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SS Chp 1 quiz
Discovering the Social Sciences - chapter 1 review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Economist | A social scientist who studies how people make, buy, and sell things to meet their wants and needs |
| Geographer | A social scientist who studies the natural and human features of the Earth's surface, its climate, and life-forms |
| Political Scientist | A social scientist who studies governments, and how people in charge use their power |
| Historian | A social scientist who studies people and important events in the past |
| Need | Something you need to survive (food, clothing, water, shelter) |
| Want | Something you might like to have, but is not important to survival |
| Archaeologist | A social scientist who studies the past by looking at artifacts people have left behind |
| Artifact | An object made and used by people |
| Natural Features | Parts of the landscape that were formed by nature (ex:hills, rivers, valleys, mountains) |
| Human Features | Parts of the landscape that were formed by people or human activity (buildings, dams, canals) |