GLOSSARY
WEEK ONE VOCABULARY:
Apartheid—Apartheid was a policy of racial separation used in South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
Aquifer—An aquifer is an underground layer of rock and sand that contains water.
Arable—Arable describes land that is suitable for planting crops.
Arid—A climate that is dry with very little rainfall is known as an arid climate.
WEEK TWO VOCABULARY:
Autocracy—An autocracy is a government system where one leader holds complete power.
Capital resources—Capital resources are man-made things we use to help us work, like factories, machines, and technologies.
Communism—Communism is a political theory that all goods and property should be owned by a whole society rather than by individual people.
Confederation—A confederation is a loose alliance of countries, states, and other political units.
WEEK THREE VOCABULARY:
Conservation—Conservation means to take care of or protect something.
Contaminated—Something is contaminated when it is impure or unclean.
Corrupt—Corrupt means lacking integrity, being dishonest or immoral.
Culture—Culture is a set of values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors among a group of people.
WEEK FOUR VOCABULARY:
Currency—Currency is used to buy goods and services.
Deforestation—Deforestation is the loss of forest from cutting down too many trees.
Democracy—A democracy is a type of government where the people in the country hold the supreme power.
Desalination—Desalination is the removal of salt, especially from sea water.
WEEK FIVE VOCABULARY:
Desertification—Desertification is the process by which the desert spreads and soil loses its ability to hold water.
Dictator—A dictator is a ruler with absolute power and authority.
Diversity—Diversity is being different.
Drought—A drought is a long time with little or no rain.
WEEK SIX VOCABULARY:
Embargo—An embargo is an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
Entrepreneur—An entrepreneur is someone who has an idea for a good or service and takes the risk to produce it.
Ethnic—Ethnic refers to a group of people who have the same language, culture, or religion.
Famine—Famine is an extreme scarcity of food in a region.
WEEK SEVEN VOCABULARY:
Federal—Federal refers to a type of government where a group of states (or other small political units) give certain power and authority to a central government.
GDP—The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of a country is the total market value o the goods and services produced by that country in a specific year.
Government—Government is the person or group of people who make rules and laws, enforce rules and laws, and decide if rules and laws have been broken.
Guerrilla—A guerrilla is a member of a small group of soldiers that attacks suddenly and disappears into hiding.
WEEK EIGHT VOCABULARY:
Holocaust—A holocaust is an act o mass destruction and loss of life.
Human characteristics—Human characteristics of land are changes to the land that were made by people.
Human resources—Human resources are people working to produce goods and services.
Humanitarian—A humanitarian is someone devoted to being kind to others and helping them when they are suffering.
WEEK NINE VOCABULARY:
Immigration—Immigration is to move from one country and make a home in another country.
Industrialization—Industrialization means adopting industrial methods of manufacturing and production.
Infrastructure—Infrastructure is the foundation of any system or organization.
Interdependent—something is interdependent when two or more things depend on each other for survival.
WEEK TEN VOCABULARY:
Invest—Invest means to commit money or capital to gain a financial return.
Irrigation—Irrigation is supplying water to farmland.
Literacy—Literacy is the ability to read and write.
Location—Location is where something is.
WEEK ELEVEN VOCABULARY:
Monarchy—A monarchy is a government headed by a king or queen.
Nationalism—Nationalism is loyalty and devotion to one’s country.
Natural resources—Natural resources are materials that come directly from nature.
Oligarchy—An oligarchy is a political system where control rests with a small group of people with wealth or power.
WEEK TWELVE VOCABULARY:
Pandemic—A pandemic is an outbreak of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, such as a continent or throughout the world.
Parliamentary government—A parliamentary government is a democratic form of government where the legislature (Parliament) controls the power.
Petroleum—Petroleum is a thick, dark oil found under the earth’s surface.
Physical characteristics—Physical characteristics describe the type of land in an area.
WEEK THIRTEEN VOCABULARY:
Population density—Population density is the number of people living in a specific area.
Quota—A quota is an example of a trade barrier that sets a limit on the number of a good that can be imported.
Rainforest—Rainforests are home to the largest variety of plant and animal species on the planet, and are known as the “lungs of the earth” because they convert carbon dioxide into valuable oxygen.
Republic—A republic is a system of government where decisions are made by elected officials who represent the people.
WEEK FOURTEEN VOCABULARY:
Revenue—Revenue is income a business makes from the sale of goods and services.
Specialization—Specialization is being really good at making one or more things.
Subsistence—Subsistence is having just the basic resources for survival.
Tariff—A tariff is a tax on imported and exported goods.
WEEK FIFTEENVOCABULARY:
Theocracy—A theocracy is a government controlled by religious leaders.
Trade—Trade is buying and selling items.
Unitary—A unitary government system gives all power to the central government.
Volunteer—A volunteer is a person who offers to do something by his or her own choice.
Apartheid—Apartheid was a policy of racial separation used in South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
Aquifer—An aquifer is an underground layer of rock and sand that contains water.
Arable—Arable describes land that is suitable for planting crops.
Arid—A climate that is dry with very little rainfall is known as an arid climate.
WEEK TWO VOCABULARY:
Autocracy—An autocracy is a government system where one leader holds complete power.
Capital resources—Capital resources are man-made things we use to help us work, like factories, machines, and technologies.
Communism—Communism is a political theory that all goods and property should be owned by a whole society rather than by individual people.
Confederation—A confederation is a loose alliance of countries, states, and other political units.
WEEK THREE VOCABULARY:
Conservation—Conservation means to take care of or protect something.
Contaminated—Something is contaminated when it is impure or unclean.
Corrupt—Corrupt means lacking integrity, being dishonest or immoral.
Culture—Culture is a set of values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors among a group of people.
WEEK FOUR VOCABULARY:
Currency—Currency is used to buy goods and services.
Deforestation—Deforestation is the loss of forest from cutting down too many trees.
Democracy—A democracy is a type of government where the people in the country hold the supreme power.
Desalination—Desalination is the removal of salt, especially from sea water.
WEEK FIVE VOCABULARY:
Desertification—Desertification is the process by which the desert spreads and soil loses its ability to hold water.
Dictator—A dictator is a ruler with absolute power and authority.
Diversity—Diversity is being different.
Drought—A drought is a long time with little or no rain.
WEEK SIX VOCABULARY:
Embargo—An embargo is an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country.
Entrepreneur—An entrepreneur is someone who has an idea for a good or service and takes the risk to produce it.
Ethnic—Ethnic refers to a group of people who have the same language, culture, or religion.
Famine—Famine is an extreme scarcity of food in a region.
WEEK SEVEN VOCABULARY:
Federal—Federal refers to a type of government where a group of states (or other small political units) give certain power and authority to a central government.
GDP—The GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of a country is the total market value o the goods and services produced by that country in a specific year.
Government—Government is the person or group of people who make rules and laws, enforce rules and laws, and decide if rules and laws have been broken.
Guerrilla—A guerrilla is a member of a small group of soldiers that attacks suddenly and disappears into hiding.
WEEK EIGHT VOCABULARY:
Holocaust—A holocaust is an act o mass destruction and loss of life.
Human characteristics—Human characteristics of land are changes to the land that were made by people.
Human resources—Human resources are people working to produce goods and services.
Humanitarian—A humanitarian is someone devoted to being kind to others and helping them when they are suffering.
WEEK NINE VOCABULARY:
Immigration—Immigration is to move from one country and make a home in another country.
Industrialization—Industrialization means adopting industrial methods of manufacturing and production.
Infrastructure—Infrastructure is the foundation of any system or organization.
Interdependent—something is interdependent when two or more things depend on each other for survival.
WEEK TEN VOCABULARY:
Invest—Invest means to commit money or capital to gain a financial return.
Irrigation—Irrigation is supplying water to farmland.
Literacy—Literacy is the ability to read and write.
Location—Location is where something is.
WEEK ELEVEN VOCABULARY:
Monarchy—A monarchy is a government headed by a king or queen.
Nationalism—Nationalism is loyalty and devotion to one’s country.
Natural resources—Natural resources are materials that come directly from nature.
Oligarchy—An oligarchy is a political system where control rests with a small group of people with wealth or power.
WEEK TWELVE VOCABULARY:
Pandemic—A pandemic is an outbreak of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, such as a continent or throughout the world.
Parliamentary government—A parliamentary government is a democratic form of government where the legislature (Parliament) controls the power.
Petroleum—Petroleum is a thick, dark oil found under the earth’s surface.
Physical characteristics—Physical characteristics describe the type of land in an area.
WEEK THIRTEEN VOCABULARY:
Population density—Population density is the number of people living in a specific area.
Quota—A quota is an example of a trade barrier that sets a limit on the number of a good that can be imported.
Rainforest—Rainforests are home to the largest variety of plant and animal species on the planet, and are known as the “lungs of the earth” because they convert carbon dioxide into valuable oxygen.
Republic—A republic is a system of government where decisions are made by elected officials who represent the people.
WEEK FOURTEEN VOCABULARY:
Revenue—Revenue is income a business makes from the sale of goods and services.
Specialization—Specialization is being really good at making one or more things.
Subsistence—Subsistence is having just the basic resources for survival.
Tariff—A tariff is a tax on imported and exported goods.
WEEK FIFTEENVOCABULARY:
Theocracy—A theocracy is a government controlled by religious leaders.
Trade—Trade is buying and selling items.
Unitary—A unitary government system gives all power to the central government.
Volunteer—A volunteer is a person who offers to do something by his or her own choice.