th
6
Grade
Social Studies
Terms and Topics
Review Presentation
04/27/12
Dictatorship
A dictatorship is a
form of government
in which the
government is ruled
by an individual, the
dictator, usually
without hereditary
ascension.
Domestication
Domestication is
the taming of
a population of
animals or
plants that
become
accustomed to
an environment
such as a farm.
Economy
• Is the system of how money is made
and used within a particular country or
region. A region's economy is
connected with things like how many
goods and services are produced and
how much money people can spend on
these things.
Economic Systems
• Traditional: people grow and make all the
things they need to live.
• Market: people own their own business and
set the cost of the goods sold.
• Command: the government owns and controls
businesses and sets cost of goods sold.
• Mixed: a combination of traditional, market,
and command economies. USA for example.
Traditional Economy
• Is an underdeveloped
economy in which
communities use
primitive tools and
methods to harvest
and hunt for food,
often resulting in
little economic
growth.
Command Economy
• An economy
where supply
and price are
regulated by the
government
rather than
market forces.
Market Economy
• A system of allocating
resources based only
on the interaction of
market forces, such
as supply and demand.
A true market
economy is free of
governmental
influence, collusion
and other external
interference.
Mixed Economy
• A mixed economy is an
economic system that
includes a variety of public
and government control, or
a mixture of capitalism
and socialism. The United
States of America and
Canada have mixed
economies.
Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an
ancient civilization in
eastern North Africa,
along the Nile River in
what is now the modern
nation of Egypt.
The civilization began
around 3150 B.C.
Empire
• An empire is an
extensive group
of states or
ethnic peoples
united and ruled
over by a single
monarch or ruling
authority.
Examples of
Kentucky Culture
•Horse Racing
•Kentucky Fried
Chicken
•Bluegrass Music
•Tobacco
•Quilting
Federalism
A form of government
in which power is
divided between the
federal/national
government and the
states
Feudal System/
Feudalism
Medieval European
political and social
system made up of a
set of reciprocal legal
and military
obligations among the
king, nobles, knights
and the serfs.
Geography
is the
science that
studies the
lands, the
features, the
inhabitants,
and the
phenomena of
the Earth.
Government
Ruling authority for a
community/country
Types include:
•Republic
•Dictatorship
•Monarchy
•Totalitarianism
•Communism
•Democracy
Guilds
• A guild is an
association of
craftsmen in a
particular
trade. They
were the
forerunners of
today’s unions.
Hemispheres
Eastern And
Western
Divided by the
Prime Meridian
Northern And
Southern
Divided by the
Equator
Hieroglyphics
• In Greek ἱερογλυφικός meaning
“scared writing.”
• A system of written language
where pictures are used as
symbols representing sounds,
ideas, or objects. It is the
formal Egyptian writing found
on temples, pyramids, and
important building in Ancient
Egypt.
Hunter-Gatherer
A hunter-gatherer
society is one
whose primary
method for
survival involves
the gathering of
edible plants and
the hunting of
animals from the
wild.
Import / Export
• an import is any good (e.g. a commodity) or service
brought into one country from another country for
sale.
• An export is a good (e.g. a commodity) or service that
is sent from one country to another country for sale.
import
An
in the receiving country is an
to the sending country.
export
Immigration / Immigrant
• Immigration refers
to the movement of
people (Immigrant)
who move to a new
country to
permanently settle
there.
Interdependent
• When two or
more groups
need each
other in order
for something
to work.
Irrigation
A way to bring
water into an area
to supply the
needs of humans
and/or crops.
Isaac Shelby
Revolutionary War
Veteran and
First and Fifth
Governor of
Kentucky.
Islamic Holy Book
The Koran
Israel
A country in Western
Asia located on the
eastern edge of the
Mediterranean Sea.
The modern state of
Israel has its roots in
the Land of Israel, a
concept central to
Judaism since ancient
times.
Jewish Holy Book
The Torah
and
The Jewish
Bible
Latitude and Longitude
Lines on a map
or globe that
help find
locations of
specific places.
Latitude
• Imaginary
lines on a map
or globe that
run
East/West
and measure
North/South
of the
Equator.
Longitude
• Imaginary
lines on a map
or globe that
run
North/South
and
East/West of
the Prime
Meridian.
Ferdinand Magellan
• a Portuguese maritime
explorer who, tried to
find a westward route
to the Spice Islands of
Indonesia. This
expedition was the first
to cross the Pacific
Ocean and successfully
circumnavigate the
Earth in history.
Born
Spring 1480
Sabrosa, Portugal
Died
April 27, 1521
Cebu, Philippines
Magna Carta
The first document
that limited the
king’s power in
England. This lead
to the
establishment of
the English
Parliament.
Mercantilism
• the economic idea that a
country gains power by
building up its supply of
gold and silver through a
favorable balance of
trade, the development
of agriculture and
manufactures, and the
establishment of foreign
trading monopolies.
Mesopotamia
From the Greek
meaning "land
between the rivers“)
is the area of the
Tigris and Euphrates
river system, largely
corresponding to
modern Iraq where
civilization began.
The Middle East
• Oil
• Religions
• Conflict and Resolutions
Monarchy
• A monarchy is a
form of government
in which supreme
power is absolutely
or nominally lodged
in an individual
called a king or
queen.
Monastery
• A Medieval monastery
was a farm, an inn, a
hospital, a school and
a library. It was a
center for religion
and education where
monks lived and
worked.
Migration
The movement of
people from one land
to another for
different reasons
such as, employment,
war, famine,
persecution,
(religious or
political,) and/or
education.
Natural Disasters
Include:
Hurricanes
Tornados
Earthquakes
Blizzards
Tsunamis
Natural Resources
• Resources
found in
nature that
we use to
make energy
and finished
goods to use
in our lives.
Nebuchadnezzar
• The king of
Babylon in
Mesopotamia
who built the
Hanging
Gardens for his
wife.