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Standard 3.0 Geography: Students will use geographic concepts and processes to examine the role of culture, technology, and the environment in the location and distribution of human activities and spatial connections throughout time.
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A. Using Geographic Tools
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1. Use geographic tools to locate places and describe the human and physical characteristics in the contemporary world
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a. Use maps to compare geographic locations of places and regions
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b. Use photographs and thematic maps to compare human and physical characteristics of places and regions
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c. Analyze geographic issues and problems
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B. Geographic Characteristics of Places and Regions
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1. Analyze interrelationships among physical and human characteristics that shape the identity of places and regions around the world
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a. Identify and describe physical characteristics that influenced human settlement
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b. Explain how physical and human characteristics of a region such as vegetation, climate, minerals, population density and religion, affect its economic growth and the way people make a living
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c. Analyze how regional characteristics and interests including economic development, climate, and the environmental impact government policies
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d. Identify geographic factors that have influenced international relations and economic development in world regions, such as trade, infrastructure, and health issues
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C. Movement of People, Goods and Ideas
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1. Describe and analyze population growth, migration and settlement patterns in contemporary world regions
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a. Identify reasons why people migrate, such as economic opportunity, climate, political reasons and government policies
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b. Evaluate the consequences of migration and settlement in various regions of the world, such as employment, changes in population and cultural diversity/conflict
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c. Explain how regional population patterns, trends, and projections affect the environment and influence government policies
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D. Modifying and Adapting to the Environment
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1. Analyze why and how people in contemporary world regions modify their natural environment and the impact of those modifications
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a. Identify trade offs of using resources to pursue economic opportunities v. preserving the environment, such as water use, the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, and strip mining
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b. Evaluate the consequences of modifying the natural environment, such as desertification, air pollution, and climate change
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c. Identify and explain land use issues that illustrate the conflict between economic growth, deforestation, mining, and burning fossil fuels
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d. Explain how land use and environmental issues such as burning the rain forest and environmental preservation are addressed by government policy
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