Unit 1 4 th Grade Social Studies Vocabulary

1. Unit 1 4th Grade Social Studies Vocabulary Click here to begin

2. evidence Definition: the study of the past no history yes Primary Sources Click here to go to the next question. no

3. geography Definition: a person who studies the past no location no historian Click here to go to the next question. yes

4. Primary sources Definition: proof that something happened no evidence yes proof Click here to go to the next question. no

5. Secondary sources Definition: records made by people who saw or took place in an event no evidence no Primary sources Click here to go to the next question. yes

6. evidence Definition: records written by someone who was not there no 1200-1350 no Secondary sources Click here to go to the next question. yes

7. time Definition: time sequence no Chronological order yes sequence Click here to go to the next question. no

8. time Definition: a diagram that shows the order in which events happened no timeline yes sequence Click here to go to the next question. no

9. Point of View Definition: how a person looks at a problem or an event yes Chronological order no sequence Click here to go to the next question. no

10. location Definition: an action that makes something else happen. no Solar system no cause Click here to go to the next question. yes

11. effect Definition: something that results from something else happening. yes Solar system no geography Click here to go to the next question. no

12. location Definition: the study of the earth and the way people interact with earth. no Solar system no geography Click here to go to the next question. yes

13. The five themes of geography Definition: five big ideas that help people understand geography Yes! 1999-2000 No! 1789-2014 Click here to go to the next question. No!

14. location Definition: the geographic theme that answers the question “Where is it?” yes geography no The five themes of geography Click here to go to the next question. no

15. human characteristics Definition: the geographic theme that answers the question “What is it like there?” no physical characteristics no place Click here to go to the next question. yes

16. Human characteristics Definition: geographic features that were not made by humans. no Physical characteristics yes place Click here to go to the next question. no

17. Human characteristics Definition: geographic features that were made by people yes Physical characteristics no place Click here to go to the next question. no

18. Human environment interaction Definition: ways in which people use, adapt, or modify the Earth yes Limited resources no movement Click here to go to the next question. no

19. scarcity Definition: the geographic theme that explains how and why people, goods, and ideas move no Limited resources no movement Click here to go to the next question. yes

20. region Definition: an area with one or more common features yes city no state Click here to go to the next question. no

21. scarcity Definition: not enough. yes movement no Unlimited wants Click here to go to the next question. no

22. Limited resources Definition: there are only certain amounts of resources. yes scarcity no Human resources Click here to go to the next question. no

23. Unlimited wants Definition: There is no end to the number of things people want and need. yes Natural resources no Scarcity Click here to go to the next question. no

24. Unlimited wants Definition: Workers and their skills no Natural resources no Human resources Click here to go to the next question. yes

25. Unlimited wants Definition: Things in nature that people see as useful no Natural resources yes Human resources Click here to go to the next question. no

26. Unlimited wants Definition: things that are used to produce more goods and services no Natural resources no Capital resources Click here to go to the next question. yes

27. wants Definition: When you make A choice, your opportunity cost is the second thing you wanted most. no Opportunity cost yes Click here to go to the next question. scarcity no

28. Economic activities Definition: Different ways people use resources and make goods and services. yes Human resources no The people Click here to go to the next question. no

29. producer Definition: Someone who makes goods or provides services. yes consumer no exchange Click here to go to the next question. no

30. consumer Definition: Someone who buys goods & services. yes geographer no Opportunity cost Click here to go to the next question. no

31. government Definition: when people produce only some of the goods and services they consume no specialization yes civics Click here to go to the next question. no

32. exchange Definition: to trade yes consumer no producer Click here to go to the next question. no

33. history Definition: a system people use to exercise authority, distribute power, and regulate conduct of people no civics no government Click here to go to the next question. yes

34. civics Definition: The study of the rights and duties of citizens yes biography no exchange Click here to go to the next question. no

35. Federal Government Definition: Federal, state, and local governments no State government no Levels of government Click here to go to the next question. yes

36. Federal Government Definition: the government of our country Yes State government no representative government Click here to go to the next question. no

37. Levels of government Definition: The government of one of the fifty states. no Branches of government no State government Click here to go to the next question. yes

38. Federal government Definition: people elect representative to make laws for them and be their leaders. no Representative government yes producer Click here to go to the next question. no

39. State government Definition: One of the three different sections of government no Branches of government yes government Click here to go to the next question. no

40. Legislative branch Definition: The branch of government that makes laws yes Levels of government no government Click here to go to the next question. no

41. Executive branch Definition: the branch of government that enforces laws yes Core democratic no region Click here to go to the next question. no

42. Judicial Branch Definition: the branch of government that decides what laws mean. yes Executive Branch no Core Democratic Values Click here to go to the next question. No

43. location Definition: things people believe in that bring people together as Americans. no Core Democratic Values yes geography Click here to go to the next question. no