ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
6TH GRADE WORLD CULTURES
HISTORY
Contemporary Historical Events
Invasion Conquests
Colonization Trade
Immigration Social Contributions
Political Contributions Economic Contributions
Cultural Contributions Society
GEOGRAPHY
Location Environment
Thematic map Model
Data Base Region
Country Absolute Location
Latitude Longitude
Migration landforms
Physical geographic features human geographic features
Economic development Political Policies
Transportation Corridor Transportation barrier
Natural Resources Domestic Policy
Foreign Policy Physical Environmental Processes
Erosion Earthquakes
Ocean currents renewable natural resources
Non-renewable natural resources fossil fuels
Adapt Modify
Infrastructure Technology
ECONOMICS
Factors of production capital
Entrepreneur Labor
Scarcity of resources shortage
Economic interdependence economic system
Goods and services Free Enterprise economy
Socialist economy communist economy
Morality ethics
Agricultural industry wholesale industry
Retail industry service industry
Manufacturing industry life expectancy
Gross domestic product GDP GDP per capita
Literacy taxation
Government regulation
GOVERNMENT
Limited government unlimited government
Constitutional totalitarian
Human rights human rights abuses
Oppression democracy
CITIZENSHIP
Citizen individual rights
Representative government individual responsibilities
Civic participation
CULTURE
Culture culture region
Multicultural society diversity
Conflict and cooperation cultural diffusion
Cultural change creative expression
Universal themes religion
Philosophy
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY
Scientific discoveries technology
Technological innovations