and soil are nonliving parts of the natural environment. What is the meaning of environment?

a)

approach; ability to obtain

b)

to cross

c)

all things in the surroundings that affect living things

d)

the way something is arranged or spread out

3.

When lava, or molten rock, cools, it becomes igneous rock. What is the meaning of molten?

a)

slant; slope

b)

the turning around an axis

c)

to expand; to increase quickly

d)

melted

4.

A temperature of 0o Celsius is equivalent to 32o Fahrenheit. What is the meaning of equivalent?

a)

equal; having the same value or meaning

b)

to change the normal appearance; to deform

c)

the turning around an axis

d)

the way something is arranged or spread out

5.

Earth's rotation on its axis can be likened to the twirling of a top. What is the meaning of rotation?

a)

equal; having the same value or meaning

b)

to expand; to increase quickly

c)

the way something is arranged or spread out

d)

the turning around an axis

6.

The library is one of the relatively quiet places in the school. What is the meaning of relatively?

a)

to cross

b)

in comparison to, in relation to something else

c)

to change the normal appearance; to deform

d)

approach; ability to obtain

7.

The Mercator projection distorts areas near the poles but shows areas near the equator accurately. What is the meaning of distort?

a)

melted

b)

able to think of good ways to do things

c)

to change the normal appearance; to deform

d)

to cross

8.

Steep inclinations can be difficult for walkers as well as vehicles to climb. What is the meaning of inclination?

a)

slant; slope

b)

the way something is arranged or spread out

c)

approach; ability to obtain

d)

the turning around an axis

9.

The distribution of people in the United States is uneven, with fewer people living in most western states than the eastern states. What is the meaning of distribution?

a)

melted

b)

able to think of good ways to do things

c)

person from whom you are descended

d)

the way something is arranged or spread out

10.

The cost of higher education has ballooned in recent years. What is the meaning of balloon as it is used in this sentence?

a)

a human-made lake or pond where water is stored

b)

to cross

c)

to expand; to increase quickly

d)

the turning around an axis

11.

Resourceful farmers have built terraces to grow crops successfully on steep mountainsides. What is the meaning of resourceful?

a)

able to think of good ways to do things

b)

melted

c)

in comparison to, in relation to something else

d)

all things in the surroundings that affect living things

12.

Many community libraries provide access to the Internet. What is the meaning of access?

a)

to change the normal appearance; to deform

b)

approach; ability to obtain

c)

person from whom you are descended

d)

to cross

13.

Lake Mead in Nevada is a reservoir created by the Hoover Dam. What is the meaning of reservoir?

a)

in comparison to, in relation to something else

b)

all things in the surroundings that affect living things

c)

a human-made lake or pond where water is stored

d)

to expand; to increase quickly

14.

Lines of latitude parallel each other and intersect lines of longitudes. What is the meaning of intersect?

a)

to cross

b)

the turning around an axis

c)

to expand; to increase quickly

d)

the way something is arranged or spread out