Social Studies Concepts- Review of Year
  • 1. Ancestor
A) someone who can tell the future; often using oracle bones
B) your heirs; children
C) a person from whom one is descended; forebear; relative who came before you
  • 2. barter
A) to move, migrate, change locations
B) to cooperate; to collaborate
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) changing your religion
C) the exchange of ideas, thoughts, and beliefs
  • 4. famine
A) not having enough protection; being fearful of your life
B) extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
C) having too many natural resources; an abundance
  • 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) any system of persons or things ranked one above another; levels of society
B) people in your family line who are your descendants
C) the top level of the caste system in ancient India
  • 7. monotheistic
A) the idea that how you treat others is how you'll be treated-; karma
B) the doctrine or idea that there are many gods
C) adhering to monotheism, the doctrine or idea that there is only one God:
  • 8. natural barrier
A) landforms in nature that can prevent movement or migration; mountains, oceans, deserts, etc.
B) things found in nature that we use to stay in one place; we use to farm
C) events that force people to migrate or move away; push factors
  • 9. nomad
A) a person who has been sent away; exiled, with no permanent home as a punishment
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) another word for serf, peasant, or slave
  • 10. scarcity
A) shortage, want, lack; not enough of, especially resources such as food or fresh water
B) having more than enough; an abundance or plentiful amount
C) alone or living in isolation; not with others
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