4 th Grade Social Studies Vocabulary Chapter 3

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Grade Social Studies: Ch. 3

Circumnavigate Revolt Hacienda Settlement Astrolabe Merchant Kingdom Slavery Profit Colony Technology Caravan Conquistador Epidemic Navigation Expedition Empire Convert Mission

What do we call someone who buys and sells goods to earn money?

Merchant

What do we call a place ruled by a king or queen?

Kingdom

What do we call a group of people and animals who travel together?

Caravan

What do we call the use of scientific knowledge and tools to do things better and more rapidly?

Technology

What do we call the science of planning and controlling the direction of a ship?

Navigation

What do we call a tool that measures the height of the sun or a star above the horizon?

Astrolabe

What do we call the money a business has left over after all expenses have been paid?

Profit

What do we call a cruel system in which people are bought and sold and made to work without pay?

Slavery

What do we call a small community of people living in a new place?

Settlement

What do we call an outbreak of disease that spreads quickly and affects many people?

Epidemic

What do we call sailing completely around something?

Circumnavigate

What do we call a journey to achieve a goal?

Expedition

What is the Spanish word for conqueror?

Conquistador

What do we call many nations or territories ruled by a single group or leader?

Empire

What do we call an area of land ruled by another country?

Colony

What do we call a religious community where priests taught Christianity?

Mission

What do we call convincing someone to change his or her religion or beliefs?

Convert

What do we call a large farm or ranch, often with its own village and church?

Hacienda

What do we call a violent uprising against a ruler?

Revolt