7 th Grade World Geography and Cultures Building Academic Vocabulary Terms

1. 7th Grade World Geography and Cultures Building Academic Vocabulary Terms

2. Robert J. Marzano: A question that sometimes comes up is "How is vocabulary related to background knowledge?" It's not obvious at first, but if you think about it a little bit, there is a strong relationship. Vocabulary is really just a name for the terms that we have that are labels on our experiences. And, fundamentally, that's what vocabulary is. If you don't have vocabulary for a content area, you don't know the content area—and that's what opens the door for us. We can actually build background knowledge by directly teaching certain vocabulary in a certain way. How is vocabulary related to background knowledge?

3. How is a descriptor different than a definition? • A “Descriptor” is something that serves to identify a word or phrase. • A “Definition” is a statement that attempts to express the meaning of a word.

4. Latitude Industrialized Countries Longitude Developing Country Imports Gross Domestic Product Famine Region Exports Investment Tariffs Productivity Place Inflation Movement Profit Geography Profit Motive Climate Economics Communism Topography Deforestation Ecosystems Renewable Resources Globalization Nonrenewable Resources Human Environment Interaction Population Density Dictatorship 7th Grade Social Studies BAV Terms

5. -Lines run North to South -Lines measure East to West Longitude

6. Money committed in attempt to gain profit or interest Investment

7. Areas that share common characteristics Region

8. -Lines run East to West -Lines measure North and South Latitude

9. Increase in prices over a period of time Inflation

10. Advancing people, ideas, or goods Movement

11. Money a business earns after all expenses are met Profit

12. The study of Earth and it’s people Geography

13. Government controls production of goods Communism

14. Cutting down trees and not replacing them Deforestation

15. People change or adapt to their surroundings Human Environment Interaction

16. Pattern of weather in a place over many years Climate

17. Choosing how to use limited resources Economics

18. A portion of space occupied by a person or thing Place

19. Rule by force that limits individual freedoms Dictatorship

20. Using your resources effectively to create something Productivity

21. Showing the elevation of a landscape Topography

22. Total value of goods and services produced in a country in a given year GDP- Gross Domestic Product

23. The driving force to accumulate wealth Profit Motive

24. Severe lack of food Famine

25. Plants and animals depending on one another Ecosystems

26. Developed manufacturing and service nations Industrialized Countries

27. More agriculture than industry in a nation Developing Country

28. Number of people per square mile Population Density

29. Interdependency of Earth’s economic markets Globalization

30. Resources or goods coming into a country Imports

31. Resources or goods exiting the country Exports

32. Taxes on imported goods Tariffs

33. = Replaceable Natural Resources Solar Power Water Power Geothermal Power Wind Power Renewable Resources

34. = Natural Resources that ARE NOT replaceable Gold Diamonds Oil Non-Renewable Resources