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Social Studies vocal unit 2
WTR Mrs. Kilgallen Quarter 1 Unit 2
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Social Studies
6th Grade
10/12/2014

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Region
Definition
What is an area with common features that sets it apart from other areas?
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Physical region
Definition
What is an area with physical features that set it apart from neighboring areas?
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Climate
Definition
What is the weather pattern of an area over a long period of time?
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Culture
Definition
What is the way of life of a group of people at a particular time included the daily habits, beliefs and arts?
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Values
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What are ideals or beliefs that guide the way people live?
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Customs
Definition
What is a way of living that people of the same culture practice regularly over time?
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Sources
Definition
What is anything that provides information or evidence?
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Oral history
Definition
What are spoken records, including stories that have been passed from one generation to the next?
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Artifacts
Definition
What is an object made by someone in the past?
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Primary Source
Definition
What is a first hand account of an event or artifact created during the period of history being studied?
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Secondary Source
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What is a record of the past based on information from the primary source?
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Archaeologists
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What is a person who studies the remains of a past culture?
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Excavate
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What is to dig or scoop out the earth?
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Genes
Definition
What is one of the tiny units of a cell of an animal that determines the characteristics that an offspring inherits from its parent or parents?
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