Social Studies Concepts- Review of Year
  • 1. Ancestor
A) a person from whom one is descended; forebear; relative who came before you
B) someone who can tell the future; often using oracle bones
C) your heirs; children
  • 2. barter
A) to move, migrate, change locations
B) to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
C) to cooperate; to collaborate
  • 3. cultural diffusion
A) the exchange of ideas, thoughts, and beliefs
B) changing your religion
C) to mix together fluids to make a new substance
  • 4. famine
A) not having enough protection; being fearful of your life
B) having too many natural resources; an abundance
C) extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
  • 5. feudalism
A) the social hierarchy of Egypt; classes from Pharaoh to the slaves
B) the social hierarchy of the middle ages; levels of society
C) the code of honor for knights in the Middle Ages
  • 6. hierarchy
A) the top level of the caste system in ancient India
B) any system of persons or things ranked one above another; levels of society
C) people in your family line who are your descendants
  • 7. monotheistic
A) adhering to monotheism, the doctrine or idea that there is only one God:
B) the doctrine or idea that there are many gods
C) the idea that how you treat others is how you'll be treated-; karma
  • 8. natural barrier
A) events that force people to migrate or move away; push factors
B) landforms in nature that can prevent movement or migration; mountains, oceans, deserts, etc.
C) things found in nature that we use to stay in one place; we use to farm
  • 9. nomad
A) a person who has been sent away; exiled, with no permanent home as a punishment
B) another word for serf, peasant, or slave
C) a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, often following a food supply
  • 10. scarcity
A) alone or living in isolation; not with others
B) having more than enough; an abundance or plentiful amount
C) shortage, want, lack; not enough of, especially resources such as food or fresh water
  • 11. absolute location
A) having to do with urban location in the city
B) where the equator meets the prime meridian
C) exactly where something is, using latitiude and longitude
  • 12. agriculture
A) farming
B) the study of ancient things
C) training an animal
  • 13. cultural diffusion
A) conquering another civilization
B) the spreading of ideas, beliefs, and life-styles
C) the directions of north, south, east, and west
  • 14. dynasty
A) the region surrounding the capital
B) the emperor of China
C) power being passed down through one family, generation to generation
  • 15. heir
A) a story or a myth
B) what we breathe each day
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) being rich; having more than enough
B) the level of society into which you are born and live
C) not enough of something; too little
  • 19. theocracy
A) government with an element of faith, gods, or God
B) rule by a harsh dictator
C) the power of the church
  • 20. transform
A) to barter or exchange goods
B) to change
C) to move from one place to another
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