4th Grade Social Studies Vocabulary

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Vocabulary from Harcourt Horizon Social Studies textbook


 
  
Created Apr 1, 2010
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Grid
 
an arrangement of lines that divide something, such as a map, into squares
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Map key,
 
a part of the map that explains what the symbols on a map stand for
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Inset map
 
a smaller map within a larger one
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Cardinal direction
 
 one of the main directions: north, south, east, west
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Map scale
 
a part of the map that compares a distance on the map to a distance in the real world
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Chronology
 
time order
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Map title
 
words on a map that tell what the subject of the map is
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Locator
 
a small map or picture of a globe that shows where an area on the main map is found in a state,...
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Compass rose
 
a circular direction marker on a map
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Intermediate direction
 
one of the in-between directions: northeast, northwest, southeast, southwest
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Historian
 
 person who studies the past, looking closely at the chronology of events
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History
 
events of the past
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Evidence
 
a proof of when, why, where, and how things happened
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Point of view
 
a person’s perspective

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