Understanding Third Grade Social Studies Vocabulary: Key Terms and Definitions

1. Third Grade Social Studies Unit 3 Vocabulary Click here to begin!

2. Definition: What happened in the past culture no decade no History Click here to go to the next question. yes

3. Definition: 2 A person who studies the past A historian yes An Indian no Gorge Washington Click here to go to the next question. no

4. HISTORIAN Definition: Records made by people who saw or took place in an event NO PRIMARY SOUCES YES TIMELINE Click here to go to the next question. NO

5. Secondary sources Definition: records written by someone who was not there at the time yes Time line no decade Click here to go to the next question. no

6. timeline yes Definition: a diagram that shows the order in which events happened. decade no Secondary sources Click here to go to the next question. no

7. history Definition: a ten year period no Decade yes timeline Click here to go to the next question. no

8. Cause Definition: An action that makes something happen. yes Event no Effect Click here to go to the next question. no

9. decade Definition: Something that results from something else happening no beaver no effect Click here to go to the next question. yes

10. Mr. Fuller Definition: the first people to live on the land which became the United States no explore no American Indians Click here to go to the next question. yes

11. Archaeologist Definition: things from the past that are left for us to study no Natural Resources no Artifacts Click here to go to the next question. yes

12. archaeologist Definition: special historians who study the artifacts of the past. yes artifacts no American Indians Click here to go to the next question. no

13. People of the three fires Definition: an alliance of three similar Native American groups in Michigan. yes alliance no archeaologist Click here to go to the next question. no

14. Natural resources0 Definition: when groups of people come together to help each other when there are problems no ledgend no alliance Click here to go to the next question. yes

15. Culture Definition:the way of life of a group of people yes alliance yes Natural resources Click here to go to the next question. no

16. culture Definition: ways in which people use and interact with earth. NO Natural resources NO Human/environment interaction Click here to go to the next question. YES

17. culture no Definition: things in nature that people find useful Natural resources yes alliance Click here to go to the next question. no

18. alliance no Definition: When people change to fit the environment Adapting to the natural environment yes culture Click here to go to the next question. no

19. legend Definition: When people change theenvironment to fit them no adapting to the natural environment no Modifying the environment Click here to go to the next question. yes

20. legend Definition: A story long ago that passed down through time. yes Modifying the environment no beaver Click here to go to the next question. no

21. France Definition: one of the seven large land masses on the earth? no beaver no continent Click here to go to the next question. yes

22. continent Definition: someone who travels in order to discover something no explorer yes beaver Click here to go to the next question. no

23. beaver Definition: A country on the continent of Europe. no France yes explorer Click here to go to the next question. no

24. Continent Definition: A small animal whose fur was popular in Europe for hats. no France no Beaver Click here to go to the next question. yes

25. BEAVER Definition: NOT ENOUGH NATURAL RESOURCES. NO VOYAGEUR NO SCARCITY Click here to go to the next question. YES

26. voyageur Definition: the people who moved the furs through the great lakes region yes scarcity no beaver Click here to go to the next question. no

27. missionary Definition: someone who travels to a newplace to teach their religion to people yes Britain no voyageur Click here to go to the next question. no

28. America no Definition: a country on the continent of Europe Paraguay no Britain Click here to go to the next question. yes

29. fort Definition: buildings and land protected by a tall wall and often lookout towers yes pioneer no log cabin Click here to go to the next question. no

30. historian Definition: 29 a person who goes to a new area to settle no pioneer yes Cody miller Click here to go to the next question. no

31. pioneer Definition: A small house made of logs no Primary sources no Log cabin Click here to go to the next question. yes

32. decade no Definition: the number of people living in an area population yes pioneer Click here to go to the next question. no

33. survey Definition: mapping , measuring , and describing an area of land yes population no territory Click here to go to the next question. no

34. territory yes Definition: what an area of land was called that was not a state steamboat no census Click here to go to the next question. no

35. Abe Lincoln Definition: The leader of a territory or state. no governor yes George Washington Click here to go to the next question. no

36. steamboat Definition: a boat that is powered by steam instead of sails. yes sailboat no The Titanic Click here to go to the next question. no

37. constitution Definition: A human-made river no France no canal Click here to go to the next question. yes

38. legend Definition: a counting of the people living in an area? no Census yes canal Click here to go to the next question. no

39. legend Definition: a written plan of government no census no constitution Click here to go to the next question. yes

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