Unit 1: Early Civilizations and Cultures

6th Grade Social Studies Vocabulary

Chapter 1 – Digging Up the Past

prehistory ______

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archaeology ______

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archaeologist ______

artifact ______

migrate ______

glacier ______

technology ______

domesticate ______

harvest ______

excavation site ______

agriculture ______

surplus ______

nomad ______

social division ______

climate ______

carbon dating ______

culture ______

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anthropology ______

landform ______

geography ______

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diverse ______

Chapter 2 – Early Civilizations

civilization ______

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fertile ______

plain ______

plateau ______

irrigation ______

city-state ______

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region ______

artisan ______

ziggurat ______

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society ______

polytheism ______

scribe ______

cuneiform ______

empire ______

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dynasty ______

conquest ______

covenant ______

monotheism ______

slavery ______

descendant ______

synagogue ______

barter ______

Unit 2: Early Civilizations in Africa & Asia

Chapter 3 – Ancient Egypt and Nubia

delta ______

silt ______

papyrus ______

cataract ______

unify ______

pharaoh ______

hieroglyphics ______

pyramid ______

mummy ______

economy ______

independent ______

Chapter 4 – Ancient China

loess ______

terrace ______

levee ______

double cropping ______

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pictograph ______

oracle bone ______

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province ______

ancestor ______

civil service ______

middleman ______

nobility ______

Chapter 5 – Ancient India & Persia

subcontinent ______

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monsoon season ______

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subsistence farming ______

brahmin ______

sudra ______

reincarnation ______

caste ______

meditation ______

enlightenment ______

Unit 3: Early Civilizations in the Americas

Chapter 6 – Mesoamerican Civilizations

peninsula ______

cenote ______

theocracy ______

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aqueduct ______

codex ______

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mercenary ______

chinampa ______

causeway ______

alliance ______

Chapter 7– The Early Peoples of South America

wetland ______

biome ______

scrub land ______

archipelago ______

quipo ______

Chapter 8– Early North American Peoples

basin and range ______

tributary ______

tundra ______

arid ______

etching ______

pit house ______

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pueblo ______

adobe ______

burial mound ______

wattle ______

wigwam ______

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temple mound ______

snowhouse ______

sod house ______

long house ______

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Unit 4: Mediterranean Empires

Chapter 9 – Ancient Greece

agora ______

plunder ______

myth ______

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immortal ______

aristocracy ______

democracy ______

marathon ______

philosopher ______

reason ______

plague ______

mercenary ______

Chapter 10 – Ancient Rome

patrician ______

plebeian ______

republic ______

representative ______

Senate ______

consul ______

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dictator ______

tribune ______

patriotism ______

caesar ______

emperor ______

gladiator ______

catacomb ______

synagogue ______

disciple ______

persecute ______

auction ______

pope ______

pillage ______

vandal ______

Unit 5: The Medieval World

Chapter 11 – Byzantine Empire and Ancient Arabia

hippodrome ______

cathedral ______

icon ______

pilgrimage ______

caravan ______

mosque ______

astrolabe ______

Chapter 12 – Asian Empires

aristocrat ______

samurai ______

typhoon ______

daimyo ______

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shogun ______

Chapter 13 – African Empires

savanna ______

griot ______

Swahili ______

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oba ______

Chapter 14 – Medieval Europe

monk ______

nun ______

monastery ______

convent ______

missionary ______

monarch ______

serf ______

knight ______

chivalry ______

guild ______

lady ______

epidemic ______

Unit 6: Discovery, Expansion & Revolutions

Chapter 15 – New Beginnings

commerce ______

indulgence ______

excommunicate ______

circumnavigate ______

conquistador ______

colony ______

mercantilism ______

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Chapter 16 – Ideas and Movements

legislature ______

massacre ______

monarchy ______

textile ______

factory ______

tenement ______

corporation ______

reformer ______

strike ______

Chapter 17 – Imperialism, Nationalism & Unification

nationalism ______

imperialism ______

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imperialist ______

treaty port ______

compound ______

modernization ______

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dominion ______

parliament ______

Unit 7: A World in Opposition

Chapter 18 – The World at War

mobilization ______

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neutral ______

casualty ______

trench warfare ______

armistice ______

holocaust ______

reparations ______

inflation ______

Chapter 19 – From Peace to War

depression ______

fascism ______

Nazis ______

propaganda ______

aggression ______

annex ______

appeasement ______

collective ______

refugee ______

concentration camp ______

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charter ______

Chapter 20 – The Cold War

nuclear ______

containment ______

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proletarian ______

guerilla ______

détente ______

Unit 8: New Nations and a New Century

Chapter 21 – New Nations

decolonization ______

coup d’état ______

segregate ______

apartheid ______

sanction ______

Zionism ______

dissident ______

perestroika ______

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glasnost ______

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Chapter 22 – Cooperation, Conflict, and Challenges

gross domestic product (GDP) ______

trading bloc ______

euro ______

trade agreement ______

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ethnicity ______

multiethnic nation ______

ethnic cleansing ______

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repressive ______

terrorism ______

Chapter 23 – Living in the 21st Century

millennium ______

megacity ______

demographer ______

immigration ______

zero population growth ______

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global warming ______

carbon dioxide ______

greenhouse effect ______

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pesticide ______

environmentalist ______

endangered species ______

deforestation ______

desertification ______

pollution ______

conservation ______

fossil fuel ______

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nonrenewable resource ______

renewable resource ______

hydroelectric energy ______

geothermal energy ______

space station ______

satellite ______

Extra Notes

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