Economics
Geography
History
Catch All
Vocab
100

The lack of a resource.

Scarcity

100

Imaginary lines that circle the Earth from Pole to Pole, measuring distance east or west of the Prime Meridian.

Longtitude

100
The study of fossils.

Paleontology

100

A document or written work created after an event.

Secondary source

100

North, south, east, and west.

Cardinal directions

200

What is given up, such as time or money, to make or buy something.

Opportunity cost

200

A measuring line that shows the distances on a map.

Scale

200

The study of human culture and how it develops over time.

Anthropology

200

A personal attitude about people or life.

Point of view

200

A map that shows land and water features.

Physical map

300

The act of running a business and taking on the risks of that business.

Entrepreneurship

300

A map that shows themes or patterns such as climate, natural resources, or population.

Special-purpose map

300

An object made by people.

Artifact

300

Concerned with academic learning or research.

Scholarly

300

An economic system in which custom decides what people do, make, buy, and sell.

Traditional economy

400

The growth in free trade between countries.

Globalization

400

A way of showing the round Earth on a flat map.

Projection

400

Plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time.

Fossil

400

Something that gives confidence that a person is qualified for a task.

Credentials

400

A continued rise in prices or the supply of money.

Inflation

500

Shows what happens as supply and demand interact.

The Supply-Demand Curve

500

The map projections. Name one.

Goode's Interrupted Equal-Area

Mercator

Robinson

Winkel Tripel

500
To learn about the past, present, and future.

Why do we study history?

500

Determining Bias/Trustworthiness. Name one way.

Checking out the author

Looking at the date of publication

Looking at the publisher

Examining the word choice

Are there images

... to name a few

500

Duties/rights of being a US citizen. Name one of each.

Voting, taxes, jury duty, etc.

Speech, press, arms, etc.