Big Ideas in 7th Grade Social Studies

A fancy French word for “spying”.

This type of motivation comes from within a person. Curiosity & love of learning are examples.

 If the demand for a product is high and the supply is low, what happens to the price?

Religion is often seen as an attempt to explain...

Which of the following economic systems has the government making all economic decisions?

This UN created document lists the 30 most important rights that all humans should enjoy...

A fancy word for “farming”...

The number of babies that die before the age of one (per 1000), is called the...

Herbert Hoover said, “Older men declare war, but it is the youth that must _____________.”

The idea that the U.S. should give money to European countries to help them rebuild after WWII.

The cartoon of the men pulling on the edges of Africa is illustrating which concept?

What canal in Central America connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?

The word for a person who fought to end slavery.

People moving from the country into cities, & the resulting growth of those cities is called...

The theory from the Middle Ages, that the Earth is the center of the Universe is known as... 

Olaudah Equiano’s autobiography is considered a…