Social Studies Weekly; Week 2 Vocab

What is an anthropologist

• A person who studies ants

• An anthropologist is someone who studies aspects of human life within past and present societies

• Someone who studies how politics evolves within a culture

• Someone who makes maps for explorers

What does an archaeologist do?

• An Archaeologist studies human history and prehistory by digging up artifacts and remains of older civilizations.

• It's someone who studies arch's and how their weight distribution changed structural design in ancient civilizations.

• An Archaeologist is someone who studies large the social interaction between humans and their civilization.

• An Archaeologist is someone who studies Ark's (large wooden boats) and how they transported goods in the ancient world.

What does Global Interdependence mean?

• Global Interdependence means that a country is completely independent of other countries.

• Global Interdependence is when navigators from one country depend on physical aspect of Earth to find their way around.

• Global Interdependence is a phenomena where one country inspires other countries to grow and become more modernized.

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

What is an artifact?

• An artifact is something found by a scientist that helps them determine things from the past.

• An artifact is a type of ancient art.

• An artifact is something that political scientists use to determine political affiliations.

What does ethnocentric mean?

• Ethnocentric is when actions from one part of the world can affect those in another part.

• Ethnocentric is when an ancient civilization starts to become to powerful.

• Ethnocentric means that an individual compares and judges another culture based on their own culture and customs.

• Ethnocentric is an ancient treatment used by witch doctors to help cure sick people.

What does a sociologist do?

• A sociologist studies the development, structure and various functions of human society.

• A sociologist is an individual who enjoys digging up artifacts and fossils.

• A sociologist studies political climates and their impact on the world around them.

• A sociologist is a scientist who studies societies and their interdependence on other countries.

What is culture?

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

• Culture is a traditional and widely accepted way of behaving or doing something that is specific to a particular society, place, or time.

• Culture is when a person from one country interacts with a person from a different country, and they learn from each other.

• Culture is the type of behavioral pattern associated with ancient aristocrats.

What is a custom?

• A custom is when someone becomes used to a certain interaction or result.

• A custom is the arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

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

• Custom means that an individual finds something they like and they make it their own by adding unique items or art to an object.

A habitat is ....

• ... when political scientists determine the the type of government an ancient civilization had.

• ... the work area where archaeologists dig up artifacts.

• ...when someone blends their culture with another

• ...a natural home or environment where something lives

What does primitive mean?

• Primitive is the word used by sociologists to describe the basic necessities needed to run a society.

• Primitive is a political science term for artifact

• An early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something.

• It's the current definition of the type of computer that your teacher uses for school work.