Social Scientists
What is a Historian?
Similar to detectives: they find fossils and examine them to make logical and evidence-based inferences about them.
30 N, 30 E
Sahara
Name three research methods of geographers.
Maps
Artifacts
Statistics
Areas of the Earth that are alike in some way, sharing common cultural and physical characteristics.
Region
Definition of Latitude
North and South
What is a Geographer?
A person who studies the land features, the natural resources and the climate of a region and cultural geographers study how people adapt and change their physical surroundings.
15 N, 75 E
Deccan Plateau
Name the research method of Anthropologists.
Participant Observations
How people react to and sometimes change.
Human Environment Interaction
Definition of Longitude
East and West
What is a Political Scientist?
People who study how people govern themselves. This includes the type of government they establish and the behaviors they assume to maintain law and order.
30 S, 150 E
Australia
Name the two research methods of Political Scientists.
Statistics
Secondary Sources
Where a point is on earth and why,
Location
Name two of the eight features of civilization.
Cities
Well Organized Central Governments
Social Classes:
Arts and architecture
Job specialization
Public works
Writing
Complex regions
Only needed two.
What is an Economist?
People who study who other people produce, exchange, and consume goods and services.
60 W
South America(Amazon Basin)
Name the research method of Economists.
Statistics
Special features an area might have, such as people, structures, or landforms.
Place
What does BC mean?
Before Christ
What is a sociologist?
People who study group behaviors and the primary ‘institutions’ that make up a society. These institutions include the family, the education system, the political system, the economy and social structure, and religion.
60 N, 45 W
Cape Farewell
Name the two research methods of Sociologists.
Surveys/questionnaires
Case studies
We use trains, planes, and trucks to bring clothes, furniture, cars, to the stores we shop in.
What does AD mean?
Anno Domini