Social Studies Vocabulary
1st Semester
Environment Physical Characteristics Region
Natural Resources Barter
Primary Sources Secondary Sources Columbian Exchange
Limited Government Federalism Separation of Powers
Manifest Destiny Republic Laissez-faire
Consumers consumption Factors of production
Capital Resources Assimilation Constituent
Gilded Age Bureaucracy Cotton Belt
Popular sovereignty Place Profit
Relative Location Human Resources Mental Map
Taxes Responsibility Nativism
Fiscal policy Progressives production
Hoovervilles National debt saving
Sources of wealth business cycles common good
Deficit spending Democracy Direct Democracy
2nd Semester
Profit motive Supply Scarcity
Market Economy Demographics Suburbia
Cost Benefit analysis Interest group Opportunity Cost
Radicals Rights Rule of Law
Majority Rule Representative Democracy Interdependent
Ecosystem Location Stalemate
Absolute Location Relative location demand
Economic Goals Inflation Stagflation
Producers private goods productivity
Sunbelt rust belt monetary policy