Grade 4 Term 3 Social Sciences and Map Skills Review

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering Term 3 workbook topics: Map Skills, South African Geography, Apartheid, Nelson Mandela, Mohandas Gandhi, and Social Sciences terms.

Plan/Aerial View

When objects are viewed from above; also known as a bird's eye view.

Side View

When objects are viewed from the side.

Map Key

A box or list appearing alongside a map that explains what drawings, lines, or symbols on the map mean.

Grid

A pattern of straight lines that cross over each other to divide a picture or map into blocks, helping to locate places or objects.

Grid Reference

A letter and a number on a grid that helps you find a place or object on a map.

Globe

A round map of the world created by geographers to help us understand the Earth better.

Compass Rose

A map feature that helps us know which way the map is facing and helps give directions.

Scale Line

A line on a map used when you want to know how far you will be traveling.

Leader

Someone who can see how things can be improved, rallies people to move toward that better vision, and works toward making it a reality while putting people first.

Apartheid

A word meaning "apartness"; a system and period of racial segregation and inequality in South Africa (1948–1994) where the National Party government treated white people better than people of colour.

Dompas

A passbook that people of colour were forced to carry with them wherever they went during Apartheid.

Democracy

A system of government where the majority rules.

Treason

The crime of betraying your country's government.

Umkhonto we Sizwe

A secret military group formed in 1961 by Nelson Mandela and other ANC leaders, meaning "Spear of the Nation".

Barrister

A type of lawyer.

Mahatma

A religious title given to Mohandas Gandhi meaning "Great Soul", similar to "Saint" in Christianity.

Bapu

A name used in India to refer to Mohandas Gandhi, meaning "father".

Salt March

A successful non-violent protest in which Gandhi and thousands of Indians walked 241 miles to the sea in Dandi to make their own salt after Britain taxed salt.

Map

A drawing from above showing places and things, such as roads, towns, rivers, and mountains.

Continent

A large area of land, for example Africa.

Ocean

A large area of sea, for example the Indian Ocean.

Coast

Where land and sea meet.

Province

A part of a country.

Border

The line between two countries or provinces.

Island

A piece of land surrounded by water.

Charter

A written paper that says what everyone should be allowed to do.

Political Prisoners

People who are sent to jail because they stand up for what they believe in.

Trial

When a judge decides whether or not a person, or group of people, should go to jail.

Privilege

A special benefit that only some people are given.

Human Rights

The basic things that every person should have.

Freedom Fighters

People who fought for human rights.