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Social Studies Vocabulary

Practice your vocabulary for the year!

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Ancestor:one from whom a person is descended, a distant relative, forefather
Nomad:group of people who have no fixed home but who move from place to place usually seasonally and within a specific territory
Port:a city or town where ships go to pick up or drop off cargo/good
Justice:the quality of being just, impartial, or fair
Custom:a practice common to a group of people who have similar beliefs, values, or lifestyles
Irrigation:bringing water to dry places to water crops
Veterans’ Day:observed as a legal holiday in the United States to honor the veterans of the armed forces
Century:a period of 100 years
Decade:a period of 10 years
Millennium:a period of 1000 years
Natural Resources:materials found in nature used to make goods
Immigration:to come into a new country and become a permanent resident
Iroquois:a group of Native Americans originally from New York consisting of the Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk
Consumer:a person who uses goods
Mass Production:to create a large quantity of goods
Supply and demandproducing goods based on the number of people who want them
Profit:the money left over after all costs have been paid\
Federal Governmentthe national government based in Washington, D.C.
Local Governmentcity, village, or town governments
Import:to bring goods in from another country
Export:to ship goods to another country
Tax:money collected for a good or service
Citizenship:membership in a community, abiding by the laws of the community
Occupation:a job
Equator:the imaginary horizontal line that runs around the middle of the globe 0o Latitude


Miss Madej, Mrs. Schultz, Mrs. Davidson

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