SOL Vocabulary by Eleanor Joyce City of Salem Schools

Replace developed country developing country With rich country poor country

Replace rural urban With country city

Replace mortality literacy oral tradition With death reading telling stories

Replace DenseThick SparseThin The city was densely populated. The country side was sparsely populated with

Helpful idea—cross out words in the stem and replace them with familiar words. Example of geography terms are listed below. Replace diverse interior alter primary With different inside change most important

Helpful idea—cross out words in the stem and replace them with familiar words. Example of geography terms are listed below. Replace arid divert arable public private With dry, desert to send another way able to grow crops owned by all people owned by a few people

Economic Activities Nomad- a person who moves around to care for animals Herders- people who care for animals Traditional – doing things the way they have always been done. Ancestors- having to do with grand parents and relatives that are much older.

General terms Activities global- having to do with all countries in the world international- countries in the world working together.

Economic Activities Primary economic activity- having to do with resources such as mining, drilling oil, farming, etc Secondary economic activity- manufacturing or processing Tertiary economic activity – services, transportation, retail, information, etc Economy- how people in a country make a living

Economic Activities Primary economic activity- having to do with resources such as mining, drilling oil, farming, etc

Economic Activities Secondary economic activity- manufacturing, food processing, sewing.

Economic Activities Tertiary economic activity – providing services such as retail clerks, doctors, teachers.

Trade Exports- to send products out of the country. Import- to bring products into the country GDP Gross Domestic Product- the total value of goods and services produced in a country Per capita GDP- the average GDP for each person in the country.

Population Words Populous- the number of people living in an area. Asia is the most populous continent. Overpopulated- too many people living in one place. Population distribution- where people live Population density-the thickness of the population in a region.

Movement of People refugee- a person who goes to another country for safety. immigrant- a person who chooses to move to another country migrate- to move within a country ethnic group- a group of people from the same region who have the same customs, language and traditions. (example: French, Hispanic, Chinese)

Resource words renewable- a resource that replaces itself like water and trees nonrenewable- a resource that does not replace itself like fossil fuels

General Words domestic- referring to within the country or home foreign- refers to other countries.

General Words landlocked- a country that is surrounded by land

General Words originate- where something begins. proximity- who close something is to something else persecute - to punish someone for religious beliefs. dominate- to control infrastructure- structures that make a country run properly- roads, dams, sewage systems, school, etc

General Words drought- a long time without rain. Crops will not grow in a drought famine- not having any food. People starve to death when there is a drought. Oppressive government- a government that does not give their citizens personal freedoms.

Government Words capitalism- economic system where people can own their own business like the USA. communism- economic system in which the government owns and controls the businesses like Cuba socialism- economic system in which the government controls services like health care and schools. Sweden is socialist.

Water Words source of a river- where the river begins, usually in the mountains mouth of the river- where the river empties into a larger body of water. Sometimes it creates a delta. strait- a narrow strip of water that separates two pieces of canal- a man-made waterway that separates two pieces of land.

Farming Words subsistence farming growing enough food for your family commercial farming growing food to sell like bananas, wheat, corn cash crop- a crop raised to sell like coffee, tea, cotton food crop- a crop raised to eat.

Indigenous People People who are native to the region such as the aborigines in Australia.