Social Studies Skills And Vocabulary

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Organize

Back 1

To arrange in an orderly way

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Analyze

Back 2

To examine in detail so as to determine tendencies and relationships.

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Sequence

Back 3

To put in order. This can be casual, logical or chronological.

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Categorize

Back 4

To place in a category which is a class or division in a scheme or classification.

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Cause and Effect

Back 5

To be able to determine what made something happen and then describe and relate the events that followed.

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Compare

Back 6

To examine in order to observe or discover similarities or differences.

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Contrast

Back 7

To compare as to point out differences.

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Main Idea

Back 8

The thesis or argument of information you are presented.

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Summarize

Back 9

To briefly state.

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Make Generalizations

Back 10

To state or infer a general principal from given information.

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Predict

Back 11

To tell what one belives will happen

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Draw Inferences

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To make a conclusion out of logical reasoning instead of given fact.

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Draw Conclusions

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The last step in your reasoning process. This is where you make a judgement or decision out of the information you are presented.

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Evaluate

Back 14

To judge or determine the worth or value of information you are presented.

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Interpret

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To explain the meaning of information you are presented.