th
6
Grade
Social Studies
Terms and Topics
Review Presentation
04/27/12
3 Branches of Government
Make Laws
Approve Treaties
Override veto's
Enforces Laws
Foreign relations
(treaties)
Veto Bills
Interpret laws
Can declare laws
unconstitutional
(judicial review)
3 Levels of Government
• National
• State
• Local
5 Themes of Geography
• The 5 Big Ideas in Geography:
»Location
»Place
»Region
»Movement
»Human Environmental
Interaction
Location
• Where a location can be found.
– Absolute location: where
something is exactly.
– Relative location: where
something is in relationship to
another location.
Movement
• The theme of
Geography the
explains how
people, goods, and
ideas get from one
location to
another.
Region
• The Theme of
Geography that
defines locations
that have
characteristics in
common. They can
be physical, like
deserts, mountains,
beaches, or cultural,
like ethnic regions,
or political regions.
Human Environmental
Interaction
• The theme of
Geography that
describes how
people adapt to,
change, and/or
use the
environment
around them.
Place
• The theme of
Geography that
describes all
the physical
and human
features that
are found in a
specific
location.
Age of Exploration
• Age of Exploration, was
the period of time
starting in the 15th
Century and continuing
into the 17th Century,
during which Europeans
explored the world by
ocean searching for
trading partners and
trade goods
Artifact
• An artifact can
be any object
made or modified
by humans which
then tells what
those people
were like.
Agriculture
The raising of
domesticated
animals and
plants to
provide a
steady supply
of food. (i.e.:
farming)
Agricultural Revolution
When a civilization
recognized the ability
to stay in one place and
survive from the
planted ground.
As a result we see….
• Growth of the family
• Towns and cities
• Domesticated animals
• New technology
Bamboo
The plant
that the
Ancient
Chinese used
to make
paper.
BC/AD Timeline
A graphic
organizer
or outline
that
illustrates
events in
chronologic
al order.
Census
• A census is the
procedure of
systematically acquiring
and recording
information about the
members of a given
population.
Information can be
used for taxation,
political, and the
military for example.
Christian Holy Book
The Bible
Christopher Columbus
Born
August October 25-31 1451
Died
May 20, 1506
outside Valladolid, Spain
• was a Genoese (Genoa,
Italy) navigator,
colonizer and explorer
whose voyages across the
Atlantic Ocean for
Queen Isabella of
Spain—led to general
European awareness of
the American continents
in the Western
Hemisphere.
Voyages of
Christopher Columbus
Columbian Exchange
Class System
• Groups of
people having
the same
social,
economic, or
educational
status.
City-States
• The territory of the city-state
corresponds to the city limits and has
one government that is independent
from any other government entity, i.e.
Athens
Civilizations
• A civilization is a
society or culture
group normally
defined as a
complex society
characterized by
the practice of
agriculture and
settlement in towns
and cities.
Code of Hammurabi
One of the first
known written set
of laws in history
written by King
Hammurabi in
Mesopotamia.
Colony / Colonization
• A colony is a
territory under the
immediate political
control of a country,
empire, or state.
• The act of settling a
colony is colonization.
Common Elements of Religions
• religion is made up
of a set of stories,
symbols, beliefs and
practices, often
with a supernatural
quality, that give
meaning to the
practitioner's
experiences of life.
Communism
Communism is a
socioeconomic
structure and
political ideology
that promotes the
establishment of
an egalitarian,
classless,
stateless society.
Constitution
• A constitution is a set
of rules for
government—often a
written document—
that establishes
principles of an
autonomous political
entity. It is the
framework for that
government.
Continents and Oceans
Crusades
• The Crusades were a
series of religiondriven military
campaigns waged by
much of Christian
Europe against
external and internal
opponents.
Culture
It is the way a
civilization of people…
•Talk
•Sing
•Dance
•Worship
•Recreation
…or the way people live.
Language
• Communication of
thoughts and
feelings through a
system of
arbitrary signals,
such as voice
sounds, gestures,
or written
symbols.
Beliefs
a statement,
principle, or
doctrine
that a
person or
group
accepts as
true.
Traditions
• refers to beliefs,
objects or customs
performed or
believed in in the
past, originating in
it, transmitted
through time by
being taught by one
generation to the
next.
The Arts
• diverse range of
human activities and
the products of
those activities, but
is most often
understood to refer
to painting, film,
photography,
sculpture, and other
visual media.
Literature
• is
the art of written
work. The books,
articles, and stories
we read and write
both fiction and
nonfiction.
Cuneiform
Cuneiform is the
one of the
world’ first
known written
languages. This
began as
pictographs by
the Sumerians
of Mesopotamia.
Currency
• A generally
accepted
medium of
exchange.
Delta
A delta is
formed at the
mouth of a
river where it
flows into a
larger body of
water.
Democracy
A form of government
where citizens own the
power to rule
(Two Types of Democracy)
1. Direct
2. Representative
Direct Democracy
• A form of
government where all
citizens are able to
participate in all
levels of government.
The government in
Athens and Town
Meetings are
examples of Direct
Democracy.