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Social Science/D Mak
Social Sciences & Decision Making Vocabulary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is history? | History is a story of successes and failures from the past that has shaped our world today. |
| What is a philosopher? | A person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment. |
| What is geography? | Geography is the study of our surroundings. |
| What is an environment? | Environment is our surroundings. |
| What is absolute location? | Absolute location is an exact location on Earth, expressed in latitude and longitude. |
| What is latitude? | Latitude is an imaginary line that measures a location's distance north or south of the Equator. |
| What is longitude? | Longitude is an imaginary line that measures a location's distance east or west of the Prime Meridian. |
| What is relative location? | Location described by where it is in relation or compared to somewhere else. |
| What is human geography? | Human geography is a description of a place using characteristics that include land forms, climate, vegetation, and other natural characteristics. |
| What is political science? | Political science is a study of the different types of governments. |
| What is civic life? | An aspect of life that looks at how citizens' decisions affect the local community and its decisions. |
| What is personal life? | An aspect of life that includes decisions people make about their own personal interests. |
| What is politics? | Politics is a process through which people with different opinions are able to reach decisions together that are agreed to and enforced. |
| What is government? | The people and institutions in a society that have the authority to make, carry out, and enforce laws and settle disputes (system by which a country is organized) |
| What is economics? | Economics is the study of how decisions are made about how to allocate, or distribute, limited resources to satisfy unlimited wants. |
| What is scarcity? | Scarcity is a situation that exists when there is unlimited demand but not enough supply of a good or services. |
| What is trade? | Trade is a voluntary exchange of goods and services among people and countries. |
| What is specialization? | Specialization is when a country focuses on producing the goods and services they can make best and trading for what they are unable to produce. |
| What is domestic? | Having to do with one's own country |
| What is globalization? | Development of an increasingly worldwide economy |
| What is a decision? | Determination reached after consideration |
| What is an issue? | A problem that needs to be solved. |
| What are options? | Options are choices. |
| What are consequences? | Consequences are outcomes. |
| What are values? | Values are what is most important to a person. |
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