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Social Studies
7th -
12thgrade
Disciplines and Ideas in the Social Sciences
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- 1. Multiple Choice
A social science that deals with the optimum allocation of scarce resources among its alternatives to satisfy the unlimited wants and needs of the people.
Economics
Geography
Sociology
Demography
- 2. Multiple Choice
It is the systematic study of human language that lies at the crossroad of the humanities and the social sciences.
Political Science
Linguistics
History
Anthropology
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which concepts are included under linguistics?
(You may choose more than one.)
Morphology
Public Policy
Phonology
Syntax
- 4. Multiple Choice
The study of size, territorial distribution, and composition of population.
Demography
Anthropology
Geography
Economics
- 5. Multiple Choice
This focuses on individual and small organizations in the system of allocating resources.
Social Demography
Semantics
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
- 6. Fill in the Blank
__________ is the study of human behavior and mental processes. This also deals with the minds and personality of an individual.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who is the Father of History?
Aristotle
Herodotus
Plato
Sigmund Freud
- 8. Open Ended
"Man is a social and political animal."
Explain this quote by Aristotle.
- 9. Multiple Choice
A branch of Anthropology that involves the study of earlier cultures and ways of life by retrieving and examining the material remains (relics) of previous human society.
Linguistic Anthropology
Archeology
Physical Anthropology
Cultural Anthropology
- 10. Fill in the Blank
__________ is the study of the Earth’s surface, investigating the physical structure of the Earth, including its terrain and its climates.
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