Social Sciences

1. Social Sciences

2. Main Menu • The Social • Sciences 2. Social Sciences Review 3. Geography Terms 4. World Geography 5. U.S. Geography 6. New York Geography 7. Geography Terms Review 8. Economic Terms 9. Economics Review

3. The Social Sciences The Social sciences are the sciences that relate to human society and social behavior. • Geography • History • Archaeology • Economics • Political science • Anthropology • Sociology • psychology Main Menu

4. Geography • Geography is the study of people, their environments, and their resources. • People who study geography are called geographers • They collect data and place it on maps. Return to Question 6 Main Menu

5. History • History is the study of past people and events. • People who study history are called historians. • Historians use primary and secondary sources to understand the past. Return to Question 1 Main Menu

6. Archaeology • Archaeology is the study of evidence left by early peoples ( artifacts) in order to find out about their way of life. • People who study archaeology are called archaeologists. Return to Question 3 Main Menu

7. Economics • Economics is the study of how people manage limited resources to satisfy their wants and needs. • People who study economics are called economists. • By studying which goods and services are in demand. Main Menu Back to question 4

8. Political Science • Political science is the study of governments • and how they operate. • People who study political science are • called political scientists. • They study past governments and current politics. Main Menu Return to Question 2

9. Anthropolgy • Anthropology is the study of how people and cultures develop. • People who study anthropology are called anthropologists. • They live with different cultural groups to learn their customs and traditions. Main Menu

10. Sociology • Sociology is the study of how people behave in groups. • People who study sociology are called sociologists. Main Menu

11. Pyschology • Psychology is the study of how people think and behave. • People who study psychology are called psychologists. Main Menu

12. Primary sources • Primary sources are first hand information about people or events. • Examples of primary sources are letters, autobiographies, speeches, an oral retelling of an event by a eyewitness, photograph or video of an event. Main Menu Return to Question 5

13. Secondary Sources • A Secondary source is an account provided after the fact by people who did not directly witness or participate in the event. • Examples of Secondary sources are your textbook, encyclopedias, biographies. Main Menu

14. Social Science Review Directions: Read each question and select from the choices given. Click on the answer button below to take you to the correct choice. • What is the science that studies past events and people? A. psychology B. political science C. geography D. history Answer Next Question Main Menu

15. Social Science Review 2. What science studies how governments operate? A. political science B. geography C. sociology D. archaeology Answer Next Question Main Menu

16. Social Science Review 3. What science studies the artifacts left behind by past people? A. geography B. history C. anthropology D. archaeology Answer Next Question Main Menu

17. Social Science Review 4. What science studies how people manage their limited resources to meet their wants and needs? A. history B. political science C. economics D. geography Answer Next Question Main Menu

18. Social Science Review 5. Which is an example of a primary source? A. encyclopedia B. textbook C. Letter from civil war soldier D. reenactment of civil war battle Answer Next Question Main Menu

19. Social Science Review 6. Which science studies people, their environments and their resources and where they are located on the earth’s surface? A. history B. geography C. political science D. anthropology Answer Main Menu

20. Answer Question 1 • What is the science that studies past events and people? D. History Did you have the wrong answer? Click on the answer above and it will go back to the correct page. Main Menu

21. Answer Question 2 2. What science studies how governments operate? A. political science Did you have the wrong answer? Click on the answer above and it will go back to the correct page. Main Menu

22. Answer Question 3 3. What science studies the artifacts left behind by past people? D. archaeology Did you have the wrong answer? Click on the answer above and it will go back to the correct page. Main Menu

23. Answer Question 4 4. What science studies how people manage their limited resources to meet their wants and needs? C. economics Did you have the wrong answer? Click on the answer above and it will go back to the correct page. Main Menu

24. Answer Question 5 5. Which is an example of a primary source? C. Letter from Civil War soldier Did you have the wrong answer? Click on the answer above and it will go back to the correct page. Main Menu

25. Answer Question 6 6. Which science studies people, their environments and their resources and where they are located on the earth’s surface? B. geography Did you have the wrong answer? Click on the answer above and it will go back to the correct page. Main Menu

26. Geography Terms 1. Bay 13. latitude 2. Canal 14. longitude 3. Cape 15. mountain 4. Climate 16. ocean 5. Coast 17. peninsula 6. Continent 18. prairie 7. Desert 19. river 8. Gulf 20. sea 9. Hemisphere 21. strait 10. Hill 22. valley 11. Island 23. lake 12. isthmus Main Menu

27. Bay To return to geography terms, just click on term. A Bay is part of a body of water that is used to drain or irrigate land or to connect two bodies of water. Do you know what the largest bay in the World is? Main Menu

28. Largest Bay in the World The World’s largest bay is Hudson Bay. Fact: • Named after Henry Hudson Hudson Bay

29. Largest Bay in the U.S. • Chesapeake Bay is the largest bay in the United States.

30. Canal Click term to return to geography vocabulary A canal is a waterway made by people that is used to drain or irrigate land or to connect two bodies of water. What Famous canal is in New York State? Main Menu Back To Review

31. The Erie Canal Click term to return to geography vocabulary • The Erie Canal is a famous canal in New York State. • Facts: • Built between the years 1817-1825 • First boat to travel the canal was called the Seneca Chief. • 363 miles long • Contained more than 80 locks to raise or lower vessels. • Took about 20 days to go from Buffalo to Albany

32. Cape Click term to return to geography vocabulary A Cape is a point of land that extends into a body of water. Can you name a famous cape? Cape Cod Main Menu

33. Famous Capes • Cape Vincent • Cape Cod in Massachusetts Cape Cod

34. Climate Climate is a pattern of weather in a particular place over period of 20 to 30 years. What type of Climate do we live in New York State?

35. Climate in New York We live in a Humid Continental climate. Here are some characteristics of a Humid Continental Climate: 1. Mild summers 2. Cold winters

36. Coast A coast is land that borders the sea or ocean. What coast is New York State located on? Back To Review

37. The Atlantic Coast New York state borders the Atlantic coast. Atlantic Coast, or East Coast

38. Continent A continent is any of the seven large land masses on the Earth’s surface. Can you name the seven continents? Back To Review

39. The Seven Continents The seven continents are: 1. North America 2. South America 3. Europe 4. Africa 5. Asia 6. Australia 7. Antarctica How much do you know about each continent? Click on each Link above to learn more?

40. North America Facts: • It’s greatest length is about 5,300 miles long. • It’s greatest width is 4,000 miles. • It’s about half the size of Asia. • It is twice the size of Europe.

41. South America Facts: • Fourth largest continent • There are 12 countries in the continent. • Population is 302,000,000

42. Europe Facts: • The second smallest continent. • Approximately 4,066,000 square miles. • Home to 71,000,000 people.

43. Africa Facts: • Second largest continent. • Third largest in population • Has the largest desert, the Sahara. • Has the largest river, the Nile. • Population is about 700,000,000

44. Asia Facts: • Largest continent in area and population. • Home to 3,200,000,000 people. • Occupies 1/3 of the total land area of The World.

45. Australia Facts: • Population is approximately 17,000,000. • Means unknown southern land in Latin. • Is the World’s smallest continent. • Sixth largest country.

46. Antarctica Facts: • The coldest, windiest continent on the Earth. • Almost all of it’s area is covered by thick ice sheets. Some 3 miles thick in some areas. • Ice holds 70% of Earth’s water. • 14,000,000 square miles • Average winter temperature is –94 degrees Fahrenheit.

47. World Geography www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/worldquiz (click on the link above to test your World geography knowledge) Main Menu

48. Desert A desert is an area that has little or no moisture or vegetation. Do you the largest desert in the World is? How about in the U.S?

49. Largest Desert in the World The largest desert in the World is the Sahara Desert. Facts: • Located in North Africa • It is 3.5 million square miles • The United States could easily fit in the desert. Sahara Desert

50. Largest Desert in the U.S. The largest desert in the U.S. is the Great Basin Desert Facts: • 190,000 square miles and is bordered by the Sierra Nevada Range on the west and the Rocky Mountains on the east • This is a cool or "cold desert" due to its more northern latitude, as well as higher elevations (at least 3,000 feet, but more commonly from 4,000 to 6,500 feet). Precipitation, generally 7-12 inches annually, is more evenly distributed throughout the year than in the other three North American deserts. Winter precipitation often falls as snow.