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2015 Q1 Vocab
2015 Q1 Vocab
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Social Studies
6th Grade
10/19/2015

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Chaos
Definition
complete confusion or disorder; a total lack of organization
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Collaboration
Definition
to work with others; cooperate
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Conflict
Definition
to disagree, argue or fight; do battle
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Command
Definition
an order given by a person in authority
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Popular Sovereignty (Common Good) –
Definition
the idea that a government is created by the people and only exists for their well-being
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Society
Definition
a group of individuals living as members of a community
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Civilization
Definition
a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure
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Law
Definition
the whole system or set of rules made by the government of a town, state, country, etc.
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Agriculture
Definition
the business of farming; growing crops and raising animals
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Social Contract
Definition
individuals have consented, either explicitly or implicitly, to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority of the ruler
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Evolve
Definition
to come forth gradually into being; develop
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Geography
Definition
the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere
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Religion
Definition
the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods
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Achievement
Definition
a thing done successfully, typically by effort, courage, or skill
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Politics
Definition
the activities associated with the governance of a country or other area
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Social Structure
Definition
Social organization based on established patterns of social interaction between different relationships
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Economics
Definition
the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth.
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Architecture
Definition
the art or practice of designing and constructing buildings
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Absolute Location
Definition
A point on the earth's surface expressed by a coordinate system such as latitude and longitude.
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Relative Location
Definition
A location of a place in relation to another place (i.e. south or downhill).
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Latitude
Definition
the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator,
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Longtitude
Definition
1.the angular distance of a place east or west of the meridian at Greenwich, England, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object
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Hemisphere
Definition
half of the terrestrial globe or celestial sphere
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Continent
Definition
1.any of the world's main continuous expanses of land (Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America).
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Physical Map
Definition
a depiction of the identifiable landmarks on DNA, such as genes, and measured in base pairs
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Political map
Definition
a representation of a country's territories, boundaries, and capital(s) on paper or other material
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Timeline
Definition
a graphic representation of the passage of time as a line.
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Common Era
Definition
abbreviated as CE, is an alternative naming of the calendar era Anno Domini ("in the year of the/our Lord"
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Primary Source
Definition
Is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study.
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Secondary Source
Definition
is one that was created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events or conditions you're researching.
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State of Nature
Definition
is a concept in moral and political philosophy used in religion, social contract theories and international law[1] to denote the hypothetical conditions of what the lives of people might have been like before societies came into existence.
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Normad/Nomadic
Definition
A member of a group of people who have no fixed home and move according to the seasons from place to place in search of food, water, and grazing land.
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Society/Societies
Definition
the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community
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Ancient
Definition
belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence
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Hammurabi
Definition
Babylonian king who codified the laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia (died 1750 BC)
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Babylon
Definition
The capital of ancient Babylonia in Mesopotamia on the Euphrates River. Established as capital c. 1750 bc and rebuilt in regal splendor by Nebuchadnezzar II after its destruction (c. 689 bc) by the Assyrians
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Contribution/Contributed
Definition
the part played by a person or thing in bringing about a result or helping something to advance.
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Egypt
Definition
an ancient kingdom in NE Africa: divided into the Nile Delta (Lower Egypt) and the area from Cairo S to the Sudan (Upper Egypt)
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Nile River
Definition
a river in E Africa, the longest in the world, flowing N from Lake Victoria to the Mediterranean.
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Pharaoh
Definition
a ruler in ancient Egypt.
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Hieroglyphics
Definition
designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
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Mesopotamia
Definition
an ancient region in W Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: now part of Iraq
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Cuneiform
Definition
denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.
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Monotheism
Definition
the doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
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Polytheism
Definition
the belief in or worship of more than one god.
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Papyrus
Definition
a material prepared in ancient Egypt from the pithy stem of a water plant, used in sheets throughout the ancient Mediterranean world for writing or painting on and also for making rope, sandals, and boats
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