5 Fields of Social Studies

The study of places and the relationships between people and their environment. 

• Region

• Culture

• Geography

• Location

Describes the human and physical characteristics of a location

• culture

• region

• place

• region

Buildings, food, etc. are examples of ______ characteristics of a place.

• Physical

• Human

• Region

• Location

Rivers, mountains etc.. are examples of ______ characteristics of a place.

• Location

• Human

• Natural

• Physical

Describing a place by connecting it to another place. Ex: MIss Smith lives by Super Target.

• Place

• Absolute Location

• Region

• Relative Location

Definite place, specific space. Ex: street address

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

• Region

• Movement

Studies the movement of people, ideas, trends, goods, resources, and communication across the world.

• Culture

• Movement

• Region

• Location

• Human- Environment interaction

My ancestors moved to the US from France. This is an example of what field?

• Place

• Human- Environment interaction

• Location

• Region

• Movement

Studies how humans adapt to and change their environment in good and bad ways.

• Human- Environment Interaction

• Place

• Movement

• Location

• Region

An example of human- environment interaction is...

• "The south is in the U.S."

• "My ancestors moving from Europe to the U.S."

• Pollution

• Rivers