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7th Grade World Geography and Cultures
Building Academic Vocabulary Terms
How is vocabulary related to background knowledge?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 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.
7th Grade Social Studies BAV Terms
Latitude Industrialized CountriesLongitude Developing CountryImports Gross Domestic ProductFamine RegionExports InvestmentTariffs ProductivityPlace InflationMovement ProfitGeography Profit MotiveClimate EconomicsCommunism TopographyDeforestation EcosystemsRenewable Resources GlobalizationNonrenewable ResourcesHuman Environment InteractionPopulation DensityDictatorship
Longitude
-Lines run North to South-Lines measure East to West
Investment
Money committed in attempt to gain profit or interest
Region
Areas that share common characteristics
Latitude
-Lines run East to West-Lines measure North and South
Inflation
Increase in prices over a period of time
Movement
Advancing people, ideas, or goods
Profit
Money a business earns after all expenses are met
Geography
The study of Earth and it’s people
Communism
Government controls production of goods
Deforestation
Cutting down trees and not replacing them
Human Environment Interaction
People change or adapt to their surroundings
Climate
Pattern of weather in a place over many years
Economics
Choosing how to use limited resources
Place
A portion of space occupied by a person or thing
Dictatorship
Rule by force that limits individual freedoms
Productivity
Using your resources effectively to create something
Topography
Showing the elevation of a landscape
GDP- Gross Domestic Product
Total value of goods and services produced in a country in a given year
Profit Motive
The driving force to accumulate wealth
Ecosystems
Plants and animals depending on one another
Industrialized Countries
Developed manufacturing and service nations
Developing Country
More agriculture than industry in a nation
Population Density
Number of people per square mile
Globalization
Interdependency of Earth’s economic markets
Imports
Resources or goods coming into a country
Exports
Resources or goods exiting the country
Tariffs
Taxes on imported goods
Renewable Resources
Geothermal Power
Solar Power
Wind Power
Water Power
= Replaceable Natural Resources
Non-Renewable Resources
Oil
Gold Diamonds
= Natural Resources that ARE NOT replaceable
