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SS Academic Vocabulary Words

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A __________ is a place or region that is newly settled.

a)

settlement

b)

region

c)

place

d)

continent

2.

A __________ is an area of land that has common features.

a)

settement

b)

region

c)

continent

d)

country

3.

__________ is the careful use of money, resources, and means of production.

a)

spending

b)

economy

c)

supply

d)

demand

4.

A __________ is a group of people living or working together in the same area.

a)

population

b)

community

c)

continent

d)

culture

5.

A __________ is one of Earth's seven major areas of land.

a)

country

b)

land mass

c)

continent

d)

ocean

6.

The __________ is the imaginary line that divides Earth into two equal parts: The Eastern and Western Hemisphere.

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

Equator

d)

Prime Meridian

7.

A ________ is a break or fracture in the ground that occurs when Earth's tectonic plates move or shift and areas where earthquakes are likely to occur.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

Equator

c)

fault line

d)

longitude

8.

A __________ is half of a sphere or ball. Earth is divided into two halves, Northern and Southern.

a)

Prime Meridian

b)

hemisphere

c)

longtitude

d)

latitude

9.

__________ is the group of people living in a particular area, such as a city , country, continent, or world.

a)

community

b)

population

c)

economy

d)

cuture

10.

__________ is to treat someone cruelly or unfairly especially because of race, religious, or political beliefs.

a)

persecution

b)

arrest

c)

I don't like you

d)

You are mean

11.

__________ is all the businesses and factories that convert raw materials into goods or that provide useful services.

a)

culture

b)

community

c)

industry

d)

population

12.

__________ is a system of lines that run in an east-west direction across Earth. They help describe the location of any place on Earth.

a)

longitude

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

Equator

d)

latitude

13.

____________ is to travel for discovery.

a)

exploration

b)

travel to

c)

longitude

d)

community

14.

A __________ is a large region of Earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things.

a)

population

b)

community

c)

biome

d)

region

15.

__________ is the science of Earth's surface and all life on it.

a)

science

b)

geology

c)

geography

d)

chemistry

16.

__________ is the average of measurements of temperature, wind, humidity, snow and rain in a place over the course of years.

a)

population

b)

community

c)

climate

d)

region

17.

__________ is an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or group of gods.

a)

region

b)

community

c)

persecution

d)

religion

18.

___________ is the movement of persons from one country or locality to another.

a)

movement

b)

migration

c)

persecution

d)

religion

19.

________ is a pattern of behavior shared by a society or group of people.

a)

culture

b)

community

c)

population

d)

behavior

20.

__________ is another word for farming. It includes both growing and harvesting crops and raising animals, or livestock.

a)

agriculture

b)

farming

c)

community

d)

population

21.

The __________ is an imaginary line that shows where the beginning of one day and the end of another day come together.

a)

longitude

b)

Equator

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

International Date Line

22.

__________ is a system of lines that run in a north-south direction across Earth. They help describe the location of any place on Earth.

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

International Date Line

23.

A ________ is an action that a person does for someone.

a)

supply

b)

demand

c)

product

d)

service

24.

The __________ is an imaginary east-west line encircling Earth midway between the North and South Poles.

a)

equator

b)

Prime Meridian

c)

International Date Line

d)

latitude

25.

__________ is the design of buildings.

a)

farming

b)

architecture

c)

agriculture

d)

persecution