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Social StudiesChapter 1:
The World’s Geography
Introduction⦿What is Social Studies?
Culture & Society
History⦿ In history we learn about the past.
We try to understand why events happened.
⦿Historians look for evidence, or proof, about the past in the objects and records that people have left behind.
Can you think of any things that a historian studies to find out about the past?Written records
Buildings
Works of artTools
⦿Historians have to understand the past from different perspectives, or points of view.
⦿ Because people lived differently in the past, we have to be careful not to judge people by the way we live now.
⦿How does this picture make you feel?
Slavery was normal at that time, so people then saw it differently. They had a different perspective.
Geography⦿Geography is the study of Earth and
the people who live on it.
⦿We can divide geography into different themes.
Location⦿ Everything on Earth has its own
location, or where it can be found.
⦿We use maps to study location.
Physical Systems⦿Geographers study the physical
features of Earth.
⦿ Things like…
Human Systems⦿Geographers also study population and
human activities, including settlement, trade, and interaction.
Seoul: a busy city with a big population.Rotterdam: the busiest port in Europe.
Ellis Island: where immigrants from all over the world arrived in the USA.
Culture and Society⦿ People live together in groups called
societies.
⦿ This Hmong society is in Vietnam, but very different from the society we know in Ho Chi Minh City.
⦿ Every society has its own culture, or way of life.
⦿ Culture includes clothing, food, arts, and many other things.
⦿ Korean culture is different than Americna culture.
⦿ For example, traditional instruments are different.
⦿ Can you think of some more cultural differences between Korea and the USA? Think about…
⦿ Food
⦿ Clothing
⦿Holidays
Government⦿ Societies need leaders and laws to live
together safely.
⦿Different societies have different kinds of government.
⦿ Look at North and South Korea.
Economics⦿ Economics is about money and how
people make, buy, and sell goods.
⦿Different societies have different economies.
⦿Germany makes and sells a lot of cars and sportswear.
⦿ Can you think of some goods that Korea makes and sells?
Review
⦿History⦿Geography⦿ Society⦿ Culture⦿Government⦿ Economics
Review
⦿ ___________ – a society’s way of living⦿ ___________ – studying how a society makes
buys, and sells goods⦿ ___________ – studying the events of the past⦿ ___________ – a society’s leaders and laws⦿ ___________ – a group of people living together⦿ ___________ – studying Earth and its people
economicsgovernment
culture
society
geographyhistory