4th Grade Word List for Social Words
This page offers a list of words and definitions for 4th Grade students to learn academic vocabulary, which is important for the 4th Grade Social class..
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
4th Grade Word List for Social Words
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agriculture 
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practice of cultivating the land or raising stock | |
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American Indian
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a member of any of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America, esp. those of North America | |
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capital resources
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human-made goods, tools, machines and buildings used to produce other goods and services | |
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coastal plain
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plain adjacent to a coast | |
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colonization
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the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies | |
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colony
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region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees | |
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document
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provide written evidence; record in detail | |
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economy
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efficient use of resources; reduction in cost; specific type of economic system | |
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general assembly
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the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations; persons who make or amend or repeal laws | |
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human resources
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the personnel of a business or organization, esp. when regarded as a significant asset | |
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immigration
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migration into a place; moving into a place | |
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industry
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the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise | |
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latitude
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freedom from normal restraints; angular distance north or south of the earth's equator | |
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limited resources
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natural resources that are not renewable, such as oil and coal | |
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longitude
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an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles | |
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manufacturing
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the act of making something (a product) from raw materials | |
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Native American
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any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived | |
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piedmont
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the plateau between the coastal plain; a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land | |
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recreation
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activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation | |
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republic
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a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch; a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | |
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settlement
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a community of people smaller than a town; an area where a group of families live together; a conclusive resolution of a matter and disposition of it | |
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tax
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charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government | |
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technology
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application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives | |
