Five Fields of Social Studies/Five Themes of Geography – Flashcards
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geography, economics, government, culture and history
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Five Fields of Social Studies
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The study of people, places and the environment.
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geography
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The study of how people manage their resources by producing, exchanging and using goods and services.
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economics
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The people who make the laws, enforce the laws, and settle disagreements about the laws.
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government
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Consists of the beliefs, customs, art and other ways of living that people share.
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culture
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A record of the past.
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history
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Location, Place, Region, Movement, Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)
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Five Themes of Geography
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describes where a place is--can be "absolute" or "relative"
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Location
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What you will see in an area ~physical features (landforms, bodies of water, plants, animals ~human features (monuments, cities, farms)
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Place
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a group of places that share some physical feature (mountains, desert) or human characteristic (language, .
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Region
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how people, goods, and ideas get from one place to another
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Movement
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the way people change their environment or must adapt to their environment
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Human-Environment Interaction (HEI)
