Social Studies Vocabulary

member of a community, state, or nation

• geographer

• citizen

• compass rose

• cardinal directions

first hand account of an event created by someone that experienced the event

• relative location

• primary source

• secondary source

• region

part of the world or country that have similar characteristics

• absolute location

• relative location

• region

• inset map

the way people spend and make money

• map title

• geography

• citizen

• economy

A settlement ruled by another country

• persecution

• royal colony

• colony

• immunity

an agreement

• encounter

• royal colony

• explorer

• treaty

harsh and unfair treatment

• encounter

• treaty

• proprietor

• persecution

A word that describes a person who studies human societies and cultures.

• A) Sociologist

• B) Anthropologist

• C) Economist

• D) Biologist

A term used to describe the movement of people from one place to another.

• A) Immigration

• B) Emigration

• C) Migration

• D) Colonization

The study of the rights and duties of citizenship.

• A) Civics

• B) Politics

• C) Sociology

• D) Anthropology