SS SA

Question 1

Social Studies

Answer 1

The study of people in relations to each other and their world.

Question 2

Why Do We Learn Social Studies

Answer 2

To Learn Knowledge, Skills, Attitude, and Values.

Question 3

Sociology

Answer 3

Sociology is the study of society, togetherness, social beings, and more.

Question 4

Founder of Sociology

Answer 4

Auguste Comte

Question 5

Founder of Social Studies in the School Curriculum

Answer 5

Thomas Arnold

Question 6

What Sociology Offers

Answer 6

It provides the understanding of social issues and patterns of behavior.

Question 7

Society

Answer 7

A group of people who lives in defined geographic area, who interact to each other, and who share a common culture.

Question 8

Why Should We Study Sociology

Answer 8

To recognize how we fit into the world and how others percieve them.

Question 9

Social Interaction

Answer 9

A social interaction is a process of acting and reacting toward something.

Question 10

Factors of Social Interaction

Answer 10

5 factors that influence social interaction are suggestion, imitation, identification, sympathy and empathy.

Question 11

Examples of Social Interaction

Answer 11

The 5 types of social interaction include exchange, cooperation, competition, conflict, and accommodation.

Question 12

Social Stratification

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Society’s categorization of its people into a ranking of socioeconomics tiers based on wealth, income, race, education, and power.

Question 13

Social Mobility

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Movement of Homo Socius between social classes.

Question 14

Caste System

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A System of stratification where you are born into that social standing and will remain there your whole life.

Question 15

Class System

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A System of stratification where you are placed based on your achievements and social factors.

Question 16

History

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History is the study of the past.

Question 17

Why We Study History

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To understand change, learning from the past, understanding and respecting each other, and developing our critical thinking skills.

Question 18

History Sources

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Newspapers, Official Records, Personal Letters, Diaries, Works of Literature, Folk Stories, Tapes, Posters, Photographs, Maps, and Artifacts.

Question 19

Language of Time in History

Answer 19

Chronology, Timeline, BCE, CE, Circa, Century, and other ways of marking time.

Question 20

Prehistory

Answer 20

The time before recorded history.

Question 21

3 Scopes of History

Answer 21

Paleolithic, Neolithic, Metal Age.

Question 22

Paleolithic Period

Answer 22

In the Paleolithic period (roughly 2.5 million years ago to 10,000 B.C.), early humans lived in caves or simple huts or tepees and were hunters and gatherers. They used basic stone and bone tools, as well as crude stone axes, for hunting birds and wild animals.

Question 23

Neolthic Period

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The Neolithic Period, also called the New Stone Age, is the final stage of cultural evolution or technological development among prehistoric humans. In this stage,
humans were no longer dependent on hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plants.

Question 24

Metal Age

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The Metal Age is divided into three stages: the Copper Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. During the Metal Ages, people made a variety of metal objects. They also invented new techniques for making clay pottery. The most characteristic examples are
beaker pots.

Question 25

Copper Age

Answer 25

Copper Age is the transitional period between the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. It is taken to begin around the mid-5th millennium BC, and ends with the beginning of the Bronze Age proper, in the late 4th to 3rd millennium BC, depending on the region.

Question 26

Bronze Age

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The Bronze Age spanned from 3,300 to 1,200 BCE and is characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacturing of implements and weapons. This period ended with further advancements in metallurgy , such as the ability to smelt iron ore.

Question 27

Iron Age

Answer 27

The Iron Age was a period in human history that started between 1200 B.C. and 600 B.C., depending on the region, and followed the Stone Age and Bronze Age. During the Iron Age, people across much of Europe, Asia and parts of Africa began making tools and weapons from iron and steel.