Answer:

1. anthropology is the study of human societies and cultures and their development.

2. economics is the branch of knowledge concerned with the production, consumption, and transfer of wealth.

3. geography is the study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries.

4. history is the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.

5. linguistics is the scientific study of language and its structure, including the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and semantics.

6. political science is the branch of knowledge that deals with systems of government and the analysis of political activity and behavior.

7. phycology is the branch of botany concerned with seaweeds and other algae.

8. sociology and demography is the study of the size, structure and distribution of populations, and how populations change over time due to births, deaths, migration, and aging.

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