History
Geography
Economics
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology
Anthropology
Potpourri
100

These are original documents, artifacts, or recordings from a historical time period that are used by historians.

What are primary sources

100

This is an important tool geographers use to represent physical features, population, or resources on a flat surface.

What is a map?

100

This is a fundamental economic principle that describes the relationship between the quantity of a product that sellers are willing to produce and the quantity that consumers are willing to buy.

What is supply & demand?

100

In the study of political thought, the philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle from this ancient civilization are considered the origin of Western political philosophy.

What is (ancient) Greece? 

100

This individual is considered the father of psychology

Who is Willhelm Wundt? (pictured below at the FIRST experimental psychology lab ever opened- Leipzig, Germany 1879)

100

The term "sociology" was first coined in 1780 by Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyès, an essayist from this European country.


What is France?

100

An anthropologist who studies this might analyze human remains and artifacts to understand past cultures.

What is archaeology? 

100

Pictured here, one of the daily New York Times games

What is connections? 

200

This type of history focuses on the daily lives, cultures, and experiences of ordinary people.

What is social history?

200

This three-dimensional scale model of the Earth is used by geographers to accurately represent continents, oceans, and political boundaries.

What is a map?

200

This term refers to the fact that human wants are unlimited, but the resources to satisfy those wants are limited. It is a core concept in economics.

What is scarcity?

200

This is a research tool that political scientists use to measure public opinion on a particular issue or political candidate

What is a poll?

200

This is a statistical measurement used by psychologists to determine the strength and direction of the relationship between two variables.

What is correlation?

200

These are the specific, unwritten rules and expectations for behavior within a society.

What are social norms? 

200

As anthropologists study societies and cultures different from their own, they must evaluate their interpretations to make sure they aren’t biased. This bias is known as ______________, or the habit of viewing all groups as inferior to another, usually their own, cultural group.

What is ethnocentrism? 

200

Pictured here on its cover, this surprise 9th studio album by Taylor Swift was released in 2020 and is often considered a 'sister' album to folklore.


What is evermore? 

300

Broadly defined, this is the study of the discipline of history.  It goes one step past learning about a historical event, instead considering how interpretations or studies of events have changed over time.

What is historiography? 

300

This is the scientific art of mapmaking, which involves creating a scaled-down representation of an area.

What is cartography?

300

This research method involves economists examining how factors such as price, competition, and consumer behavior impact a particular industry.

What is market analysis?

300

This is a core principle in many democracies that divides government power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.

What is separation of powers?

300

This type of observation involves recording behaviors as they occur naturally in a real-life setting without interference.

What is a naturalistic observation?

300

This term, coined by C. Wright Mills, refers to the ability to understand the relationship between an individual's personal experiences and the broader forces of society.

What is sociological imagination? 

300

This term refers to the process by which a person or group's culture is modified to adopt traits from another culture

What is acculturation? 

300

This legendary country star re-recorded her iconic hit "Jolene" as a duet with pop star Sabrina Carpenter

Who is Dolly Parton? 

400

A professional who specializes in collecting, organizing, and preserving historical documents and records

What is an archivist?

400

This branch of geography focuses on the study of the Earth's natural features and processes, including its climate, landforms, and ecosystems.

What is physical geography?

400

This is a research tool that economists use to measure the average change in prices over time, helping them to understand inflation.


What is the consumer price index?

400

This type of political system divides power between a central government and several regional or state governments.

What is federalism?

400

This is a type of learning in which a person or animal learns to associate a specific stimulus with a behavior, such as a dog learning to salivate at the sound of a bell.

What is (classical) conditioning? 

Little Albert Experiment: 

400

A sociologist defines society as a group of people who reside in a defined area, share a culture, and who:

What is interact with each other? (interact)

400

This is a research method in which an anthropologist immerses themselves in a particular culture to gain an in-depth understanding of its practices and beliefs.

What is ethnography?

400

What is the number one "top subscribed" podcast on Apple Podcasts? (HINT: it is NOT the Joe Rogan show) 

What is the Daily?

500

This method of historical research involves conducting and recording interviews with people to capture their firsthand accounts and memories of past events.

What is oral history?

500

This is a computer system that captures, stores, analyzes, and displays geographically referenced data. Geographers often use it to communicate their research.

What is a Geographic Information System (GIS)?

500

A macroeconomist who studies this might analyze government spending, taxation, and debt to understand its impact on the economy as a whole.

What is fiscal policy?

500

This is a foundational concept in political science that refers to the supreme and independent authority of a state over its territory and people.

What is sovereignty? 

500

This is the name for the field of psychology that focuses on the study, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses.

What is clinical psychology?

500

This research method involves the researcher immersing themselves in a community or culture to gain a deep, insider's understanding of its members' everyday lives, behaviors, beliefs, and interactions

What is ethnography? 

500

Pictured here, this famous anthropologist and primatologist's groundbreaking research in Tanzania, challenged the definition of what makes humans unique after she discovered that chimpanzees use tools and have complex emotional lives

Who is Jane Goodall? 

500

Pictured here are stills from Dr. Gill's dog's Instagram account. What is her name? 

Who is Yettie (Norma Gill Rubinstein)?