WorksheetsSocial Studies Terminology
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
7. History is often divided into ____ to help study patterns of human history.
eras
days
years
8. Timelines show events in chronological order.
True
False
Someone who moves from place to place with no permanent home
Indigenous
Nomad
Adobe
Sedentary
To change behavior so that it is easier to function in a particular place or situation.
Agriculture
Artifact
Adapt
Native
to examine carefully; separate into parts
contradict
infer
paraphrase
analyze
occurring BEFORE something else
conclude
previous
narrate
passage
another way of saying “text” or “piece of writing”
passage
text
essay
all of the above
to describe something
characterize
imply
paraphrase
summarize
to use YOUR OWN words but keep the same meaning as the original text or speaker
differentiate
summarize
paraphrase
contradict
arranged in time order
chronological
narrator
previous
passage
to bring to an end or decide
differentiate
infer
conclude
elaborate
to stand against or take the opposite opinion
imply
contradict
analyze
characterize
probably; seeming like truth; the best choice
least likely
most likely
unlikely
contradict
to add details to
conclude
imply
elaborate
contradict
to suggest a meaning that is not specifically stated
imply
evaluate
elaborate
contradict
to determine the value of or to assess something
evaluate
imply
summarize
contradict
to draw a conclusion or make a prediction
paraphrase
narrate
differentiate
infer
Related to cultivating (growing) crops
Farming
Agriculture
Ranching
Economy
Constitution
A large area of land with similar characteristics
Region
Country
Landform
Geography
Related to the land and its features
Geography
Archaeology
Astronomy
Chemistry
Importance
Significance
Economy
Federalism
Republic
The lifestyle of a group of people
Culture
Survival
Constitution
Republic
Moving to and taking over someone else's land
Colonization
Colonists
Colony
Colonizer
Everything related to Making and Spending money
Economy
Government
Social
Political
Which of the following means "to break down into parts" or "to examine the parts of"?
Interpret
Comprehend
Contrast
Analyze
Which of the following means "to examine similarities and differences"?
Understand
Analyze
Compare
Interpret
Which of the following means "to make a judgement?"
Analyze
Comprehend
Contrast
Evaluate
Which of the following means "to explain the meaning of" or "to translate"?
Annotate
Interpret
Analyze
Synthesize
Which of the following means "to use" or "to implement"?
Annotate
Interpret
Apply
Understand
When you use an author's exact words in your writing or discussion, you must
summarize
paraphrase
quote
analyze
Best definition of Chronology.
The crumbling or decay of old things.
To organize things in the order in which they happened.
Never stopping.
The highest level of achievement of a civilization.
Best definition of categorize.
To explain things completely.
To discuss new ways of doing things.
To decided what is true and what is false.
To group like things together.
Best definition of claim
To take away from others.
To give up something.
To state, say or write, something that you believe to be true.
An area to collect items such as luggage
Best definition of citation
To explain where you found certain information.
To dig up old places
To read about a subject until you understand it.
To burn things of another group of people
Best definition of paraphrase
To copy something word for word
To take someones else's words and restate them using your own choice of words to share the meaning.
Two groups that are similar
something that is especially difficult to understand.
Best definition of evidence
information that proves something correct or incorrect.
rules to follow.
the height of something.
What people do.
Best definition of artifact.
Something buried in the ground.
Something that looks a lot like another item.
An object made by a human.
Artwork that tells a story
Best definition of contradiction
To write a detailed story
when a statement or ideas are the opposite of each other.
When to or more items show the same basic facts.
To try and stop something from happening.
Best definition of Secondary Source.
A work, creation, about an event by someone who was not actually at the event.
The second best fact you have to prove your point.
Information that is told but not written down.
Not a story but an item from an event in history.
Best definition of government.
the group that is strong enough to collect taxes.
the laws or rules that a society or group of people use to guide or control its members.
a persons own self expectations.
People who always know what the others in their group want.
Best definition of geography.
The making of maps
The study of the physical surface of the earth and how people interact with that land.
traveling from place to place in search of clues about the past.
People who live in a certain area.
