Social Studies Concepts- Review of Year
  • 1. Ancestor
A) your heirs; children
B) a person from whom one is descended; forebear; relative who came before you
C) someone who can tell the future; often using oracle bones
  • 2. barter
A) to cooperate; to collaborate
B) to move, migrate, change locations
C) to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
  • 3. cultural diffusion
A) to mix together fluids to make a new substance
B) the exchange of ideas, thoughts, and beliefs
C) changing your religion
  • 4. famine
A) extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
B) having too many natural resources; an abundance
C) not having enough protection; being fearful of your life
  • 5. feudalism
A) the social hierarchy of the middle ages; levels of society
B) the social hierarchy of Egypt; classes from Pharaoh to the slaves
C) the code of honor for knights in the Middle Ages
  • 6. hierarchy
A) people in your family line who are your descendants
B) the top level of the caste system in ancient India
C) any system of persons or things ranked one above another; levels of society
  • 7. monotheistic
A) the idea that how you treat others is how you'll be treated-; karma
B) adhering to monotheism, the doctrine or idea that there is only one God:
C) the doctrine or idea that there are many gods
  • 8. natural barrier
A) landforms in nature that can prevent movement or migration; mountains, oceans, deserts, etc.
B) events that force people to migrate or move away; push factors
C) things found in nature that we use to stay in one place; we use to farm
  • 9. nomad
A) another word for serf, peasant, or slave
B) a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, often following a food supply
C) a person who has been sent away; exiled, with no permanent home as a punishment
  • 10. scarcity
A) alone or living in isolation; not with others
B) shortage, want, lack; not enough of, especially resources such as food or fresh water
C) having more than enough; an abundance or plentiful amount
  • 11. absolute location
A) where the equator meets the prime meridian
B) having to do with urban location in the city
C) exactly where something is, using latitiude and longitude
  • 12. agriculture
A) training an animal
B) the study of ancient things
C) farming
  • 13. cultural diffusion
A) the spreading of ideas, beliefs, and life-styles
B) conquering another civilization
C) the directions of north, south, east, and west
  • 14. dynasty
A) power being passed down through one family, generation to generation
B) the region surrounding the capital
C) the emperor of China
  • 15. heir
A) what we breathe each day
B) a story or a myth
C) the next person in line to inherit the throne or power
  • 16. legacy
A) someone who enters a country illegally
B) products that a country sells overseas
C) what you are known for; what you leave behind when you're gone
  • 17. polytheistic
A) moving from place to place without a homes
B) believing in many gods of nature or the heavens
C) a barrier found in nature
  • 18. social class or hierarchy
A) not enough of something; too little
B) being rich; having more than enough
C) the level of society into which you are born and live
  • 19. theocracy
A) rule by a harsh dictator
B) the power of the church
C) government with an element of faith, gods, or God
  • 20. transform
A) to move from one place to another
B) to barter or exchange goods
C) to change
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