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subcontinent (n.) - a large land mass, smaller than a continent and regarded as a geographic or political entity.

nomad (n.) - any wanderer who has no fixed home.

history (n.) - all recorded events of the past.

empire (n.) - political unit or territory under a unified or supreme authority.

democracy (n.) - form of government in which the common people hold political power.

civilization (n.) - society or group of people or the process of achieving a higher state of social development.

chronological (adj.) - arranged in the order it happened.

catastrophe (n.) - large, often sudden, disaster or ending.

barbarian (n.) - a person who is savage and crude.

archaeologist (n.) - a person who studies human history through discovery and exploration of remains, structures, and writings.

appropriate (adj.) - right for the purpose.

These words help middle schoolers understand and respect the world around them. In 6th grade social studies, history, and geography lessons, students start deep explorations into countries and cultures around the world.

unique (adj.) - having no like or equal.

thesis (n.) - proposal or suggestion that is maintained by an argument.

tentative (adj.) - not definite or final.

quote (v.) - repeat something written or spoken by someone else.

origin (n.) - the start or center of something or the place where a person comes from.

lofty (adj.) - high in the air or overly grand.

extend (v.) - to stretch out or draw out to a certain point.

exposition (n.) - a piece of writing that is a detailed explanation using facts and ideas.

declare (v.) - make a statement or make information known.

climax (n.) - moment of culminating intensity in a narrative, especially the conclusion of a crisis.

characterization (n.) - the act of describing a character in a story or drama.

These vocabulary words influence reading, writing, and speaking.

velocity (n.) - quantity that specifies both the speed of a body and its direction of motionĪs sixth graders start to read more complex nonfiction texts and deep fiction texts, they’ll start to learn more words related to literature.speed (n.) - how quickly something is moving or being done.solution (n.) - homogeneous mixture of two or more substances.solubility (n.) - capability of being dissolved.repetition (n.) - the act of doing or saying something over and over.

prediction (n.) - a statement that something might happen or is expected to happen.phase (n.) - distinct period in something’s development.manipulate (v.) - to influence, manage, direct, control, or tamper with something.hypothesis (n.) - a tentative explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem.force (n.) - a factor that causes a body to change speed, direction, or shape.attribute (n.) - quality or characteristic of a noun.adapt (v.) - to make suitable by adjusting or changing.acceleration (n.) - the rate of change in the velocity of a moving body.variable (n.) - a symbol for a number you don’t know yet, it has no fixed valueīasic science vocabulary words for sixth graders begin to explain physics and incorporate the proper terms used in the scientific method.ratio (n.) - the quotient of one quantity divided by another of the same kind.range (n.) - the limits to which something can reach.

mode (n.) - the value that occurs most frequently in a given series.median (n.) - the middle number in a range of values.mean (n.) - the average value of a set of numbers.histogram (n.) - graphical display where data is grouped into ranges then plotted as bars.frequency (n.) - how often something happens during a given period.factor (v.) - to express a number as a product of two or more other numbers.dimension (n.) - a measurement of length in one direction.area (n.) - the result of multiplying the length by the width of a shape.adjacent (adj.) - lying next to each other for angles, it means they share a corner point, but don’t overlap.Help tweens learn these vocabulary words by discussing definitions and examples. Many 6th grade math vocabulary words are short, but their meanings can be quite complex.

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