Social Studies Alive 1
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- What are the social sciences?
- the study of how people live in groups
- _______ _________ study small groups, such as families or large groups, such as nations. They learn about economy, geography, history, and politics of the groups they study.
- Social scientists
- What are artifacts?
- Things people use in their daily lives
- What is an economy?
- The way people in a community use resources to meet their wants and needs such as food, clothing and shelter.
- What is the study of how people make,buy, and sell things?
- economics
- What is an economist?
- A social scientist that studies the economy of a community.
- A __________ is a social scientist who studies the natural and constructed features of the Earth's surface.
- geographer
- Land, water, plants,and animals are made by nature. These are called__________ ___________.
- natural features
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People build towns, roads, bridges, and dams.
These are called _________ ___________. - constructed features
- What is the name of a scientist who studies government?
- political scientist
- The study of governments is called _________ ___________.
- political science
- A system for deciding what is best for the group whose main job is to make and carry out laws and rules is called _________________.
- government
- Governments supply things that people need like ___________ and _______________________.
- schools and safe streets
- A person who studies the past is called a ______________.
- historian
- A __________ would be the social scientist interested in artifacts from long ago.
- historian