What are the social sciences?

1. What are the social sciences? What is an artifact? The study of how 
people live in 
groups Move box to reveal 
answer. Move box to reveal 
answer. Things people use 
in their daily lives What are the four social sciences? Move box to reveal 
answer. a political scientist Historian econmist geographer

2. What is an economist? Move box to reveal answer. The social scientist that studies how people use 
their resources to meet their 
wants and needs What does economy mean? Move box to reveal answer. The way people in a 
community use their 
resources to meet their 
wants and needs.

3. What is a geographer? Move box to reveal answer. a social scientist that 
studies the natural and 
constructed features of the 
earth's surface. What are constructed 
Features? What are Natural Features? Move box to reveal answer. Move to reveal answer. Land, water, plants and 
animals Man made things on 
the earth, bridges, 
towns etc.

4. What is a political Scientist? Move box to reveal answer. A social scientist who 
studies government What is a government? Move box to reveal 
answer. a system of 
deciding what is 
best for a group - 
rules and laws

5. What is a historian? Move box to reveal 
answer. A social scientist that 
studies the past What question might a 
historian ask? Move box to reveal answer. What happened 
when? When were they 
born?

6. Match the term or phrase to the social scientist. geographer political scientist economist historian Where did 
this 
happen? family 
treasures government 
news advertisements Old postcards Maps voter 
information baby books legal forms election Why did 
they buy? diaries Sale slips globe price tags Tombstones Who is in 
charge? Money Bird Nests Natural 
resources coupons weather 
information When was 
this made? Newspaper articles 
on laws