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Social Studies Terminology

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

7. History is often divided into ____ to help study patterns of human history.

a)

eras

b)

days

c)

years

2.

8. Timelines show events in chronological order.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Someone who moves from place to place with no permanent home

a)

Indigenous

b)

Nomad

c)

Adobe

d)

Sedentary

4.

To change behavior so that it is easier to function in a particular place or situation.

a)

Agriculture

b)

Artifact

c)

Adapt

d)

Native

5.

to examine carefully; separate into parts

a)

contradict

b)

infer

c)

paraphrase

d)

analyze

6.

occurring BEFORE something else

a)

conclude

b)

previous

c)

narrate

d)

passage

7.

another way of saying “text” or “piece of writing”

a)

passage

b)

text

c)

essay

d)

all of the above

8.

to describe something

a)

characterize

b)

imply

c)

paraphrase

d)

summarize

9.

to use YOUR OWN words but keep the same meaning as the original text or speaker

a)

differentiate

b)

summarize

c)

paraphrase

d)

contradict

10.

arranged in time order

a)

chronological

b)

narrator

c)

previous

d)

passage

11.

to bring to an end or decide

a)

differentiate

b)

infer

c)

conclude

d)

elaborate

12.

to stand against or take the opposite opinion

a)

imply

b)

contradict

c)

analyze

d)

characterize

13.

probably; seeming like truth; the best choice

a)

least likely

b)

most likely

c)

unlikely

d)

contradict

14.

to add details to

a)

conclude

b)

imply

c)

elaborate

d)

contradict

15.

to suggest a meaning that is not specifically stated

a)

imply

b)

evaluate

c)

elaborate

d)

contradict

16.

to determine the value of or to assess something

a)

evaluate

b)

imply

c)

summarize

d)

contradict

17.

to draw a conclusion or make a prediction

a)

paraphrase

b)

narrate

c)

differentiate

d)

infer

18.

Related to cultivating (growing) crops

Farming

a)

Agriculture

b)

Ranching

c)

Economy

d)

Constitution

19.

A large area of land with similar characteristics

a)

Region

b)

Country

c)

Landform

d)

Geography

20.

Related to the land and its features

a)

Geography

b)

Archaeology

c)

Astronomy

d)

Chemistry

21.

Importance

a)

Significance

b)

Economy

c)

Federalism

d)

Republic

22.

The lifestyle of a group of people

a)

Culture

b)

Survival

c)

Constitution

d)

Republic

23.

Moving to and taking over someone else's land

a)

Colonization

b)

Colonists

c)

Colony

d)

Colonizer

24.

Everything related to Making and Spending money

a)

Economy

b)

Government

c)

Social

d)

Political

25.

Which of the following means "to break down into parts" or "to examine the parts of"?

a)

Interpret

b)

Comprehend

c)

Contrast

d)

Analyze

26.

Which of the following means "to examine similarities and differences"?

a)

Understand

b)

Analyze

c)

Compare

d)

Interpret

27.

Which of the following means "to make a judgement?"

a)

Analyze

b)

Comprehend

c)

Contrast

d)

Evaluate

28.

Which of the following means "to explain the meaning of" or "to translate"?

a)

Annotate

b)

Interpret

c)

Analyze

d)

Synthesize

29.

Which of the following means "to use" or "to implement"?

a)

Annotate

b)

Interpret

c)

Apply

d)

Understand

30.

When you use an author's exact words in your writing or discussion, you must

a)

summarize

b)

paraphrase

c)

quote

d)

analyze

31.

Best definition of Chronology.

a)

The crumbling or decay of old things.

b)

To organize things in the order in which they happened.

c)

Never stopping.

d)

The highest level of achievement of a civilization.

32.

Best definition of categorize.

a)

To explain things completely.

b)

To discuss new ways of doing things.

c)

To decided what is true and what is false.

d)

To group like things together.

33.

Best definition of claim

a)

To take away from others.

b)

To give up something.

c)

To state, say or write, something that you believe to be true.

d)

An area to collect items such as luggage

34.

Best definition of citation

a)

To explain where you found certain information.

b)

To dig up old places

c)

To read about a subject until you understand it.

d)

To burn things of another group of people

35.

Best definition of paraphrase

a)

To copy something word for word

b)

To take someones else's words and restate them using your own choice of words to share the meaning.

c)

Two groups that are similar

d)

something that is especially difficult to understand.

36.

Best definition of evidence

a)

information that proves something correct or incorrect.

b)

rules to follow.

c)

the height of something.

d)

What people do.

37.

Best definition of artifact.

a)

Something buried in the ground.

b)

Something that looks a lot like another item.

c)

An object made by a human.

d)

Artwork that tells a story

38.

Best definition of contradiction

a)

To write a detailed story

b)

when a statement or ideas are the opposite of each other.

c)

When to or more items show the same basic facts.

d)

To try and stop something from happening.

39.

Best definition of Secondary Source.

a)

A work, creation, about an event by someone who was not actually at the event.

b)

The second best fact you have to prove your point.

c)

Information that is told but not written down.

d)

Not a story but an item from an event in history.

40.

Best definition of government.

a)

the group that is strong enough to collect taxes.

b)

the laws or rules that a society or group of people use to guide or control its members.

c)

a persons own self expectations.

d)

People who always know what the others in their group want.

41.

Best definition of geography.

a)

The making of maps

b)

The study of the physical surface of the earth and how people interact with that land.

c)

traveling from place to place in search of clues about the past.

d)

People who live in a certain area.