Here is a list of several terms you should know for your Csec Social Studies Exams for both
papers. These terms frequently appear on exam papers. Rehearsing them will allow you to
attempt the questions and answer them correctly.
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Judiciary - is the system of courts that interprets, defends, and applies the law in the
name of the state
● The executive - branch of government exercising authority in and holding responsibility
for the governance of a state. The executive executes and enforces law.
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sibling is your brother or sister
● Underemployment is when a person does not work full time or takes a job that does not
reflect their actual training and financial needs. That is, their job doesn’t use all their
skills and education, or provides less than full time work.
● Urbanization - is the process by which large numbers of people become permanently
concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities.
● BILATERAL involving two parties, especially countries.
● BIGAMY -is the offence of marrying someone while already married to another person.
● Divorce is the final termination of a marital union, canceling the legal duties and
responsibilities of marriage, and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between the parties.
… The legal process of divorce may also involve issues of alimony, child custody, child
support, distribution of property, and division of debt.
● DEATH RATE The ratio of total deaths to total population in a specified community or
area over a specified period of time. The death rate is often expressed as the number of
deaths per 1,000 of the population per year. Also called fatality rate.
● dependency ratio relates the number of children (0-14. years old) and older persons (65
years or over) to the working-age population (15-64 years old).
● Electorate may refer to: The people who are eligible to vote in an election
● A bill is proposed legislation under consideration by a legislature. A bill becomes law
once it is passed by the legislature and, in most cases, approved by the executive. Once a
bill has been enacted into law, it is called an act of the legislature, or a statute.
● Emigration is the relocation of people from one country in order to permanently live in
another. It is the same process as immigration, which is the influx of people from
another country. The difference between the terms is the point of view. Both types of
relocation are part of the process called migration.
● Immigration is the process of moving to a new country or region with the intention of
staying and living there. People may choose to immigrate for a variety of reasons, such as
employment opportunities, to escape a violent conflict, environmental factors,
educational purposes, or to reunite with family.
● Exogamy is the social norm of marrying outside one’s social group. … Cultural exogamy
is marrying outside a specific cultural group; the opposite is endogamy, marriage within a
social group.
● INCEST sexual relations between people being too closely related to marry each other.
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infant mortality rate - is the number of infant deaths for every 1,000 live births.
Infrastructure is the general term for the basic physical systems of a business, region, or nation.
Examples of infrastructure include transportation systems, communication networks, sewage,
water, and electric systems.
Host country: The country tourists travel to. Supply country: The country tourists come from.
Human resources is the set of individuals who make up the workforce of an organization,
business sector, or economy.
The labor force is the number of people who are employed plus the unemployed who are
looking for work. …
Multilateral trade agreements are commerce treaties among three or more nations. …
Nonrenewable energy resources include coal, natural gas, bauxite oil, and nuclear energy.
Once these resources are used up, they cannot readily rbe replaced
Natural increase/decrease is the difference between births and deaths. Natural increase happens
when there are more births than deaths. Natural decrease happens when there are more deaths
than births.