Social Studies Concepts- Review of Year
  • 1. Ancestor
A) someone who can tell the future; often using oracle bones
B) a person from whom one is descended; forebear; relative who came before you
C) your heirs; children
  • 2. barter
A) to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
B) to move, migrate, change locations
C) to cooperate; to collaborate
  • 3. cultural diffusion
A) changing your religion
B) the exchange of ideas, thoughts, and beliefs
C) to mix together fluids to make a new substance
  • 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 code of honor for knights in the Middle Ages
B) the social hierarchy of Egypt; classes from Pharaoh to the slaves
C) the social hierarchy of the middle ages; levels of society
  • 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) the idea that how you treat others is how you'll be treated-; karma
B) adhering to monotheism, the doctrine or idea that there is only one God:
C) the doctrine or idea that there are many gods
  • 8. natural barrier
A) events that force people to migrate or move away; push factors
B) things found in nature that we use to stay in one place; we use to farm
C) landforms in nature that can prevent movement or migration; mountains, oceans, deserts, etc.
  • 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) shortage, want, lack; not enough of, especially resources such as food or fresh water
B) alone or living in isolation; not with others
C) having more than enough; an abundance or plentiful amount
  • 11. absolute location
A) exactly where something is, using latitiude and longitude
B) having to do with urban location in the city
C) where the equator meets the prime meridian
  • 12. agriculture
A) farming
B) training an animal
C) the study of ancient things
  • 13. cultural diffusion
A) the directions of north, south, east, and west
B) the spreading of ideas, beliefs, and life-styles
C) conquering another civilization
  • 14. dynasty
A) the emperor of China
B) the region surrounding the capital
C) power being passed down through one family, generation to generation
  • 15. heir
A) the next person in line to inherit the throne or power
B) what we breathe each day
C) a story or a myth
  • 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) a barrier found in nature
B) moving from place to place without a homes
C) believing in many gods of nature or the heavens
  • 18. social class or hierarchy
A) not enough of something; too little
B) being rich; having more than enough
C) the level of society into which you are born and live
  • 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 change
B) to barter or exchange goods
C) to move from one place to another
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