Social Studies Vocabulary.

Religion

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai

Monk a member of a ,
religious group of men
Religion who often live apart ,
from other people in a ,
Buddhism monastery and who
Buddhist do not marry or have
Christian personal possessions
Islamism the belief in the
existence of a god or
gods, and the activities
that are connected
with the worship of
them, or in the
teachings of a spiritual
leader
an Asian religion based
on the teaching of
Siddhartha Gautama
(or Buddha)
following or
connected with the
religion of Buddhism
based on or believing
the teachings of Jesus
Christ
strong belief in the
teachings of Islam

Religion

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai

Muslim believing in and ,
Jainism
practising Islam;
Shinto
connected with the
Hinduism
religion of Islam
Hindu
Taoism an Indian religion

whose principles

include not harming

any living creature and

a belief in

reincarnation

a Japanese religion

whose practices

include the worship of

ancestors and a belief

in nature spirits

the main religion of

India and Nepal which

includes the worship

of one or more gods

and belief in

reincarnation

connected with

Hinduism or people

who are Hindus

a Chinese philosophy

based on the writings

of Lao-tzu

Religion

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai

Relics an object, a tradition,
Belief
a system, etc. that has
Faith
survived from the past
Worship
a strong feeling that
Altar
Pray something/somebody

exists or is true;

confidence that

something/somebody

is good or right

trust in somebody’s ,

ability or knowledge;

trust that

somebody/something

will do what has been

promised

the practice of ,,

showing respect for

God or a god, by

saying prayers, singing

with others, etc.; a

ceremony for this

a holy table in a ,

church or temple

to speak to God, ,

especially to give

thanks or ask for help

Religion

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai

Novice a person who is new

Nun and has little

holy water experience in a skill,
Blessing
Merit job or situation
Sin
Precept a member of a
temple
religious community of

women who promise

to serve God all their

lives and often live

together in a convent

water that has been

blessed by a priest

God’s help and

protection, or a prayer

asking for this

the quality of being ,

good and of deserving

praise or reward

an offence against God

or against a religious or

moral law

a rule about how to

behave or what to

think

building used for

religious worship,

especially in religions

other than Christianity

Vocabulary Religion

Pagoda Meaning in English Meaning in Thai

Chapel in South or East Asia in
the form of a tall
Amulet tower with several
Abbey levels, each of which
God has its own roof that
extends beyond the
walls
a small building or
room where Christians
go to pray, attend
religious services, etc.
in a school, prison,
large private house,
etc.
a piece of jewellery
that some people
wear because they
think it protects them
from bad luck, illness,
etc.
a large church
together with a group
of buildings in which
monks or nuns live or
lived in the past
the being or spirit that
is worshipped and is
believed to have
created the universe

Religion

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai

Jesus Christ the man that

Church Christians believe is
Cathedral
the son of God and on
Praise
Repent whose teachings the

Testimony Christian religion is

based

a building where

Christians go to attend

services, pray, etc

the main church of a ,

district, under the care

of a bishop

(= a priest of high

rank)

St Paul’s Cathedral

words that show that

you approve of and

admire

somebody/something

to feel and show that

you are sorry for

something bad or

wrong that you have

done

a thing that shows that

something else exists

or is true

Vocabulary Religion

Communion Meaning in English Meaning in Thai

Fellowship a ceremony in the
priest Christian Church during
which people eat
meditation bread and drink wine
in memory of the last
meal that Christ had
with his disciples
a feeling of friendship
between people who
do things together or
share an interest
a person who is
qualified to perform
religious duties and
ceremonies in the
Roman Catholic,
Anglican and Orthodox
Churches
the practice of
focusing your mind in
silence, especially for
religious reasons or in
order to make your
mind calm

Religion

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai

heaven the place believed to

hell be the home of God
Bishop
Mosque where good people go
prophet
when they die,
rosary
sometimes imagined

to be in the sky

the place believed to

be the home of devils

and where bad people

go after death

a senior priest in

charge of the work of

the Church in a city or

district

a building where ,

Muslims go to worship

(= praise God)

in the Christian, Jewish

and Muslim religions) a

person sent by God to

teach the people and

give them messages

from God

a string of beads that

are used by some

Roman Catholics for

counting prayers as

they say them

Religion

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai

shrine a place where people ,

pope come to worship
deity
protestant because it is

synagogue connected with a holy
choir
person or event
Prayer
the leader of the

Roman Catholic

Church, who is also

the Bishop of Rome

a god or goddess

belonging to or

connected with the

part of the Western

Christian Church that

separated from the

Roman Catholic

Church in the 16th

century

a building where Jews ()

meet for religious

worship and teaching

a group of people who

sing together, for

example in church

services or public

performances

words that you say to

God giving thanks or

asking for help

Geography and Environment

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai
Atmosphere the mixture of gases that
Landform surrounds the earth
Landscape a natural feature of the
earth’s surface
Layer everything you can see ภ
when you look across a
Swamp large area of land,
especially in the country
Soil a quantity or sheet of
Grassland something that lies over a
Desert surface or between
surfaces
Hill an area of ground that is
very wet or covered with
water and in which
plants, trees, etc. are
growing
the top layer of the earth
in which plants, trees,
etc. grow
a large area of open land
covered with wild grass
a large area of land that
has very little water and
very few plants growing
on it. Many deserts are
covered by sand.
an area of land that is
higher than the land
around it, but not as high
as a mountain

Geography and Environment

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai
Swamp an area of ground that is very wet or
covered with water and in which
plants, trees, etc. are growing

Oasis an area in the desert where there is
water and where plants grow

Volcano a mountain with a large opening at the ภ ฟ
top through which gases and lava (=
hot liquid rock) are forced out into the
air, or have been in the past

Jungle an area of tropical forest where trees ่
Plateau and plants grow very thickly
Earthquake
Rainforest an area of flat land that is higher than
Sand dune the land around it
Lake
Glacier a sudden, violent shaking of the ่ึ
earth’s surface
a thick forest in tropical parts of the
world that have a lot of rain

a small hill of sand formed by the
wind, near the sea or in a desert

a large area of water that is surrounded ็
by land
a slow-moving mass or river of ice,
formed from snow on mountains or
near the North Pole or South Pole

Geography and Environment

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai
Iceberg
an extremely large mass of ice floating in ภ ็
Ocean
the sea

the mass of salt water that covers most

of the earth’s surface

Sea the salt water that covers most of the
earth’s surface and surrounds its
continents and islands

Coast the land next to or near to the sea or ฝั่
ocean

Island a piece of land that is completely
surrounded by water

Peninsula n area of land that is almost surrounded
by water but is joined to a larger piece of
land

Rock the hard solid material that forms part of
the surface of the earth and some other
planets

Tide a regular rise and fall in the level of the
sea, caused by the pull of the moon and
sun; the flow of water that happens as
the sea rises and falls

Tsunami an extremely large wave in the sea ึ
Avalanche caused, for example, by an earthquake

a mass of snow, ice and rock that falls
down the side of a mountain

Social Sciences

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai

Prehistoric describing the period before there ัภ
Paleolithic were written records ฟฟ
Pottery /
renaissance It was a time before human history.
Rule It is featured in the early
development of stone tools.
Time span
The pyramids the activity or skill of making clay
objects by hand

a new growth of activity or interest
in something, especially art,
literature, or music

an accepted principle or instruction
that states the way things are or
should be done, and tells you what
you are allowed or are not allowed
to do

a period of time within which
something happens, or between two
events

a group of ancient pyramid - shaped
structures built in Egypt as tombs
(places to bury people) for the
Pharaohs (kings of Ancient Egypt)

Social Sciences

Vocabulary Meaning English Meaning Thai

Accommodation mutual satisfaction consensus, such ฉ
as having a consensus

Conflict interactions characterized by ฒ
hostility or opposite or inconsistent ึ
Cross – Cultural or inconsistency
Understanding
Folkways study and accept the culture of
other peoples to understand the
Interdependent need
Self
Guidelines for the practice of
individuals in society Follow until
you get used to it. accepted in
society

Relationships between people,
habitats, nature and environments
that depend on each other.

Interpersonal Interpersonal interaction behavior ฏ

Laws Rules for governing the country to
force a person to comply
Moral
Development conduct that contributes to the ฒ
virtues and morality of human
beings

Social Sciences

Vocabulary Meaning English Meaning Thai

Mores The norm requires that people in
society behave rigorously. Severe
controls to prevent breaches

Mass media that brings news and
Communication stories, both informative and

entertaining to the people

Social Organization Social process controls the
behavior of individuals in society
to be in rules, regulations.

Social Control social processes intended to be
accepted by members of society
and adhere to social norms

Social Norm Rules and regulations in practice,
society accepts that it should be
followed.

Social Structure Social organization institutions
and patterns of behavior in
relation to each other.

Socialization The process of educating
members of society to learn the
rules of society to appreciate

Humanities

Vocabulary Meaning English Meaning Thai

Adolescence Adolescence is a period of change. ฒ
which is in the boundary between
Anthropology and being a child and an adult
Human Right
Understanding the way of thinking
and the system of human
values towards individual rights.

Cultural Ecology The study of human adaptation to
the natural and social environment.

Diasporas Scattered populations migrate to
Descent non-hometown areas and
communities.

lineage or ancestry human blood
relationship

Ethnology The study analyzes the types of
cultures and human races.

Folk Culture An expression of the way of life of ฒ
the villagers and local people who
adhere to rituals and traditions.

Humanities

Vocabulary Meaning English Meaning Thai

Humanistic A study of human-made value ,
Anthropology systems and meanings in various
forms such as literary works, art
Life History works, creative works.

Kinship Anthropologists are interested in life
Ontology history. local people, indigenous
peoples, ethnic groups
A social network that builds roles
and statuses for family members.

study of living conditions about the
existence of the self

Race physical race Human species have
Sacrifice different appearances. Whether it's
Totemism skin color, head shape, or other
body parts

Gathering to worship the gods is the
mental manifestation of a group of
people.

ancestor symbol is a system that
distinguishes household members

History

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai

Ancient Of or from a long time ago, having ึ
Bronze Age lasted for a very long time
the time in the past when tools and
Chronicle weapons were made of bronze (a
brown metal made of copper and
tin), before iron was discovered
a written record of historical events

Coin A small, round piece of metal, ็
Civilization usually silver or copper coloured,
that is used as money
Emperor
Empire Human society with its well
Genocide developed social organizations, or
Iron Age the culture and way of life of a
Mesolithic society or country at a particular
period in time
Neolithic
a male ruler of an empire

a group of countries ruled by a
single person, government, or
country

the murder of a whole group of
people, especially a whole nation,
race, or religious group

the period in early history starting
about 1100 BC when iron was used
for tools

relating to the middle part of the
Stone Age (the period when humans
used tools and weapons made of
stone)

relating to the period when humans
used tools and weapons made of
stone and had just developed
farming

Culture

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai

Acculturation the process of changing so that you ฒ
become more like people from a
Belief different culture, or of making ฝั
Behavior someone change in this way
the feeling of being certain that ฒ
Cultivate something exists or is true
Conflict
Diversity the way that a person, an animal, a
substance, etc. behaves in a
Emigrant particular situation or under
Multicultural particular conditions
Norm
Perception to try to develop and improve
Race something
Stereotypes
an active disagreement between
people with opposing opinions or
principles

the fact of many different types of
things or people being included in
something; a range of different things
or people

a person who emigrates

People with many different customs
and beliefs

an accepted standard or a way of
behaving or doing things that most
people agree with

a belief or opinion, often held by
many people and based on how
things seem

a competition in which all the
competitors try to be the fastest and
to finish first

a set idea that people have about
what someone or something is like,
especially an idea that is wrong

Culture

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai

Tradition a belief, principle, or way of acting
that people in a particular society or
Unique group have continued to follow for a
Values long time, or all of these beliefs, etc.
in a particular society or group
being the only existing one of its
type or, more generally, unusual, or
special in some way
Popularity of a person or a group of
people in society on a particular
subject which affects thoughts and
actions

Economics

words meaning Eng Meaning Thai
Inflation A general rise in the prices of ฟ้
services and goods in a
Deflation particular country, resulting in ฝ
a fall in the value of money.
Hyperinflation A reduction in the amount of ฟ้
Free market money in a country’s economy
so that prices fall or remain
Demand the same.
Supply A situation in which prices rise
Employment very fast, causing damage to a
Unemployment country’s economy.
An economic system in which
the price of goods and services
is affected by supply and
demand rather than controlled
by a government.
A very strong request for
something; something that
somebody needs.
An amount of something that
is provided or available to be
used.
Work especially when it is
done to earn money the state
of being employed.
The fact of a number of
people not having a job; the
number of people without a
job.

Economics

words meaning Eng Meaning Thai
Socialism A set of political and
economic theories based on ภ
Wages the belief that everyone has ึ
an equal right to a share of a
Consumers country’s wealth and that the
Expansion government should own and
Increase control the main industries.
Decrease A regular amount of money
currency that you earn, usually every
deficit week or every month, for
work or services.
A person who buys goods or
uses services.
An act of increasing or making
something increase in size,
amount or importance.
To become greater in amount
make something greater in
amount.
To become smaller in size
number to make something
smaller in size.
The system of money that a
country uses.
The amount by which money
spent or owed is greater than
money.

Economics

words meaning Eng Meaning Thai
Exports The selling and transporting of
Income tax goods to another country.
Loan The amount of tax that you pay ภ
Saving to the government according to
Trade how much you earn.
Money that an organization
Elasticity such as a bank lends and
somebody borrows.
Production An amount of something such
as time or money that you do
Investment not need to use or spend.
Commercial Bank The activity of buying and
selling or of exchanging goods
or services between people or
countries.
The quality that something has
of being able to stretch and
return to its original size and
shape.
The process of growing or
making food, goods or
materials, especially large
quantities.
The act of investing money in
something.
A bank that offers services to
the general public and to
businesses.

Economics

words meaning Eng Meaning Thai
Central Bank A national bank that does
business with the
Investor government and other banks,
Entrepreneur and issues the country’s
coins and paper money.
Cost of living A person or an organization
Economy that invests money in
something.
A person who makes money
by starting or running
businesses, especially when
this involves taking financial
risks.
The amount of money that
people need to pay for food,
clothing and somewhere to
live.
The relationship between
production, trade and the
supply of money in a
particular country or region.

Jurisprudence

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai
Dispute
an argument between two people, groups
Prosecution
or countries; discussion about a subject on

which people disagree

the process of trying to prove in court that ฟ้
somebody is guilty of a crime (= of
prosecuting them); the process of being
officially charged with a crime in court

Supreme court the highest court in a country or state
The Supreme Court refused to allow the
Crimes appeal.
Punishment
Court of appeal activities that involve breaking the law

Judgment an act or a way of punishing somebody

a court that people can go to in order to
try and change decisions that have been
made by a lower court

the ability to make sensible decisions after
carefully considering the best thing to do

Lawsuit a claim or complaint against somebody , ฟ้
Infringe that a person or an organization can make
in court
infringe something (of an action, a plan, ฝ่ ฝ ,
etc.) to break a law or rule

Jurisprudence

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai
Imprison
Testify to put somebody in a prison ,

Bailing or another place from which
Independence
they cannot escape
Witness
to make a statement that ็
Justly
Faithfully something happened or that
Facts
Rules something is true, especially

Resolution as a witness in court

to release somebody on bail

independence (from ภ

somebody/something) (of a

country) freedom from

political control by other

countries

a person who sees

something happen and is

able to describe it to other

people

in a way that most people ,็

consider to be morally fair

and reasonable

accurately; carefully ,

a thing that is known to be ็

true, especially when it can

be proved

a statement of what may, ฑ,

must or must not be done in

a particular situation or when

playing a game

a definite decision to do or

not to do something

Jurisprudence

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai
Violation
Settled the act of going against or
Negotiated
Enforced refusing to obey a law, an
Guilt
agreement, etc.
Dismiss
not likely to change or ,
Adjourns
Unanimously move
Unintentional
Defenses to try to reach an

agreement by formal

discussion

that somebody is forced to

do or experience without

being able to control it

guilt (about something) the

unhappy feelings caused by

knowing or thinking that you

have done something wrong

to decide that ฟ้

somebody/something is not

important and not worth

thinking or talking about

to stop a meeting or an

official process, especially a

trial, for a period of time

by everyone in a particular ็ ฉ

group

not done deliberately, but ,

happening by accident

the act of protecting

somebody/something from

attack, criticism, etc.

Jurisprudence

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai
Murder
Legislation the crime of killing
Avoid
Penal somebody deliberately
Death penalty
SYNONYM homicide
Victim
a law or a set of laws
Confessions
passed by a parliament
Provides
to prevent something bad
Barrister
from happening

connected with or used for

punishment, especially by

law

the punishment of being

killed that is used in some

countries for very serious

crimes

a person who has been ,

attacked, injured or killed as

the result of a crime, a

disease, an accident, etc.

a statement that a person ภ

makes, admitting that they

are guilty of a crime; the act

of making such a statement

to give something to ,

somebody or make it

available for them to use

SYNONYM supply

a lawyer in the UK who has ๋

the right to argue cases in

the higher courts of law

Jurisprudence

Vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai
Confine to keep
somebody/something
Contempt inside the limits of a
Public Prosecutor particular activity, subject,
Constitution area, etc.
Legislature the feeling that
somebody/something is
without value and
deserves no respect at all
a lawyer who works for the
government and tries to
prove people guilty in
court
the system of laws and
basic principles that a
state, a country or an
organization is governed by
a group of people who ฝ่
have the power to make
and change laws

Political Science

vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai
Democracy a system of government in which the people
of a country can vote to elect their
Government representatives
the group of people who are responsible for
controlling a country or a state

Politician a person whose job involves politics, ภ
Parliament especially as an elected member of
parliament, etc.
the group of people who are elected to
make and change the laws of a country

Member of Parliament a person who has been elected to represent ภ

the people of a particular area in a

parliament

Prime Minister the main minister and leader of the

government in some countries

Minister a senior member of the government who is in

charge of a government department or a

branch of one

Cabinet a group of senior members of a government
that is responsible for advising and deciding
on government policy

Constitution the system of laws and basic principles that a
Opposition
state, a country or an organization is

governed by

the act of strongly disagreeing with ฝ่

somebody/something, especially with the aim

of preventing something from happening

Political Science

vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai
์ๆ
Mob a large crowd of people, especially one

that may become violent or cause trouble

Influence peddling the illegal activity of a politician doing

something for somebody in return for

payment

corruption

Flash mob/smart mob a large group of people who arrange (by

mobile phone or email) to gather together

in a public place at exactly the same time,

spend a short time doing something there

and then quickly all leave at the same time

Demagogue a political leader who tries to win support

by using arguments based on emotion

rather than reason

Militia a group of people who are not professional

soldiers but who have had military training

and can act as an army

Concession omething that you allow or do, or allow

somebody to have, in order to end an

argument or to make a situation less

difficult

Sovereignty complete power to govern a country

Centralization the process of giving control of a country or

an organization to a group of people in one

particular place; the fact of being

controlled in this way

Bribery the giving or taking of bribes

Collusion secret agreement especially in order to do

something dishonest or to trick people

Political Science

vocabulary Meaning in English Meaning in Thai
Mediator a person or an organization that tries to
Civil war get agreement between people or ,
Interest group groups who disagree with each other ฏ
a war between groups of people in the
Pressure group same country
a group of people who work together to
Referendum achieve something that they are
Public opinion particularly interested in, especially by
Rally putting pressure on the government, etc.
Revolution a group of people who try to influence
Amnesty the government and ordinary people’s
Deportation opinions in order to achieve the action
they want, for example a change in a law
an occasion when all the people of a
country can vote on an important issue
the opinions that people in society have
about an issue
a large public meeting, especially one
held to support a particular idea or
political party
an attempt, by a large number of
people, to change the government of a
country, especially by violent action
an official statement that allows people
who have been put in prison for crimes
against the state to go free
the act of forcing somebody to leave a
country, usually because they have
broken the law or because they have no
legal right to be there

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