Social Studies Vocabulary Review Question Preview (ID: 30230)


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secondary source
a) an object made by people
b) a class of individuals with similar physical characteristics
c) a document or written work created after an event
d) firsthand evidence of an event in history

primary source
a) firsthand evidence of an event in history
b) a document or written work created after an event
c) concerned with academic learning or research
d) a decision reached after examing evidence

surplus
a) an amount that is left over after a need has been met
b) the amount of a good or service that a producer wants to sell
c) a small particle of fertile soil
d) lack of resource

evidence
a) a document or written work created after an event
b) a class of individuals with similar physical characteristics
c) something that shows proof or an indication that something is true
d) exact

fossil
a) an object made by people
b) a small particle of fertile soil
c) plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time
d) lack of resource

longitude
a) imaginary lines that are parallel to the equator
b) a writing system made up of picture and sound symbolstest
c) lack of resource
d) imaginary lines that circle from pole to pole

pyramids
a) government official
b) a great stone tomb built for an Egyptian pharaoh
c) the process of preserving dead bodies
d) ruler of ancient Egypt

delta
a) a fan-shaped area of marshy land near where a river flows into the sea
b) a flat grassland, sometimes with scattereed trees, in a tropical region
c) a reed plant that grows along the Nile River
d) a line of rulers from one family

hieroglyphics
a) a material burned for its pleasant smell
b) a line of rulers from one family
c) a writing system made up of picture and sound symbols
d) the process of preserving dead bodies

pharoah
a) a form of democracy in which all citizens elect government officials
b) is a government whose ruler, a king or queen, inherits the position from a parentt
c) a group of people who share a family member of the past
d) ruler of ancient Egypt

dynasty
a) is a government whose ruler, a king or queen, inherits the position from a parenttest
b) a form of democracy in which all citizens elect government officials
c) a line of rulers from one family
d) the study of fossils

monarchy
a) an object made by people
b) is a government whose ruler, a king or queen, inherits the position from a parent
c) the study of fossils
d) a form of democracy in which all citizens elect government officials

domesticate
a) a way of doing something.
b) the equator divides the Earth into half spheres
c) an example of a landform
d) To adapt an animal to live with humans for the advantage of the humans.

migration
a) imaginary lines that are parallel to the equator
b) the movement of people from one place to settle in another
c) sign or image that stands for something
d) the illustration of an image

Latitude
a) imaginary lines that are parallel to the equator
b) a set of beliefs, behaviors, and traits
c) sign or image that stands for something
d) movement of people from one place to settle in another place

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