Chapter 1-Social Studies

the study of how people interact with their world, work together, how we use our resources, and how we got to where we are today

• civics

• Social Studies

• Geography

• Political Science

First-hand documents, like journals and diaries, pictures, artifacts, and other resources that come directly from the past.

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• primary sources

• secondary sources

• scale

Textbooks, websites, biographies, artwork, or other documents that were written or created by a second person about the event or historical person

• Priamry Sources

• Secondary Sources

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• Scale

how people form organizations to solve problems in society and help them get along with one another

• Social Studies

• Geography

• Economics

• Civics

The study of all governments

• Social Studies

• Political Science

• Civics

• Geography

people who study many different governments

• Political Scientist

• Economist

• Historian

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the study of the Earth's surface, how it changes over time, and how humans interact with the environment

• Economics

• Social Studies

• Political Science

• Geography

Some basic information about the map. It will show you what different symbols mean and what different colors represent

• legend

• scale

• longitude

• latitude

This helps orient the reader to the cardinal directions on the map: north, south, east, and west

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• scale

• compass

• equator

The main line is the equator. This line runs along the very middle of the Earth, going east and west.

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• scale

• longitude

• latitude