Tn Academic Vocabulary Third Grade Social Studies Terms

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Agriculture

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The science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock; farming.

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Barter

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an equal exchange; To trade goods or services without the exchange of money.

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borders

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A part that forms the outer edge of something; boundary;

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Cardinal directions

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Collective term for the four primary directions: North, South, East, West

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Citizenship

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The country in which a person is born (and has not renounced or lost citizenship) or naturalized and to which that person owes allegiance and by which he or she is entitled to be protected.

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conflict

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an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals);

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consumer

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One that consumes, especially one that acquires goods or services for direct use or ownership rather than for resale or use in.

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culture

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a particular society at a particular time and place

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distribution

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The act of distributing or the
condition of being distributed

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economy

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the system of production and distribution and consumption

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equator

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an imaginary line around the Earth forming the great circle that is equidistant from the north and south poles; "the equator is the boundary between the northern and southern hemispheres"

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Exports

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To send or transport (a commodity, for example) abroad, especially for trade or sale.

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Geographic features

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Land or area specifics of a region or area

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Geography

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study of the earth's surface; includes people's responses to topography and climate and soil and vegetation

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global

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Of, relating to, or involving the entire earth

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hemisphere

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half of the terrestrial globe

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Imports

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goods or services that were produced abroad.

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Industry/
manufacturing

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the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise

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Latitude

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the angular distance between an imaginary line around a heavenly body parallel to its equator and the equator itself

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longitude

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the angular distance between a point on any meridian and the prime meridian at Greenwich

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Map key/legend

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an explanatory description or legend to features on a map or chart

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Natural resources

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Materials that occur in nature and are essential or useful to humans, such as water, air, land, forests, fish and wildlife, topsoil, and minerals.

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Physical map

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In addition to country borders, major cities and significant bodies of water, physical maps indicate the location of landforms like deserts, mountains and rivers.

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population

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All of the people inhabiting a specified area

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Producer

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manufacturer: someone who manufactures something

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product

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merchandise: commodities offered for sale;

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Suburban

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relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs

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Time line

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A schedule of activities or events; a timetable. A chronology. A representation or exhibit of key events within a particular time

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Wants and needs

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hose things desired as opposed to those things required

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volunteer

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A person who performs or offers to perform a service voluntarily: