The student uses geographic tools to collect, analyze, and interpret data.
Answer geographic questions, including: Where is it located? Why is it there? What is significant about its location? How is its location related to the location of other people, places, and environments? Using latitude and longitude, where is it located?
Identify geographic factors such as location, physical features, transportation corridors and barriers, and distribution of natural resources that influence a society's political relationships.
Identify and analyze ways people have adapted to the physical environment in various places and regions.
Identify and analyze ways people have modified the physical environment such as mining, irrigation, and transportation infrastructure.
Identify and describe common traits that define cultures and culture regions.
Pose and answer questions about geographic distributions and patterns for various world regions and countries shown on maps, graphs, and charts.
Identify and locate major physical and human geographic features such as landforms, water bodies, and urban centers of various places and regions.
The student understands the factors that influence the locations and characteristics of locations of various contemporary societies on maps and/or globes.
The student understands the similarities and differences within and among cultures in various world societies.
Identify the impact of cultural diffusion on individuals and world societies.
Explain the relationships that exist between societies and their architecture, art, music, and literature.
Compare characteristics of institutions in various contemporary societies.
Define a multicultural society.
Identify and describe factors that influence cultural change such as improvements in communication, transportation, and economic development.
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