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What are the social sciences?
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the study of how people live in groups
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_______ _________ study small groups, such as families or large groups, such as nations. They learn about economy, geography, history, and politics of the groups they study.
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Social scientists
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What are artifacts?
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Things people use in their daily lives
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What is an economy?
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The way people in a community use resources to meet their wants and needs such as food, clothing and shelter.
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What is the study of how people make,buy, and sell things?
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economics
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What is an economist?
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A social scientist that studies the economy of a community.
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A __________ is a social scientist who studies the natural and constructed features of the Earth's surface.
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geographer
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Land, water, plants,and animals are made by nature. These are called__________ ___________.
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natural features
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People build towns, roads, bridges, and dams.
These are called _________ ___________. |
constructed features
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What is the name of a scientist who studies government?
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political scientist
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The study of governments is called _________ ___________.
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political science
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A system for deciding what is best for the group whose main job is to make and carry out laws and rules is called _________________.
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government
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Governments supply things that people need like ___________ and _______________________.
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schools and safe streets
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A person who studies the past is called a ______________.
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historian
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A __________ would be the social scientist interested in artifacts from long ago.
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historian
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