Social Scientist
What do social scientists study?
Human behavior/How people live in groups
Who studies the economy?
An economist
Who studies geography?
Who studies political science?
A political scientist
Who studies history?
A historian
What are the four types of social science that we studied?
Economy(economist), Geography(geographer), Political science(political scientist), and History(historian)
What is an economy?
The way people in a community use resources to meet their needs and wants
What is geography?
The study of Earth
What is political science?
The study of governments
What is history?
The study of the past
What do social scientists want to understand?
Why people behave as they do
What do economists study?
The economy of a city, state, or nation
True or False:
A Geographer would be interested in weather records.
True
What question would political scientists most likely ask?
A. How are needs met?
B. What happened here?
C. Who is in charge?
D. What is located where?
C. Who is in charge?
What is the first thing historians want to know?
What happened in the past
Fill in the blanks: Social scientists watch _______ and ask _________.
Social scientists watch people and ask questions.
True or False:
An economist would be interested in your family photos.
False
What do geographers want to know?
Where places are on a map
True or False:
A political scientist would be interested in election advertisements.
True
True or False:
A historian would be interested in family treasures.
True
What are the objects social scientists look at called?
Artifacts
What do economists want to know?
How people decide what to make and what to buy
Which are Earth's natural features and which are human features?
1.Land, water, plants, and animals
2. Towns, bridges, roads, and dams
Natural features- Land, water, plants, and animals
Human features- Towns, bridges, roads, and dams
What is a government?
A system deciding what is best for the group
Why do historians look at written records, photos, and other artifacts?
To help them interpret what happened