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7th Grade Social Studies Essential Vocab
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dmssocialstudies
created: 10-01-2009
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Essential Vocab
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development of a world wide culture with an interdependent economy
Globalization
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The feeling that your culture is superior to another culture.
Ethnocentrism
3
The kind of money used by a group or a nation
Currency
4
Form of government in which the leader claims to rule on behalf of a god
Theocracy
5
A form of government in which citizens govern themselves
Democracy
6
The belief in one god
Monotheism
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The belief in many gods
Polytheism
8
The title of the kings and queens of ancient Egypt
Pharaoh
9
An early form of paper made from reedlike plant found in the marshy areas of the Nile delta
Papyrus
10
Rich, fertile soil deposited by the flooding of a river
Silt
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Complete control over someone or something
Absolute power
12
Highly developed culture
Civilization
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Way of life of a group of people who share similar beliefs and customs
Culture
14
Family of rulers
Dynasty
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Growth of cities
Urbanization
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The next life, in which the dead are believed to live again
Afterlife
17
Someone who rules for a child until the child is old enough to rule
Regent
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A worker who is especially skilled in making something, such as baskets, leather goods, tools, jewelry, pottery, or clothes.
Artisan
19
A successor to Muhammed and a spiritual leader of Islam
Caliph
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Islamic pilgramage to the holy city of Mecca
Hajj