Social Studies Weekly; Week 2 Vocab

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What is an anthropologist?

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Studies aspects of human life in past and present societies.

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Archaeologist studies human history & prehistory by excavating artifacts & remains.

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Studies human history & prehistory through artifacts.

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Global Interdependence: connection and dependence between world regions.

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Global Interdependence is when one part of the world is connected to, or depends on, another part of the world.

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Artifact definition: Something found by a scientist that reveals past events.

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Artifact: A scientist's tool for understanding the past.

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Ethnocentric means comparing and judging another culture based on one's own.

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Ethnocentric.

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What does a sociologist do?

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Studies the development, structure, and functions of human society.

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Culture encompasses the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a specific group.

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Culture is the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

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What is a custom?

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A custom is a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something specific to a society, place, or time.

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A habitat is ...

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...a natural home or environment where something lives

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Primitive meaning

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An early stage in evolutionary or historical development.