social studies gr 6 academic vocab

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  1. agriculture
    the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock
  2. capital
    a large alphabetic character used in writing or printing
  3. chronology
    an arrangement of events in time
  4. climate
    the weather in some location averaged over a period of time
  5. civilization
    a society in an advanced state of social development
  6. conqueror
    someone who is victorious by force of arms
  7. constitution
    the act of forming or establishing something
  8. culture
    all the knowledge and values shared by a society
  9. diversity
    noticeable variety
  10. economy
    the system of production and distribution and consumption
  11. environment
    the totality of surrounding conditions
  12. erosion
    the process of wearing or grinding something down
  13. ethnicity
    an affiliation resulting from racial or cultural ties
  14. geography
    study of the earth's surface
  15. hemisphere
    half of a round, three-dimensional shape
  16. import
    bring in from abroad
  17. export
    sell or transfer abroad
  18. irrigation
    the act of supplying dry land with water by artificial means
  19. latitude
    an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator
  20. longitude
    the angular distance from the prime meridian at Greenwich
  21. map
    a diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface
  22. elements
    violent or severe weather
  23. scale
    an ordered reference standard
  24. key
    metal device that allows a lock's mechanism to be rotated
  25. legend
    a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events
  26. border
    the boundary of a surface
  27. projection
    the act of expelling or ejecting
  28. migration
    the movement of persons from one locality to another
  29. immigration
    movement of people into a country or area
  30. natural resources
    resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature
  31. physical
    involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit
  32. human
    a person; a hominid with a large brain and articulate speech
  33. characteristic
    typical or distinctive
  34. primary
    of first rank or importance or value
  35. secondary
    being of second rank or importance or value
  36. source
    the place where something begins
  37. scarcity
    a small and inadequate amount
  38. surplus
    a quantity much larger than is needed
  39. society
    an extended group having a distinctive cultural organization
  40. urban
    relating to a city or densely populated area
  41. rural
    living in or characteristic of farming or country life
  42. vegetation
    the process of growth in plants
Created on Thu Dec 31 11:00:37 EST 2009

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