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Why Define the Words of a Subject?
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If the words of a subject are not understood, the subject itself cannot
be well understood and the information one is learning about cannot be
easily applied. These lists are to provide you with the basic vocabulary of the
subject.
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Fully understanding the meanings of all of the basic words of a subject
while studying the subject will greatly improve one’s ability in that subject.
Also, the action of helping another to fully understand these basic words will
increase one’s own understanding and abilities even more.
Without an understanding of the basic words, a person will not be able
to fully learn a subject, may feel “stupid” in the subject and may quit studying
the subject altogether. The person could even be labeled as “lazy,” “slow,” “a
troublemaker,” “sloppy,” “careless,” etc.
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We have provided for you here a list of words in this subject in roughly
the order a student may have been exposed to the words through his schooling.
When you are closing the gaps in a student’s subject understanding by helping
him to build a vocabulary in that subject defining the words in this order will
help to reduce the use of other more difficult words which may be found in
the definitions themselves. In this way you can build from basic terms and then
step-by-step up to more complex terms with greater ease.
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The lists have been divided up as follows:
Basic: these are the most basic words that anyone of any
grade would need to know about the subject.
Level One:these are the words that a student would usually first
come across in grades 1–3 in the American system or
for about ages 6/7 to about 9/10.
Level Two:these are the words that a student would usually first
come across in grades 4-6 in the American system or
for about ages 9 to about 11/12.
Level Three:these are the words that a student would usually first
come across in grade 7 in the American system or
about ages 12/13.
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The accompanying glossary1 contains definitions and example sentences
for each definition to help in fully understanding the meaning of the word.
How to Define Words: Please refer to your Learning How to Learn book,
the section on “Learning the Meanings of Words,” for the proper way to get
words defined.
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Editor’s Note: If you are using the Subject Study Guides, follow the
directions in the Study Guide.
In unsnarling a student’s ability or understanding of the vocabulary
of the subject you can just check with him as to his understanding using the
glossary and fill in where needed by helping him to define those terms he does
not know. Practice at what he is learning while he is learning it is also needed,
most especially if it is a subject that requires function.
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The information on this was derived from the book Learning How to
Learn and its companion course Progressive Teaching Tools. Do the course at
your nearest Applied Scholastics™ center or at the Spanish Lake Campus.
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glossary: a list of words and their meanings in alphabetical order.
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History Vocabulary Lists
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Basic History Vocabulary List
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(the) past
history
ancient
age
religion
pilgrim
settle
settler
country
nation
rule
king
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queen
kingdom
foreign
leader
ruler
govern
government
president
state
united
America
United States of
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America
enemy
power
freedom
free
war
peace
travel
explore
explorer
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geography
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Level One History Vocabulary List
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art
statue
town
city
capital
community
Columbus
homeland
liberty
flag
banner
hero
slave
law
slavery
plantation
Indians
tribe
reservation
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celebrate
holiday
custom
tradition
traditional
museum
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famous
invent
invention
memorial
territory
colony
colonial
county
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army
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troops
attack
defend
battle
defeat
commander
anthem
pledge
allegiance
equal
equality
race
industry
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victory
world
continent
legend
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Level Two History Vocabulary List
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constitution
amendment
elect
Congress
Senate
representation
House of
Representatives
citizen
royalty
heroine
underground
Underground
Railroad
civil
rights
civil rights
ambush
artillery
time
period
civilization
national
international
current
event
current events
exploration
generation
ancestor
descendant
primitive
barbarian
forefathers
warrior
republic
republican
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democracy
patriot
veteran
literature
myth
mythology
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(the) Union
(the) Confederacy
Civil War
social
crusade
overthrow
rebel
rebellion
revolution
guerillas
liberate
liberator
majority
minority
aggression
conflict
conquer
conquest
invasion
neutral
Europe
Mediterranean
continental
transcontinental
Egypt
empire
emperor/empress
Napoleon
dictator
73. Rome
74. Caesar
75. Alexander the Great
76. Greece
77. city-state
78. Persia
79. India
80. pharaoh
81. monarch
82. monarchy
83. dynasty
84. foe
85. unity
86. United Nations
87. era
88. antiquity
89. classic
90. Renaissance
91. Middle Ages
92. feud
93. feudal
94. lord
95. serf
96. architecture
97. monument
98. temple
99. wonder
100.culture
101.Babylon
102.Mesopotamia
103.nomad
104.peasants
105.proclamation
106.declaration
107.independence
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Level Two History Vocabulary List (continued)
108.Declaration of
Independence
109.founder
110.delegate
111.Founding Fathers
112.racial
113.racism
114.parliament
115.society
116.class
117.segregation
118.desegregation
119.discrimination
120.apartheid
121.emancipation
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122.oppression
123.abolish
124.abolitionist
125.migrate
126.immigrant
127.emigration
128.migrant worker
129.poverty
130.wealth
131.federal
132.trial
133.tax
134.taxation
135.ally
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137.alliance
138.exile
139.revenge
140.spy
141.treason
142.secession
143.reconstruction
144.nationalism
145.atom
146.atom(ic) bomb
147.atomic war
148.Hiroshima
149.Far East
150.Middle East
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Level Three History Vocabulary List
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crisis
charter
reform
Reformation
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medieval
economy
economics
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prosperous
stock
stock market
stock market crash
Great Depression
labor
labor union
tariff
customs
trade
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artisan
merchant
scribe
scroll
guild
politics
cold war
party (politics)
left (politically)
right (politically)
liberal
radical
conservative
impeach
origin
evolution
Darwin
forum
philosophy
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boycott
capitalism
communism
socialism
dictatorship
fascism
Nazi
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imperialism
expansion
federalist
covenant
diplomat
foreign affairs
prohibit
prohibition
nuclear power
treaty
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