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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
question
answer
type
1
development of a world wide culture with an interd
Globalization
2
The feeling that your culture is superior to anoth
Ethnocentrism
3
The kind of money used by a group or a nation
Currency
4
Form of government in which the leader claims to r
Theocracy
5
A form of government in which citizens govern them
Democracy
6
The belief in one god
Monotheism
7
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 fo
Papyrus
10
Rich, fertile soil deposited by the flooding of a
Silt
11
Complete control over someone or something
Absolute power
12
Highly developed culture
Civilization
13
Way of life of a group of people who share similar
Culture
14
Family of rulers
Dynasty
15
Growth of cities
Urbanization
16
The next life, in which the dead are believed to l
Afterlife
17
Someone who rules for a child until the child is o
Regent
18
A worker who is especially skilled in making somet
Artisan
19
A successor to Muhammed and a spiritual leader of
Caliph
20
Islamic pilgramage to the holy city of Mecca
Hajj
21
Islamic house of worship
Mosque
22
A form of government in which a leader rules by fo
Dictatorship
23
nonreligious
Secular
24
A mass murder of people from a particular ethnic g
Genocide
25
A ban on trade with a particular country
Embargo
26
A farm product grown for export
Cash crop
27
The process of treating seawater to remove salts a
Desalinization
28
An area built up by rich fertile soil left by rive
Alluvial plain
29
Steps taken by a nation to limit trading with one
Trade Sanction
30
Feelings of affection and loyalty towards one's co
Nationalism
31
Process of economic and social change which shifts
Industrialization
32
System of laws in South Africa aimed at separating
Apartheid