Five Components of Social Studies

Definition:

history

• a science that deals with the distribution and interaction of the diverse physical and cultural features of the earth's surface

• the characteristic features of a civilization including its beliefs, its artistic and material products, and its social institutions

• a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events

• the systems of power, law and order in a society

Match the following components to their image

• HIstory

• 
• Government

• 
• Culture

• 
• Economics

• 
• Geography

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Put these historical eras in chronological order.

• Pre-Historic

• Ancient

• Modern

• Medieval/Middle Ages

civilization- definition

• a succession of rulers of the same line of descent

• a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events

• arranged in or according to the order of time

• the special culture of a people or a period

Match the following

• from 1500's until present day

• Modern

• human history before civilization

• Pre-Historic

• early civilizations to @450 CE

• Medieval/Middle Ages

• from @ 450 CE until 1500's

• Ancient

geography-definition

• a science that deals with the distribution and interaction of the diverse physical and cultural features of the earth's surface

• the systems of power, law and order in a society

• a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events

• the characteristic features of a civilization including its beliefs, its artistic and material products, and its social institutions

Match the following

• cardinal directions

• 
• latitude

• 
• ocean

• 
• continent

• 
• longitude

• 

Which terms are categorized with which component?

Groups:

(a) Geography

,

(b) Economics

,

(c) Government

,

(d) Culture

• language

• democracy

• longitude

• monarchy

• agriculture

• politics

• religion

• rural

• trade

• hierarchy

• art

• literature

• urban

• latitude

• manufacturing

• barter

Match the following economic terms to their definitions.

• exchange or purchase of goods and money

• currency

• to bring (as goods) into a country

• import

• to carry or send to another country

• industry

• systematic labor especially for some use

• export

• coins, government notes, and bank notes

• trade

government-definition

• the characteristic features of a civilization including its beliefs, its artistic and material products, and its social institutions

• a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events

• the systems of power, law and order in a society

• a social science concerned chiefly with description and analysis of the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services