Social Sciences

What do social scientist study?

• How people live in groups

• How animals hunt for food

• How earth was formed

• How plants grow from seeds

What kind of information do economist look for when they study the economy of a community?

• The way people use resources to meet their needs and wants

• Where things are located in the community

• How people solve problems in the community

• Stories people tell about the community's past

Which of these items is a need?

• Toys

• Clothes

• Movies

• Bicycles

Which of these subjects does a geographer study?

• Choices people make about what they buy

• Natural and human features of Earth's surface

• Government of cities, states, and nations

• Written records from thousand years ago

Which of these is a human feature?

• Forest

• Hill

• House

• River

What is the main job of government?

• To produce things people need

• To build towns and cities

• To keep records of the past

• To make and carry out rules and laws

Which social scientist would be most interested in your great-aunt's diary?

• Economist

• Geographer

• Historian

• Political scientist

A political scientist ask this type of question:

• Who is in charge?

• How are needs met?

• What happened here?

• What is located where?

Which of these do archaeologists study to discover things about the past?

• TV show about the past

• Made-up stories about the past

• Speeches given in the past

• objects used in the past