4th Grade Word List - Social

practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

a member of any of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America, esp. those of North America

human-made goods, tools, machines and buildings used to produce other goods and services

plain adjacent to a coast

the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency; a community of social insects, as ants, bees

provide written evidence; record in detail

efficient use of resources; reduction in cost; specific type of economic system

the supreme deliberative assembly of the United Nations; persons who make or amend or repeal laws

the personnel of a business or organization, esp. when regarded as a significant asset

migration into a place; moving into a place

the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise

freedom from normal restraints; angular distance north or south of the earth's equator

natural resources that are not renewable, such as oil and coal

an imaginary great circle on the surface of the earth passing through the north and south poles

the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived

the plateau between the coastal plain; a gentle slope leading from the base of a mountain to a region of flat land

activity that refreshes and recreates; activity that renews your health and spirits by enjoyment and relaxation

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

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

charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government

application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives