Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Rachel Brochure
Rachel Brochure
Rachel Brochure
ETYMOLOG
-Anthropology
Y is from the Greek words
"anthropos" which means "man" and "logos"
which means "to study".
DEFINITION HISTORY
It is a branch of knowledge which deals with the scientific ETYMOLOG
study of man, his work, his body, his behavior and values, in ECONOMICS Y the Greek word "istoria" which means "knowing
time and space. - It is from
ETYMOLOG by inquiry"
Y the Greek word "oikanomia" which means
- It is from
BRANCHES "household management". DEFINITION
1.Biological Anthropology - study of man's biological It is the systematic inquiry of man's recorded past for the purpose
foundations, race evolution, genetic inheritance, racial
DEFINITION
It is the study of the proper allocation and efficient use of of establishing causal relationships, validating historical facts and
classifications, human adaptability and variation, the fossil scarce resources to produce commodities for the maximum reconstruction of chronological events.
records of human evolution as well as forensic studies. satisfaction of unlimited human needs and wants.
2.Cultural Anthropology - investigation of the cultural and
social organization of a particular people. BRANCHES
BRANCHES 1. Political History-deals with the narrative and analysis of political
1. Macroeconomics - deals with the behavior of economy as a
whole with the view of understanding the interaction between events, ideas, movements, organs of government, voters, parties
economic aggregates such as employment, inflation and and leaders
national income 2. Economic History- analyzes economies or economic
METHODS OF INQUIRY
1.Ethnographic Method - participant researcher mainly 2. Microeconomics - deals with the behavior of individual phenomena of the past using a combination of historical methods,
conducts first and observation and immersion in human components such a household, firm and individual owner of statistical methods and the application of economic theory to
production.
activities in a particular socio-cultural setting for the purpose historical situations and institutions
of gaining an up-close and personal familiarity and
understanding of the subjects being studies METHODS OF INQUIRY
1. Positive Economics - explain what happens in the economy
2. Case Study - involves extensive and in-depth and why, without making any recommendations to economic
documentation and analysis of specific subject in focus at a
METHODS OF INQUIRY
policy, or in simple idea, it deals with how the economy works
1. Positivism: Embraces human agency in history.
smaller scale which is mainlY conducted by interview of Uses sources to provide and accurate and complete
informants, ocular inspection of location and the comparison 2. Normative Economics - employed to make value vision of the past. Also embraces and empathetic
judgments about the economy and suggest solutions to approach towards people in the past.
and analysis of available literature and databases economic problems 2. Chronology: The creation of narratives of the
past- analysis plays less role as the role of accidents
is most important.
LINGUISTICS
GEOGRAHY Different
ETYMOLGY ETYMOLOGY
It is from the French word "linguistique" which means
"language". Definition
The word Geography is derived from the Greek word geo DISCIPLINE
(the Earth, in its broadest meaning) and graphos (graphy,
to write about). Literally, to write about the Earth.
Of
DEFINITION
1.Itisthescienceoflanguage. Social
2.Itisthescientificstudy oflanguageinaculturalcontext.
BRANCHES
DEFINITION
- the study of the physical features of the earth and its SCIENCES
1. Evolutionary Linguistics - traces the development of a language atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is
fromitsoriginalformandpattern affected by these, including the distribution of populations
2.Historical Linguistics - explores language changes and the and resources, land use, and industries. •ANTHROPOLOG
relationshipsoflanguagespokenbydifferentethnicgroupsand/
ornationalities •ECONOMICS
•GEOGRAPHY
BRANCHES
METHODS OF INQUIRY 1.Physical geography - is a major branch of the science of •HISTORY
geography, and it mainly deals with the study of the
1. Historical Method - observes and analyzes carefully that facts natural 2.Characteristics of the Earth. •LINGUISTICS
of history in order to understand the present condition together
Human geography - this is one of the major branches in
withthefuturecourse ofpoliticalorganizations
geography and it mainly covers studies of the human
•POLITICAL SCIENCE
2.Comparative Methodestablishedcorrelationsofinstitutional
factors working hand-in-hand with the state that affect a political
race. •PSYCHOLOGY
phenomenoninunderstandingthescienceofpolitics
•SOCIOLOGY
METHODS OF INQUIRY
Descriptive geography – Simply specifies the locations of
featuresandpopulations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
ECONOMICS
PSYCHOLOGY
GEOGRAPHY
SOCIOLOGY
HISTORY