JEOPARDY

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JEOPARDY

• The Five Themes
• Of
• Social Studies

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Categories
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History
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Geography
100
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500
Economics
100
200
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400
500
Culture and Society
400
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500
Government and Civics
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An object made by people historians often study
those left behind by people who lived long ago
What is an artifact?
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Something that stands for something else (e.g.,
flag, Uncle Sam, Statue of Liberty
What is a symbol?
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An important event or occurrence that has taken
place in the past
What is a historical event?
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A person who comes to live in a country from
his/her home country
Who is an immigrant?
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Establishment of residence of people in a new area
What was a settlement ?
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The unique location of a place on the earths
surface (e.g. latitude and longitude
measurements, address and grid locations)
What is absolute location?
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Materials found in nature that people use to meet
their needs and wants
What are natural resources?
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A firsthand account of an event or artifact
created during the period of history that is
being studied (e.g. artifacts, diaries,
photographs)
What is a primary source?
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mountains, valley, hill, plain, plateau
What are landforms?
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How people depend upon, adapt to and modify their
enviroment
What is human environmental interaction?
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To exchange goods and services for other goods
and services
What is to barter?
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Resources that are not in great supply, not
plentiful
What are limited resources?
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What is given up when an economic choice is made
the next best alternative
What is opportunity cost?
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The problem of limited resources
What is scarcity?
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Any person or group that buys or uses goods and
services to satisfy personal needs and wants
What is a consumer?
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The entire way of life of a people, including
their customs, beliefs and language
What is a culture?
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Government, economy, education, family, religion
What are social institutions?
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Point of view the position from which a person
looks at an issue or situation
What is a perspective?
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The settling of a dispute by each side agreeing
to give up part of its demands
What is a compromise?
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An accepted practice followed by tradition
What is a custom?
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Dont Choke!
Daily Double
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An addition to the constitution
What is an amendment?
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A government in which the people take part
What is a democracy?
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The part of government that carriers out the law
What is the executive branch?
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The law-making part of government with the power
to raise money needed to run the government
(e.g., national level-Congress state
level-General Assembly)
What is the legislative branch?
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The first ten amendments to the Constitution,
ratified in 1791
What are the Bill of Rights?