Social Studies Vocabulary
Which vocabulary word means "to give up"?
Cede
Which vocabulary word means "the study of the natural world"?
Who had the idea of sailing west to reach the Indies?
Columbus
Information collected by using the five senses is an ______________.
observation
What is the name of colony founded by Sir George Calvert as a safe haven for English Catholics?
Maryland
Which vocabulary word means "a king or queen"?
monarch
What word is used for a person who asks questions about the natural world?
scientist
Who landed on a large peninsula and named it Florida?
Ponce de Leon
A possible explanation or answer to a question is a _________________.
hypothesis
Name a hardship the people of Jamestown faced.
starvation, famine, difficulties with the climate and geography, sickness, attacks by local natives
Which vocabulary word is the name for men sent from Spain to conquer and settle the New World?
conquistador
What tool makes an object look several times bigger than it is?
microscope
Who wanted to found a new Paris at a site along the Mississippi River?
La Salle
Which tool measures mass?
pan balance
What does an earth scientist study?
rocks, weather, planets
religious order
Which vocabulary word describes a procedure carried out to gather data about an object or an event?
investigation
Who explored the area that later became the states of Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Louisiana?
de Soto
Data gathered during an investigation is called ___________.
evidence
Research is when you use reference materials and talk to experts to learn what is known.
Name one way to research a topic.
Read a book, read science articles, visit a museum, email a scientist, visit science websites
Missionaries might be considered a type of conquistador, but they did not carry weapons of violence. What kinds of "weapons" did the missionaries use?
Spiritual weapons of preaching, praying, and serving.
Which vocabulary word is "an untested conclusion based on observations"?
inference
How did La Salle travel from the Great Lakes to New Orleans?
He travelled down waterways, especially the Mississippi River.
Name a way that data can be displayed.
maps, tables, graphs, drawings, diagrams
What step of the Scientific Method is missing?
a. Make observations
b. Form a hypothesis
c.
d. Record and analyze results
e. Draw conclusions
f. Communicate results
Read a book, read science articles, visit a museum, email a scientist, visit science websites