Question

Answer the following questions in about 150 words.

(ii) You have already studied geography, history, civics and economics as
parts of social studies. Attempt an integration of these disciplines
highlighting their interface.

Answer 1

Answer:

All the social science disciplines such as history, civics and economics study different aspects of social reality.

(i)Geography is closely linked with these disciplines. The core concerns of civics is territory, people and sovereignty while political geography is linked with the state of a spatial unit.

(ii)Economics deals with economy such as production, distribution etc. and the economic geography to study the spatial aspect of production, distribution and consumption.

(iii)It shows that the geography has strong interference with natural and social sciences.

Answer 2

The disciplines can be integrated, as all have unique features and are common.

• Geography and History - Geography achieves spatial integration, whereas history attempts the temporal synthesis. Spatial distance was a important factor in shifting the course of the world's past. Over the last century, spatial complexity gave many countries protection. Geography helps in the entirety of the respective spatial perception of reality.
• Geography and Civics - The political science is concerned with land, people and sovereignty. Political geography is also involved in the study and actions of the state as a spatial entity and people.
• Geography and Economics - Economy manages the basic attributes such as output, distribution, trade, and consumption. That of these attributes has spatial aspects, and the role of the economic geography is to research the development spatial aspects.