RISD Secondary Social Studies

Guaranteed Vocabulary (6-12)

6th Grade
Contemporary World Cultures / 7th Grade Texas History / 8th Grade U. S. History Prior to 1877 / 9th Grade World Geography / 10th Grade World History / 11th Grade U. S. History Since 1877 / 12th Grade
Government
Command Economy
Contemporary
Cultural Diffusion
Culture
Deforestation
Economic Indicators
Economic Interdependence
Economy
Entrepreneurship
Ethnicity
Gross Domestic
Product (GDP)
Geography
Human Rights
Institutions
International
Limited
Literacy
Market Economy
Migration
Mixed Economy
Multiculturalism
Politics
Population Density
Region
Republic
Scarcity
Totalitarian
Trade
Trait
Unlimited / Boom and bust
Compromise
Conquistador
Constitution/
constitutional/
Constitutionality
Culture
Debt
Delegate
Democracy
Emancipation
Emigrate
Expedition
Federalism
Geography
Grievance
Human characteristics
Limited government
Natural resources
Petition
Physical characteristics
Political
Popular sovereignty
Ratify
Reconstruction
Rural
Separation of powers
Social
States’ rights
Urbanization / Antifederalist
Assembly
Central/federal/
National government
Civic virtue
Civil disobedience
Colonization
Columbian Exchange
Doctrine
Domestic
Emancipation
Federalist
Independence
Individual rights
Industrial Revolution
Isolationism
Judicial/judiciary
Judicial review
Legislature/legislative
Neutrality
Nullification
Parliament
Policy/legislation
Political party
Principle
Reform
Republicanism
Representation
Social contract
Sovereign
Tariff / Adaptation
Agrarian
Assimilation
Capitalism
Communism
Cultural Diffusion
Cultural Hearth
Demographic Indicators
(GDP, Life expectancy,
literacy, infant
mortality)
Distribution
Formal Region
Functional Region
Globalization
Human Development Index
Industrialization
INFRASTRUCTURE
Innovations
Latitude
Modification
Monotheistic
Pandemic
Patterns
Perceptual Region
Political Systems
Polytheistic
Socialism
Spatial
Subsistence agriculture
Sustainable
Urbanization / Absolutism
Black Death
Buddhism
Christianity
Cold War
Crusades
Depression
Dynasty
Enlightenment
Fascism
Feudalism
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hinduism
Imperialism
Industrial Revolution
Islam
Joseph Stalin
Judaism
Karl Marx
Monarchy
Nationalism
Nazism
Neolithic Revolution
Oligarchy
Paleolithic
Reformation
Renaissance
Revolution
Theocracy
Winston Churchill / Civil rights
Civil service
Containment policy
Conventional and
atomic weapons
Dictatorships
Embargo
Entrepreneur
Eugenics
Expansionism
Great Depression
Industrialist
Initiative
Innovations
Litigation
Lobbying
Minorities
Nativism
New Deal
Non-violent protesting
Political machine
Progressive
Prosperity
Recall
Red Scare
Referendum
Sanctions
Social Darwinism
Terrorism
United Nations
Welfare / “Advise and
Consent”
Bureaucracy
Citizen
Movement
Civic
Participation
Civic
Responsibility
Civil liberties
Congressional
Committee
Congressional
District
Constituent
Direct/indirect
Elections
Due process
Electioneering
Electoral College
Electorate
Equal Protection
Expressed Powers
Fiscal Policy
Implied Powers
Interest Group
Judicial Activism &
Restraint
Jurisdiction
Nomination
Party Platform
Political Party
Political Ideology
Politics
Population Shift
Privileges &
Immunities
Regulatory Policy
Cognitive Verbs
Analyze
Compare
Contrast
Define
Describe
Differentiate
Evaluate
Examine
Explain
Identify
Interpret
Organize
Predict
Relate
Trace / Analyze
Compare
Contrast
Defend*
Define
Describe
Differentiate
Explain
Identify
Support*
Trace / Analyze
Compare
Define
Describe
Differentiate
Evaluate
Explain
Identify
Summarize*
Trace
Transfer* / Analyze
Classify*
Compare
Describe
Examine
Explain
Generate*
Interpret*
Trace
Understand* / Analyze
Assess*
Compare
Contrast
Describe
Evaluate
Explain
Identify
Interpret
Summarize
Trace / Analyze
Compare
Contrast
Describe
Discuss*
Evaluate
Explain
Identify
Define
Describe
Predict
Trace
Understand / Analyze
Categorize*
Compare
Examine
Explain
Explain
Identify
Recall*
Understand

*Secondary Grade Level – Cognitive verb first appears