Social Studies Vocabulary Flashcards
1
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a slow moving mile-thick sheet of ice
A
glacier
2
Q
top of a mountain
A
peak
3
Q
a copy of a real item, usually an artifact or something of value
A
reproduction
4
Q
“rule by the people” a government in which people make their own laws and elect their own leaders
A
democracy
5
Q
a man-made ditch or waterway that connects other waterways
A
canal
6
Q
a water elevator used to raise and lower boats
A
lock
7
Q
a very tall building
A
skyscraper
8
Q
a way of making very large quantities of the same product
A
mass production
9
Q
a factory in which people make products out of raw materials
A
mill
10
Q
payment of money for work done
A
wage
11
Q
great cities
A
megalopolis
12
Q
a measure of how many people live in a given amount of land
A
population density
13
Q
any substance that makes air, water, or soil dirty or unsafe
A
pollution
