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social studies
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| social studies | The study of how people live work and interact together in communities and around the year |
| history | The study of past events people and the decisions that shaped our world |
| culture | The way of life shared by a group of people including language beliefs food art traditions and music |
| geography | the study of earths physical features ( landforms water climates) and how humans interact with their enviorment |
| govornment | the system of people rules and laws that guide and protect a community state or nation |
| economics | The study of how people make buy sell and use goods and services to fulfill needs and wants |
| society | A group of people living together in a organized community with shared laws tradition and values |
| citizens | official members of a country or community who have rights (like voting) and responsibilities (like obeying laws) |
| timeline | a visual tool that shows a sequence of historical events in chronological order |
| cause and effect | a relationship where one event (cause) makes another event happen (effect) |