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