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Social Studies Vocabulary
Flashcards due Thursday, August 28
Front=term//Back=definition
These words will be on vocabulary quizzes throughout the year.
Definition
1. Social Studies (n) – examining what life & society is/was like
2. caption (n) – box or sentence that gives information about a
visual (picture, graph, or map)
3. primary source (n) - a firsthand or eyewitness account of an
event (journal/diary, letter, newspaper article, speech,
photograph, painting)
4. secondary source (n) - something based on research of an event
(textbook, encyclopedia)
5. objectively (adj) – not being influenced by personal feelings or
opinions when looking at facts; unbiased
6. subjectively (adj) – based on or influenced by personal feelings
or opinions; biased
7. affect (v) – change or impact
8. cause (n) – why something happens
9. effect (n) – outcome or result
10. evaluate (v) – determine significance, worth or quality
11. summarize (v) – using your own words to restate the main idea
& important points
12. analyze (v) – examine in detail to identify causes, key factors,
possible results
13. inference (n) – conclusion made by reading between the lines
14. federal (adj) – national
15. ratify (v) – pass or approve
16. segregation (n) – separation based on race or color
17. manufacturing (n, v) – making something with a machine;
factories
18. industrial (adj) – business; usually manufacturing
19. economic (adj) - $$$$$
20. footnote (n) – definition or information about a word/phrase at the
bottom of the page, shown by a small number after the word
Page 10 –
left side
Social Studies Vocabulary
Flashcards due Thursday, August 28
Front=term//Back=definition
These words will be on vocabulary quizzes throughout the year.
Definition
1. Social Studies (n) – examining what life & society is/was like
2. caption (n) – box or sentence that gives information about a
visual (picture, graph, or map)
3. primary source (n) - a firsthand or eyewitness account of an
event (journal/diary, letter, newspaper article, speech,
photograph, painting)
4. secondary source (n) - something based on research of an event
(textbook, encyclopedia)
5. objectively (adj) – not being influenced by personal feelings or
opinions when looking at facts; unbiased
6. subjectively (adj) – based on or influenced by personal feelings
or opinions; biased
7. affect (v) – change or impact
8. cause (n) – why something happens
9. effect (n) – outcome or result
10. evaluate (v) – determine significance, worth or quality
11. summarize (v) – using your own words to restate the main idea
& important points
12. analyze (v) – examine in detail to identify causes, key factors,
possible results
13. inference (n) – conclusion made by reading between the lines
14. federal (adj) – national
15. ratify (v) – pass or approve
16. segregation (n) – separation based on race or color
17. manufacturing (n, v) – making something with a machine;
factories
18. industrial (adj) – business; usually manufacturing
19. economic (adj) - $$$$$
20. footnote (n) – definition or information about a word/phrase at the
bottom of the page, shown by a small number after the word