6th Grade Vocabulary-ALL CAMPUSES
6.1 History. The student understands that historical events influence contemporary events.
The student is expected to:
(B) analyze the historical background of the United States to evaluate relationships between past conflicts and
current conditions.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Apartheid
Migration
Empire
Independence
Revolution
An official policy of racial separation formerly practiced in South Africa
Moving from one area in order to settle in another
A nation or group of territories ruled by an emperor
Freedom from colonial rule
A period of great change
6.2 History. The student understands the contributions of individuals and groups from various cultures to selected
historical and contemporary societies.
The student is expected to:
(A) explain the significance of individuals or groups from the United States, past and present.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Parliament
Diversity
Immigrants
Descendants
Ethnic Groups
Martin Luther King, Jr
A national law-making body (Canada & England)
A variety of cultures and viewpoints
A person who comes to a country to take up residence
The next generation of a culture
A group of people of similar culture
Black civil rights leader
6.3 Geography. The student uses maps, globes, graphs, charts, models, and databases to answer geographic questions.
The student is expected to:
(B) pose and answer questions about geographic distributions and patterns for selected world regions and
countries shown on maps, graphs, charts, models, and databases.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Political Map
Physical Map
Climate
Population
Culture region
Movement
A map that shows capitals and boundaries between cities and countries
A map that shows landforms like mountains, rivers, and plateaus
The typical weather of a region
The number of people who live in an area
An area of the world in which many people share similar beliefs, history, and languages
The movement of people, goods and ideas
(C) compare selected world regions and countries using data from maps, graphs, charts, databases, and models.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Currency
Rural
Urban
Climate
Life Expectancy
Religion
Literacy rate
Money used a as form of exchange
In the countryside
In the city
The typical weather of a region
The number of years a person is expected to live in a population
A belief system
The number of people who can read and write in a population
6.4 Geography. The student understands the characteristics and relative locations of major historical and contemporary
societies.
The student is expected to:
(A) locate major historical and contemporary societies on maps and globes.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Continent
Regions
Weather
Glaciers
Atmosphere
Vegetation
Precipitation
one of the main landmasses of the globe
Group of places having the same physical features or human characteristics in common
State of the earth’s atmosphere at any given time.
A thick sheet of ice that moves slowly across land.
the gaseous envelope surrounding the earth; the air
Plant life such as trees, plants, and grasses.
Moisture that falls to the earth such as rain, or snow.
(B) identify and explain the geographic factors responsible for patterns of population in places and regions.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Elevation
Climate
Economy
Region
Agriculture
Adaptation
Landform
the altitude of a place above sea level or ground level
A typical weather of a region.
The system by which business owners in a region use productive resources to provide goods and services to provide
peoples’ wants.
Group of places having the same physical features or human characteristics in common
Farming
In ability to modify, in order to survive in a particular environment
A feature of the earth’s surface such as a mountain, valley, or plateau.
(C) explain ways in which human migration influences the character of places and regions.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Immigration
Emigration
Immigrant
The process of moving to a new country to take up residence
The process of moving from one country to take up residence in another
A person that comes to a country to take up residence
(D) identify and explain the geographic factors responsible for the location of economic activities in places and
regions.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Equal opportunity
Population density
Diversity
A guarantee that government and private institutions and will not discriminate against people on the basis of factors such
as race, religion, age, or gender.
the number of people living per unit of an area (e.g. per square mile); the number of people relative to the space
occupied by them
A variety of culture and view points.
6.5 Geography. The student understands how geographic factors influence the economic development, political
relationships, and policies of societies.
The student is expected to:
(A) explain factors such as location, physical features, transportation corridors and barriers, and distribution of
natural resources that influence the economic development and foreign policies of societies.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Diversity
Migration
Population Density
Equal Opportunity
Fertile
Landform
Physical Features
A variety of cultures and viewpoints
Movement of one area in order to settle in another
the number of people living per unit of an area (e.g. per square mile); the number of people relative to the space
occupied by them
Guarantee against ageist discrimination on basis of race, religion, age or gender
Rich in resources and nutrients
Feature of the Earth’s surface, such as a mountain, valley, or a plateau
landforms, bodies of water, climate, natural vegetation and soil
6.7 Geography. The student understands the impact of interactions between people and the physical environment on the
development of places and regions.
The student is expected to:
(A) identify and analyze ways people have adapted to the physical environment in selected places and regions.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Region
Adaptation
Agriculture
Renewable Resources
Non-Renewable Resources
Irrigation
Group of places having the same physical features or human characteristics in common
In ability to modify, in order to survive in a particular environment
the science of cultivating land, raising crops, and feeding, breeding, and raising livestock; farming
Resource that can be used and replace over a short period of time
Resource that can only be replaced over millions of years
The process of bringing water to dry land
6.11 Government. The student understands the concepts of limited governments, such as constitutional and democratic
governments, and unlimited governments, such as totalitarian and non democratic governments.
The student is expected to:
(A) describe characteristics of limited and unlimited governments.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Limited Government
a type of government in which its functions and powers are prescribed, limited, and restricted by law
Unlimited Government
Type of government in which the leaders have almost absolute power
(B) identify examples of limited and unlimited governments.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy
Absolute Monarchy
Dictatorship
Tyranny
Democracy
Oligarchy
Government ruled by a king or queen
Government ruled by a king or queen whose power is determined by the nation’s constitution and laws
a monarchy that is not limited or restrained by laws or a constitution
Government ruled by one person who has complete control over a country’s government r
arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority
Government that receives its power from the people
Republic
Government in which power belongs to the citizens, who govern themselves through elected representatives
Government in which a group of selected individuals, aristocrats, make the decisions
(C) identify reasons for limiting the power of government.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Bill of Rights
Amendment
Checks and Balances
Federal System
Citizen
Branches of Government
a formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the United States, incorporated in the Constitution as
Amendments 1–10, and in all state constitution
an alteration of or addition to a motion, bill, constitution, etc
The “checking” of powers of the branches of government
National system of government
Legal member of a country
In the US, consists of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches; separates the power of government
(D) compare limited and unlimited governments.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Germany
United States
Sparta
Athens
country controlled in WWII by a dictator
country ruled under democracy
ruled under an oligarchy
one of the first places with a democratic form of government
6.12 Government. The student understands alternative ways of organizing governments.
The student is expected to:
(B) identify examples of governments with rule by one, few, or many.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Monarchy
Constitutional Monarchy
Dictatorship
Democracy
Republic
Oligarchy
Government ruled by a king or queen
Government ruled by a king or queen whose power is determined by the nation’s constitution and laws
Government ruled by one person who has complete control over a country’s government
Government that receives its power from the people
Government in which power belongs to the citizens, who govern themselves through elected representatives
Government in which power belongs to a few citizens called aristocrats
(C) identify historical origins of democratic forms of government.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Athens
City-state
Polis
Developed form of democratic government
Central city and it’s surrounding villages that follow the same laws, have one form of government and share culture traits
Central city in a city state
6.14 Citizenship. The student understands the relationship among individual rights, responsibilities, and freedoms in
democratic societies.
The student is expected to:
(B) explain relationships among rights and responsibilities in democratic societies.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Democracy
Government
Bill of Rights
Constitution
Individual Rights
Citizenship
Citizen
Republic
Political Process
Equal Opportunity
A government that receives its power from the people
The people and groups within a society that have the authority to make laws, to make sure they are carried
out, and to settle disagreements about them.
Ten amendments to the US Constitution that list specific freedoms guaranteed to every US citizen
the system of fundamental principles according to which a nation, state, corporation, or the like, is
governed, and the document which outlines them.
The status of a citizen, which includes certain duties and rights
A legal member of a country
A nation in which power belongs to the citizens, who govern themselves through elected representatives
Legal activities through which a citizen influences public policy
A guarantee that government and private institutions will not discriminate against people on the basis of
factors such as race, religion, age, or gender
6.19 Culture. The student understands the relationships among religion, philosophy, and culture.
The student is expected to:
(A) explain the relationship among religious ideas, philosophical ideas, and cultures.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
globatlization
Culture
Cultural trait
Value
Multi-lingual
Civilization
Migration
Diversity
Spreading around the world
The belief, customs, laws, art, and ways of living that group of people share.
The food, clothing, technology, beliefs, language, and tools that the people of a culture share.
A principle or ideal by which people live.
The ability to speak more than one language.
an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture, science, industry, and government has been
reached
Movement from one area in order to settle in another.
Variety of cultures and viewpoints.
6.20 Science, technology, and society. The student understands the relationships among science and technology and
political, economic, and social issues and events.
The student is expected to:
(A) give examples of scientific discoveries and technological innovations, including the roles of scientists and
inventors.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Revolution
Capitalism
Industry
Labor force
Scientific revolution
Irrigation
Technology
A fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something
An economic system in which the factories and business that make and sell goods are privately owned and the owners
make the decisions about what goods to produce.
Any area of economic activity.
A pool of available workers.
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A period of great scientific change and discovery during the 16 and 17 centuries.
The process of bringing water to dry land.
Tools and equipment made through scientific discovery
6.21 Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired from a
variety of sources including electronic technology.
The student is expected to:
(A) differentiate between, locate, and use primary and secondary sources such as computer software; interviews;
biographies; oral, print, and visual material; and artifacts to acquire information about selected world cultures.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Artifact
Archaeology
A first hand account or document of an event or time
Sources that interpret, analyze or summarize primary sources
a handmade object, as a tool, or the remains of one, as a shard of pottery, characteristic of an earlier time or cultural
stage, esp. such an object found at an archaeological excavation
the scientific study of historic or prehistoric peoples and their cultures by analysis of their artifacts, inscriptions,
monuments, and other such remains, esp. those that have been excavated.
(B) analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing,
contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences
and conclusions.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
(C) organize and interpret information from graphs, charts, timelines, and maps.
Vocabulary Word
Definition
Latitude
Longitude
Scale
Political Map
Physical Map
Thematic Map
Compass Rose
Cardinal Directions
Intermediate Directions
Population Density
Distribution Map
Elevation
Coordinates
Absolute Location
Relative Location
Map Projection
Equator
A measure of distance north or south of the equator
A measure of distance east or west of a line called the prime meridian
A tool used for measuring distance
A map showing the political boundaries between countries
A map showing the landforms and physical features of an area
A map that focuses on a specific idea or theme
a circle graduated to degrees or quarters and printed on a chart to show direction
The four primary points of the compass: north, east, south, and west.
compass directions located halfway between the cardinal directions
the number of people living per unit of an area (e.g. per square mile); the number of people relative to the
space occupied by them
A map shows dispersed population
How far above or below sea level an area is
The numeric location of a place based on longitude and latitude
The exact spot on Earth where a place is found
The location of one place in relation to other places
One of the difference ways of showing Earth’s curved surface on a flat map
a great circle of the earth or a celestial body that is everywhere equally distant from the two poles and divides
the surface into the northern and southern hemispheres