TCI Chapter 1

What do social scientist study?

• how plants grow from seeds

• how the Earth was made

• how people live in groups

• how animals hunt for food

An economist would study ...

• where things are located

• how people solve problems

• stories about the past

• peoples' wants and needs

Which is a need?

• Xbox

• clothes

• toys

• bicycle

A geographer would study ...

• governments

• written records from many centuries ago

• natural and human made features on the Earth

• choice of what people would buy

Which is a human feature?

• a house

• a river

• a mountain

• a tree

What does the government do?

• make things people need

• build towns and cities

• keep records of the past

• make and carry out rules and laws

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

• an economist

• a political scientist

• a historian

• a geographer

A historian would ask which question:

• What is located here?

• Who is in charge?

• How are needs met?

• What happened here?

Archeologists study __ to learn more about the past.

• speeches

• made-up stories

• television shows

• old objects

A question a geographer might ask is:

• Who is in charge here?

• How are needs met?

• What happened here?

• Where is this located?