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Translation of Social Studies terms basedon the Coursework for Social StudiesGrades 3 to 5.

Word-for-word glossaries are used for testingaccommodations for ELL/LEP students

Last Updated: 08/10/09

THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234


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THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT / THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK / ALBANY, NY 12234

Education - P-16Office of Elementary, Middle, Secondary, and Continuing Education and Office of Higher Education

Office of Bilingual Education and Foreign Language Studieshttp://www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

Regents of the University

MERRYL H.TISCH, Chancellor, B.A., M.A., Ed.D. ....................................................................... New York

MILTON L.COFIELD,Vice Chancellor, B.S.,M.B.A., Ph.D. ......................................................... Rochester

ROBERT M.BENNETT,Chancellor Emeritus, B.A., M.S. ............................................................... Tonawanda

SAUL B.COHEN, B.A., M.A., Ph.D................................................................................................ New Rochelle

JAMES C.DAWSON, A.A., B.A., M.S., Ph.D. ................................................................................ Plattsburgh

ANTHONY S.BOTTAR, B.A., J.D. ................................................................................................... Syracuse

GERALDINE D.CHAPEY, B.A., M.A., Ed.D. ................................................................................. Belle Harbor

HARRY PHILLIPS, 3rd, B.A., M.S.F.S. ........................................................................................... Hartsdale

JOSEPH E.BOWMAN,JR., B.A., M.L.S., M.A., M.Ed., Ed.D......................................................... Albany

JAMES R.TALLON,JR.,B.A., M.A. ............................................................................................... BinghamtonROGER TILLES, B.A.,J.D. ................................................................................................................ Great Neck

KAREN BROOKS HOPKINS, B.A., M.F.A........................................................................................ Brooklyn

CHARLES R. BENDIT, B.A. ............................................................................................................. Manhattan

BETTY A.ROSA, B.A., M.S. in Ed., M.S. in Ed., M.Ed., Ed.D..................................................... Bronx

LESTER W.YOUNG,JR.,B.S.,M.S.,Ed.D. ..................................................................................... Oakland Gardens

CHRISTINE D.CEA,B.A.,M.A.,Ph.D. .......................................................................................... Staten Island

WADE S.NORWOOD,B.A. ............................................................................................................. Rochester

Interim President of the University and Commissioner of EducationCAROLE F. HUXLEY

Senior Deputy Commissioner of Education, P16JOHANNA DUNCAN-POITIER

Associate Commissioner for Curriculum and Instructional SupportJEAN STEVENS

Coordinator, Office of Bilingual Education and Foreign language StudiesPEDRO J. RUIZ

Acknowledgements:

The New York State Education Department Glossaries for English Language Learners were reviewed andupdated during the 2008-2009 school year. We would like to thank in these efforts the New York StateEducation Department Language BETACs (Spanish, Asian and Haitian Bilingual Education TechnicalAssistance Centers), the NYS Office of Curriculum, Instruction and Instructional Technology; the New YorkCity Department of Education Office of English Language Learners, and the NYC Department of EducationTranslation and Interpretation Unit.

The State Education Department does not discriminate on the basis of age, color, religion, creed, disability, marital status, veteranstatus, national origin, race, gender, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or sexual orientation in its educational programs,services and activities. Portions of this publication can be made available in a variety of formats, including brailed, large print oraudio tape, upon request. Inquiries concerning this policy of nondiscrimination should be directed to the Departments Office forDiversity, Ethics, and Access, Room 530, Education Building, Albany, NY 12234.


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Elementary-Level Social Studies Glossary

ENGLISH ARABIC

A

A.D.

abilities

absence of governmentabsentee ballot

accomplishments

achievements

acid rain

across time and place

action plan

activities

adults

aerial photographs

AFL-CIO

Africa

agriculture

Algonquians

alike/different /

allegiance

alternative solutions

altiplano

altitude

amendment

American democracy: ideals,

values/principles of:

American Revolution, the Americas

Americas ( )

ancestor

Antarctic Circle

Antarctica

anthem

appoint

appointed leaders

appointed office

archaeologists

Arctic Circle

areas /

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arid

art

artifacts

assembly

assembly line

authority

autobiographies

autobiography

automobiles

availability /

avenues of participation

aztecs

B

B.C.

backgrounds

barter

basic

basin

Battle of Quebec

battles

before/after /

belief

belief system

beliefs

Bill of Rights

biographies

biography

bodies of water

border

Boston Tea Party

boundary

boycott

branches of government

British North America Act

budget



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C

cabinet

cable

calendarcampaign

Canada

Canadian Bill of Rights

canal

capital (state and money) ( )

capital goods

capital resources

capitalism

cardinal directions ( )

cause

celebrate

celebration

celebrations

census

Central America

century

change

checks and balances

child labor

children

Chippewa

choice

choices

citizen

citizenship

civic life

civic values

civil rights

civil rights movement

civil wars

civilization

civilizations

clans



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classroom

climate

clothing

collect taxes

colonial

colonial governments

colonies

colonists

colony

Committees of Correspondence

common good

commonwealth

Commonwealth of Nationscommunication

communism

communities

community

community service

compact

compare/contrast /

compass

compromisecompulsory education

computer

confederacy

conflict

conflict resolution

conflicts

congress

conquistador ( )

consequences

conservation

consideration

Constitution of the State of New York

Constitution of the United States

constitutional democracy

consumer



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consumers

consumption

consumption of goods

continent

Continental Congress

Continental Divide

continents

contour

contrast

contributions

cooperation

costs

cotton belt )(

credit

criteria

cultural characteristics

cultural contributions

cultural differences

cultural diffusion

cultural diversity

cultural groupsculture

cultures - characteristics, distriubtion,

complexity of

currency

customs

D

day

De Witt Clinton

decadedecision

decision-making

decisions

declaration

Declaration of Independence

delta



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democracy

Democratic Party

democratic principles

democratic values

developed nations

developing nations

developments

diagram

diagrams

dictatorship

different/same /

direction

diseasesdisplay

disputes

distance

distribution

diverse

diversity

document

due process

Dutch coloniesDutch West India Company

E

earn

Earths surface

economic

economic capital

economic concepts

economic decision making

economic decisions

economic development

economic factors

economic growth

economic interdependence

economic systems

economics



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economies

effects

elect

elected leaders

elected office

election

Ellis Island

emigrants

empathy

employee

employer

encomienda system

encounterenforce

English colonies

environment

environmental factors

equality

equality of opportunity

era

eras

ethnicethnic group

ethnicity

Europe

European encounter and exchanges-of

technologies, plants, animals, diseases

events

exchange

executive

executive branch of government

expansion

exploitation

exploration

explorers

exports



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F

facilities

fact/opinion /

factors of productionfactory

family

far/near /

federal

federal government

festival

festivals

flag

folktale

folktales

food

forced relocation

foreign policy

foreign relations

Fort Orange ( )

foundation

free enterprise

free trade

freedom

French Canadians

French colonies

frontier

functions of government

fundamental economic questions

fundamental values

future

G

game

gender

generation

geographic characteristics

geographic factors



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geographic features

geographic features/areas /

geographic information

geography

geological processes

global warming

globe

globes

goods and services - production,

distribution, exchange, consumption of-

goods

govern

governance

government

Great Depression (1929 )

grid

Gross Domestic Product

Gross National Product

groups

growth

Gulf Stream

Hhabitat

Haudenosaunee

health

hemisphere

historic events

historical

historical evidence

historical narratives

history

Holidays ( Columbus Day, Election Day,

Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, New Years

Day, Dr. Martin Luther King Day,

Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day)

)

(

home

hopes



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House of Representatives

human

human capital

human migration

human migrations

human resources

human rights

human settlements

human systems

I

ideals of American democracy

ideas

identity

immigrants

immigration

important

imports

inaugurated confederation

Incas

income

indentured servant

independence

indigenous peoples

individual

individual rights

individual rights to life, liberty, pursuit of

happiness.

individuals

industrial expansion

industrial growth

industrial growth/expansion /

Industrial Revolution

industrialization

industry

inhabitants

interdependence

interdependent



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international organizations

interpret law

interpret laws

interpretations

Inuits

invention

inventions

Iroquois ( )

Iroquois Confederacy

irrigation

issues

isthmus

J

judgments

judicial

judicial branch of government

judicial branch

junta ( )

jury

jury service

justice

K

kindergarten

L

labor

labor force

labor movement

labor union

land formations

land masses

languages

Latin America

latitude

laws

laws/rules /

leaders



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League of Nations

learn

legal

legends

legislative branch

legislative branch of government

legislature

liberty

library

library resources

life

lifestyle

like/dislike /limited

limited resources

limited/unlimited /

local

local government

local region

location

lock

locomotivelong ago

longhouse

longitude

loyalist

loyalty

M

maize

majority rule

make laws

manor

manufacture

manufacturing

maps

markets



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mass starvation

Mayas

Mayflower Compact

megalopolis

member

memorials ( )

merchant

meridians

midwest

migration

migration/immigration /

millenium

millennia ( )mining

minority rights, respect for

minutemen

Mississippi River

modernization

modify

monarchy

money

monthsmonument

monuments

motives

movement of people and goods

multicultural

myself

myths

N

NAFTA

nation

national

national level of governments

nation-state

Native American Indian

Native American Indians



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natural resources

near/far /

needs

neighborhood

neutral

New Amsterdam

New Netherlands ( )

northwest passage

now

nuclear family

O

OAS

objects

oceans

oligarchy

opportunity cost

oral history

others

P

parallel

parallelsparent ( )

Parliament

participatory skills

past

past/present /

patriot

patriotism

patriotisms

patriotspatroon

people

person

perspectives

Peter Stuyvesant

petition



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physical

physical characteristics

physical environment

physical feature

physical features

physical map

physical setting

physical systems

places

plan

pledge

Pledge of Allegiance

points of viewpolitical

political boundaries

political map

political party

political power

political systems

pollution

population

population densitypopulation distribution

population movement - rural to urban to

suburban - 20th century

power

practices

prairies

Preamble to the Constitution

present

presidentPrime Meridian

Prime Minister

principles of democracy

problem solving

problems

producers



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production

productivity

products

profit

projects

property

protect

protests

province

public benefit

public education

purpose of government

pursuit of happinessQ

quantities

R

race

radios

railroad

rain forest

raw materialreason

receipts

recycling

reference books

reform

region

regions

relationships

relief (physical) map ( )religion

religious

renewable resource

repeal

representation

representative



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representatives

republic

Republican Party

reservation

resources

respect

responsibilities

revolution

Richard Nicholls

rights

Robert Fulton

role

roles

roles of citizens

roots of American culture

rules

rural

rural to urban to suburban migration

S

sachem

safeguarding individual libertiessafety

same/different /

satellite-produced images

satisfy

scale

scarce resources

scarcity

school

science and technologyscientific/technological exchanges and

connections

seaways

secondary source

security

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selling

Senate of the United States

separatists

services

settle

settlement

settlements

settler

shape

shelter

similarities/differences /

slave

slave tradeslavery

social

social/cultural changes and connections /

socialism

societies

society

solutions

solving problems

songs

Sons of Liberty:" "

South America

Spanish colonies

spatial organization

speeches

standard of living

stars and stripes

statestate government

Statue of Liberty

steamboat

steamboats

stock market

stories



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strategy

strengths

strike

student rights

suburban

suburbs

subways

suffrage

supply and demand

supply and demand 4 symbols

Supreme Court

surplus

symbolizesymbols

systems

T

tables

tariff

tax

taxes

teach

teacher

technological

technologies - exchanges of

technology

telegraph

television

tenant farmer

themes

then/now /

time

time zones

timeline

today

tolerance

tomorrow

tools



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towpath

trade

traditions

traffic lights

trains

traitor

transmit

transportation

transportation revolution

treaty

trends

tribe

tributariesTropic of Capricorn

Tropic of Cancer

trucks

truth

tundra ( )

turning points

turnpike

U

unify

unions

unique

unite

United Nations

United States of America

unlimited

unlimited needs and wants

up/down /

urban

urbanization

uses of geography

V

values

veteran



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veto

village

vote

voting

W

wampum ( )

wants

war

war strategy

water masses

weaknesses

week

Western Hemisphere

westward expansion

wigwam ( )

work

worker

world bank

world in spatial terms

writings

Y

year

yesterday

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