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 trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
C) to move, migrate, change locations
  • 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) extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area.
B) not having enough protection; being fearful of your life
C) having too many natural resources; an abundance
  • 5. feudalism
A) the social hierarchy of the middle ages; levels of society
B) the code of honor for knights in the Middle Ages
C) the social hierarchy of Egypt; classes from Pharaoh to the slaves
  • 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) adhering to monotheism, the doctrine or idea that there is only one God:
B) the idea that how you treat others is how you'll be treated-; karma
C) the doctrine or idea that there are many gods
  • 8. natural barrier
A) things found in nature that we use to stay in one place; we use to farm
B) events that force people to migrate or move away; push factors
C) landforms in nature that can prevent movement or migration; mountains, oceans, deserts, etc.
  • 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) having to do with urban location in the city
B) exactly where something is, using latitiude and longitude
C) where the equator meets the prime meridian
  • 12. agriculture
A) farming
B) the study of ancient things
C) training an animal
  • 13. cultural diffusion
A) the directions of north, south, east, and west
B) conquering another civilization
C) the spreading of ideas, beliefs, and life-styles
  • 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) what you are known for; what you leave behind when you're gone
B) products that a country sells overseas
C) someone who enters a country illegally
  • 17. polytheistic
A) believing in many gods of nature or the heavens
B) moving from place to place without a homes
C) a barrier found in nature
  • 18. social class or hierarchy
A) being rich; having more than enough
B) not enough of something; too little
C) the level of society into which you are born and live
  • 19. theocracy
A) rule by a harsh dictator
B) government with an element of faith, gods, or God
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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