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World Geography Semester-at-a-Glance
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Geographical Concepts
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Geographical Concepts
Physical and Human Geography
United States and Canada
Middle and South America
Western Europe
Central and Eastern Europe
Russia and Northern Eurasia
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Central and Southwest Asia
Africa
South Asia
East and Southeast Asia
Pacific World
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World Geography
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Lawrence County School System Secondary Curriculum Pacing Guide
Subject:
Grade:
Standard
1.0 Culture
2.0 Economics
World Geography
Secondary
Topics
Covered
Unit 1: The
Geographer’s
World
(2 weeks)
Nine Weeks:
Semester:
Aligned with World Geography Today, Holt. Company provided resources.
Learning
Expectations
State Performance Indicators
1.1 Understand the
complex nature of culture
and how cultures influence
the characteristics of places
and regions.
1.1.1 Describe the components of culture.
1.2 Understand the
relationship between
physical environments and
culture.
1.1.6 Analyze the role culture plays in incidents of cooperation
and conflict in the contemporary world.
2.1 Understand
fundamental economic
concepts and their
application to a variety of
economic systems,
regionally and globally.
2.2 Understand the patterns
and networks of economic
interdependence on Earth’s
surface.
2.3 Understand the changes
that occur in the nature,
use, distribution, and
importance of resources.
1.1.5 Analyze the role of cultural diffusion and interactions
among Earth’s human systems in the ongoing development of
Earth’s cultural landscapes;
Essential Questions and Resources
What are the five major geographical themes and what
tools do geographers use to work with them?
What are the physical processes that affect the earth’s
crust?
How does the earth’s surface change?
What factors influence the world’s climates?
1.2.2 Compare and contrast how cultures differ in their use of
environments and resources.
Why is climatic change a cause for concern?
1.2.3 Analyze how communication, transportation and other
forms of technology contribute to the development of a culture.
What causes climate and how are the different climate
regions different?
2.1.2 Apply basic economic concepts (e.g., exports and
imports, tariffs, closed and emerging markets, debt and credit,
gross domestic product, goods and services) in studying the
various regions of the world.
What are the various vegetation bands and what forces
cause vegetation differences in regions?
2.1.3 Describe the spatial distribution of major economic
systems and their relative merit or disadvantages in terms of
productivity, welfare of workers, and standard of living.
What are the major cultural, religious and language
differences around the world?
2.2.2 Explain the major components of and reasons for world
trade.
2.2.3 Explain the role of transportation and communication
networks in the development of economic activities.
What is culture and how does it change?
What are the different political and economic systems
around the world?
What is the difference between renewable and
nonrenewable resources?
2.2.4 Compare and contrast primary, secondary, and tertiary
economic activities in a geographic context.
2.2.5 Compare and contrast the interactions between domestic
and global economic systems.
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Standard
2.0 Economics
3.0 Geography
Topics
Covered
Learning
Expectations
3.1 Understand the
characteristics and uses of
maps, globes, and other
geographic tools and
technologies.
3.2 Know the location of
places, geographic features,
and patterns of the
environment, both physical
and human, locally,
regionally, and globally.
3.3 Understand the
characteristics and uses of
spatial organization of
Earth’s surface.
3.4 Understand the physical
and human characteristics
of place.
3.5 Understand that
common physical,
biological, and cultural
characteristics create
regions.
3.6 Understand how
physical processes shape
Earth’s natural landscapes
and affect environments.
3.7 Understand how
physical systems and
environments affect human
systems.
3.8 Understand how
human systems modify the
physical environment.
State Performance Indicators
Essential Questions and Resources
2.2.6 Evaluate the domestic and international impact of
various economic agreements, both regionally and globally.
2.2.7 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of
international economic patterns (e.g., international debt,
investment of foreign capital, multi-national corporations,
foreign-owned businesses).
2.3.1 Describe the characteristics, location, and use of
renewable and nonrenewable resources, regionally and
globally.
2.3.4 Compare and contrast patterns of resource distribution
and utilization.
2.3.5 Analyze programs and the impact of policy decisions
related to the use of resources, locally, regionally, and globally.
3.1.1 Describe the basic elements of maps and mapping.
3.1.2 Compare and contrast various types of maps, including
thematic and topographic maps.
3.1.3 Explain the purposes and distinguishing characteristics
of different map projections.
3.1.5 Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of using maps
from different sources and different points of view.
3.2.1 Describe the relative location of, size of, and distances
between Earth’s major physical, biological, and human
geographic features.
3.2.2 Describe the approximate locations of major political
and economic cultures.
3.3.1 Describe concepts and geographic tools used to define
and describe spatial organization such as absolute and relative
location, distance, direction, scale, movement and region.
3.3.2 Analyze patterns of spatial organization including why
some areas are more densely populated than others and the
differences between rural, urban, and suburban patterns.
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Standard
3.0 Geography
4.0 Governance
and Civics
5.0 History
6.0 Individuals,
Groups and
Interactions
Topics
Covered
Learning
Expectations
State Performance Indicators
3.9 Understand the nature,
distribution and migration
of human populations on
Earth’s surface.
3.3.3 Explain factors that affect spatial organization of Earth’s
surface such as transportation, migration, and communication
technology.
4.1 Understand the nature,
complexity, and influence
of systems of governance.
3.3.4 Demonstrate the use of spatial organization, principles of
location, and land use patterns in policies and decisions.
3.4.1 Explain how physical, biological, and human
characteristics and process define and shape a place.
4.2 Understand the forces
of cooperation and conflict
that shape the divisions of
Earth’s surface.
3.4.2 Compare and contrast how physical processes and
human movement and migration influence the character of
various places regionally and globally.
4.3 Understand global
development and
environmental issues.
3.5.1 Describe the criteria used to define a region including
physical traits and formal, functional, and vernacular cultural
regions.
5.1 Understand the patterns
of human settlement.
3.5.2 Compare and contrast types of regions at the local,
regional, and global level.
5.2 Recognize that places
change over time.
3.5.3 Compare and contrast how cultures influence the
characteristics of regions and how human characteristics make
specific regions of the world distinctive.
6.1 Understand the impact
of individual and group
decisions on citizens and
communities.
6.2 Understand how groups
can effect change at local,
regional, and global levels.
6.3 Understand how a
geographic view is a
significant tool in
interpreting the present and
planning for the future.
Essential Questions and Resources
3.5.4 Explain how the concept of a region can be used to
simplify the complexity of Earth’s surface.
3.5.5 Demonstrate ways in which regional systems are
structured.
3.6.1 Describe ways in which different types of physical
processes create and shape patterns in Earth’s physical
environments.
3.6.2 Predict the consequences of specific physical processes
operating on Earth’s surface.
3.6.4 Explain and analyze the distribution of different physical
processes (e.g., tectonic activity, different types of weather and
climatic patterns, vegetation patterns).
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Standard
1.0 Culture
2.0 Economics
Topics
Covered
Unit 2: The
United States
and Canada
(3 Weeks)
3.0 Geography
4.0 Governance
and Civics
Unit 3: Middle
and South
America
(1-2 Weeks)
5.0 History
6.0 Individuals,
Groups and
Interactions
Unit 4: Europe
(1-2 Weeks)
Unit 5: Russia
and Northern
Eurasia
(1-2 Weeks)
Unit 6: Central
and Southwest
Asia
(1-2 Weeks)
Unit 7: Africa
(1-2 Weeks)
Unit 8: South
Asia
(1-2 Weeks)
Unit 9: East
and Southeast
Asia
(1-2 Weeks)
Unit 10: Pacific
World
(1-2 Weeks)
Learning
Expectations
1.1 Understand the
complex nature of culture
and how cultures influence
the characteristics of places
and regions.
1.2 Understand the
relationship between
physical environments and
culture.
1.3 Understand how
cultural perspective
impacts perceptions of
places and regions.
2.1 Understand
fundamental economic
concepts and their
application to a variety of
economic systems,
regionally and globally.
2.2 Understand the patterns
and networks of economic
interdependence on Earth’s
surface.
2.3 Understand the changes
that occur in the nature,
use, distribution, and
importance of resources.
3.1 Understand the
characteristics and uses of
maps, globes, and other
geographic tools and
technologies.
State Performance Indicators
Essential Questions and Resources
3.6.5 Explain the distribution of Earth’s various ecosystems.
All Units:
3.6.6 Evaluate the effects of various physical cycles.
How does the climate of the region affect the culture,
vegetation and population distribution of the region?
3.6.7 Assess the dynamic and interactive nature of physical
systems.
3.7.1 Describe ways in which human systems develop in
response to conditions in the physical environment.
What are the major cultural characteristics of the region?
What are the major landforms of the region?
What makes this a distinctive region of the world?
3.7.3 Analyze the impact of natural hazards and disasters on
human systems and in different regions, regionally and
globally.
3.7.4 Evaluate the limits and opportunities of physical
environments for human activities.
3.7.5 Assess changes in the physical environment, regionally
and globally, that affect the capacity of the environment to
support human activity.
United States and Canada:
What is the relationship between the United States and
Canada?
Middle and South America:
How is Mexico’s society and economy organized?
3.8.1 Explain effects of human activities on the physical
environment, including global warming, deforestation,
desertification, and urbanization.
3.8.2 Explain ways in which human-induced changes in the
physical environment in one place can cause changes in other
places.
How is Mexico a place of three cultures?
What conditions have led to conflict between Central
America and the Caribbean islands?
How has Brazil developed its economy?
3.8.3 Describe the impact of human activities on different
ecosystems.
What affects life in the Northern Tropics of South
America?
3.8.4 Compare and contrast ways in which technology
influences the human capacity to modify the physical
environment.
How does the physical geography of the Andean countries
affect its people?
3.8.5 Explain and illustrate the role of human activity in
increasing or decreasing certain biological components of
various physical environments.
How to the Southern grassland countries differ from the
rest of South America?
3.8.6 Analyze the environmental consequences of human
activities and predict the global impact of human changes in
the physical environment.
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Standard
1.0 Culture
2.0 Economics
3.0 Geography
4.0 Governance
and Civics
Topics
Covered
Learning
Expectations
3.2 Know the location of
places, geographic features,
and patterns of the
environment, both physical
and human, locally,
regionally, and globally.
5.0 History
3.3 Understand the
characteristics and uses of
spatial organization of
Earth’s surface.
6.0 Individuals,
Groups and
Interactions
3.4 Understand the physical
and human characteristics
of place.
3.5 Understand that
common physical,
biological, and cultural
characteristics create
regions.
3.6 Understand how
physical processes shape
Earth’s natural landscapes
and affect environments.
3.7 Understand how
physical systems and
environments affect human
systems.
3.8 Understand how human
systems modify the
physical environment.
3.9 Understand the nature,
distribution and migration
of human populations on
Earth’s surface.
State Performance Indicators
3.9.1 Explain the characteristics of populations at a variety of
scales including ethnicity, age distribution, gender, and life
expectancy.
3.9.2 Explain how demographic concepts such as population
distribution, population density, birth and death rate, fertility
rate, and infant mortality are used to describe population
characteristics of a country or region.
Essential Questions and Resources
All Units:
How does the climate of the region affect the culture,
vegetation and population distribution of the region?
What are the major cultural characteristics of the region?
What are the major landforms of the region?
3.9.3 Identify and describe quality of life indicators such as
life expectancy, literacy rate, and per capita gross domestic
product.
What makes this a distinctive region of the world?
3.9.4 Explain the causes and effects of human migration.
Western Europe:
3.9.5 Explain how international migrations are shaped by
"push and pull" factors.
What are the major physical characteristics of England
and how did this lead to the Industrial Revolution?
3.9.6 Evaluate factors that influence patterns of rural-urban
migration.
How have Scotland and Wales preserved their own
cultural identities?
3.9.7 Analyze and evaluate contemporary population issues.
What has caused the cooperation and conflict in Ireland?
3.9.8 Predict the impact of human migration and other
population changes on Earth’s physical and human systems,
regionally and globally.
What are the cultural characteristics that define a Nordic
Nation?
4.1.1 Explain the purposes and structure of various systems of
governance, regionally and globally.
What are the commonalities and differences of the
Benelux countries?
Compare and contrast Austria and Switzerland.
4.1.3 Explain the relationship between a place’s physical,
political, and cultural characteristics and the type of
governance that characterizes that place.
How do Spain and Portugal differ from the rest of
Europe?
4.2.1 Identify social, political, and economic divisions at the
local, state, national, and international levels.
Why is Greece considered a mixture of western and
eastern cultures?
4.2.2 Describe international and multinational organizations of
cooperation.
4.2.3 Describe various factors involved in the development of
nation-states.
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Standard
1.0 Culture
2.0 Economics
3.0 Geography
4.0 Governance
and Civics
5.0 History
6.0 Individuals,
Groups and
Interactions
Topics
Covered
Learning
Expectations
4.1 Understand the nature,
complexity, and influence
of systems of governance.
4.2 Understand the forces
of cooperation and conflict
that shape the divisions of
Earth’s surface.
5.1 Understand the patterns
of human settlement.
5.2 Recognize that places
change over time.
6.1 Understand the
impact of individual and
group decisions on citizens
and communities.
6.2 Understand how groups
can effect change at local,
regional, and global levels.
State Performance Indicators
4.2.5 Explain factors that affect the cohesiveness and
integration of countries.
4.2.6 Describe ideas and mechanisms that governments
develop to meet the needs and wants of citizens, regulate
territory, manage conflict, and establish order and security.
4.3.2 Interpret governmental and international responses to
various environmental issues.
5.1.1 Describe reasons for similarities and differences in the
population size and density of different regions.
5.1.3 Compare and contrast factors involved in the growth and
development of cities.
5.1.4 Evaluate the causes and consequences of urbanization.
5.1.5 Compare and contrast the functions of cities today with
settlements of earlier times.
5.2.1 Describe how physical and human geographic factors
impact a place and influence historic events and movements.
5.2.3 Evaluate the impact of changes in land use on physical
and human systems.
5.2.4 Evaluate the impact of historical events and patterns
such as use of resources, exploration, colonization, and
settlement of different regions of the world on various regions
of the contemporary world.
Essential Questions and Resources
All Units:
How does the climate of the region affect the culture,
vegetation and population distribution of the region?
What are the major cultural characteristics of the region?
What are the major landforms of the region?
What makes this a distinctive region of the world?
Central and Eastern Europe:
How did WWI affect Poland?
How was Poland affected by the fall of communism?
What are the economic challenges of the Czech Republic,
Slovak Republic and Hungary?
How do the cultures of these countries compare?
How has the fall of communism affected the countries of
the Balkan Peninsula?
What internal tensions exist among these countries?
What is the plight of the Ukraine?
What is the link of Russia and the border nations?
6.1.3 Explain the role of places and regions in shaping
individual and group identity and in serving as symbols for
unity or disunity.
6.2.2 Explain the impact of role, status, and social class on the
interactions of individuals and social groups in various regions
of the world.
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Standard
1.0 Culture
2.0 Economics
Topics
Covered
Learning
Expectations
State Performance Indicators
6.2.3 Explore the causes, consequences, and possible solutions
applied by governing bodies to persistent global issues such as
health, security, resource allocation, economic development,
and environmental quality.
3.0 Geography
4.0 Governance
and Civics
5.0 History
6.2.4 Assess the role of multiple points of view in developing
and determining policies dealing with such issues as the use
and management of Earth’s resources, sustainable
development, world health, and international conflict and
cooperation.
Essential Questions and Resources
All Units:
How does the climate of the region affect the culture,
vegetation and population distribution of the region?
What are the major cultural characteristics of the region?
What are the major landforms of the region?
What makes this a distinctive region of the world?
6.0 Individuals,
Groups and
Interactions
6.3.2 Analyze a variety of contemporary issues in terms of
Earth’s physical and human systems.
Russia and Northern Eurasia:
1.1.2 Describe the location of major cultural attributes such as
language, religion, political systems, economic systems, and
population centers both regionally and globally.
What are the opportunities and challenges of Siberia?
1.1.3 Describe how human characteristics make specific
regions of the world distinctive.
What were the conditions of Russia under communism?
What was Russia like under the czars?
1.1.4 Compare and contrast the impact of various aspects of
culture on the political and economic systems of various
regions of the world.
How did the end of communism affect Russia?
1.1.5 Analyze the role of cultural diffusion and interactions
among Earth’s human systems in the ongoing development of
Earth’s cultural landscapes.
What are common methods of transportation?
What is Russian society like today?
What economic and environmental challenges does Russia
face?
1.1.6 Analyze the role culture plays in incidents of cooperation
and conflict in the contemporary world.
1.2.1 Describe characteristics of physical environments that
contribute to the growth and development of cultures.
1.2.2 Compare and contrast how cultures differ in their use of
environments and resources.
1.2.3 Analyze how communication, transportation and other
forms of technology contribute to the development of a culture.
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Standard
1.0 Culture
2.0 Economics
3.0 Geography
4.0 Governance
and Civics
Topics
Covered
Learning
Expectations
State Performance Indicators
1.3.1 Explain how information and experiences may be
interpreted differently from people of diverse cultural
perspectives and frames of reference.
1.3.2 Demonstrate how language, art, music, belief systems,
and other cultural elements facilitate global understanding or
cause misunderstanding.
Essential Questions and Resources
All Units:
How does the climate of the region affect the culture,
vegetation and population distribution of the region?
What are the major cultural characteristics of the region?
What are the major landforms of the region?
5.0 History
1.3.3 Analyze the role of various aspects of culture in unifying
or fragmenting a society’s perception of places and regions.
6.0 Individuals,
Groups and
Interactions
2.1.1 Describe various types of economies and their methods
of production and consumption (e.g., market economy, free
enterprise, capitalism, communism, and socialism).
What makes this a distinctive region of the world?
Central and Southwest Asia:
How has climate and politics shaped Georgia’s economy?
2.2.1 Describe the spatial organization of contemporary
economic trade networks.
What is the affect of Islam on the people of Central Asia?
2.2.2 Explain the major components of and reasons for world
trade.
What are the major cultural groups of Israel and what
role do they play on its history?
2.2.6 Evaluate the domestic and international impact of
various economic agreements, both regionally and globally.
How have politics and conflict changed Jordan, Lebanon,
Syria and Iraq?
2.2.7 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of
international economic patterns (e.g., international debt,
investment of foreign capital, multi-national corporations,
foreign-owned businesses).
How has the discovery of oil changed the Arabian
peninsula?
How have conflict and religion affected Turkey, Iran and
Cyprus?
2.3.1 Describe the characteristics, location, and use of
renewable and nonrenewable resources, regionally and
globally.
2.3.2 Explain the relationship between the use, availability,
and accessibility of resources and a country’s standard of
living, including the role of technology in resource acquisition
and use.
2.3.3 Describe world patterns of resource distribution and
utilization.
3.1.6 Construct maps and other geographic representations
using primary data.
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Standard
1.0 Culture
2.0 Economics
3.0 Geography
4.0 Governance
and Civics
Topics
Covered
Learning
Expectations
State Performance Indicators
3.2.1 Describe the relative location of, size of, and distances
between Earth’s major physical, biological, and human
geographic features.
3.2.2 Describe the approximate locations of major political
and economic cultures.
Essential Questions and Resources
All Units:
How does the climate of the region affect the culture,
vegetation and population distribution of the region?
What are the major cultural characteristics of the region?
What are the major landforms of the region?
5.0 History
3.3.2 Analyze patterns of spatial organization including why
some areas are more densely populated than others and the
differences between rural, urban, and suburban patterns.
6.0 Individuals,
Groups and
Interactions
3.3.3 Explain factors that affect spatial organization of Earth’s
surface such as transportation, migration, and communication
technology.
Africa:
3.3.4 Demonstrate the use of spatial organization, principles of
location, and land use patterns in policies and decisions.
3.4.3 Analyze the symbiotic relationship between the physical
and human environments and how it is reflected on Earth’s
surface.
What makes this a distinctive region of the world?
How has Africa been divided by its geography, history,
and conflicts?
How has Egypt’s past and physical characteristics
affected the nation?
What are the main goals of the Sahel nations?
How has political turmoil affected Central Africa?
3.5.3 Compare and contrast how cultures influence the
characteristics of regions and how human characteristics make
specific regions of the world distinctive.
3.5.5 Demonstrate ways in which regional systems are
structured.
What are some issues that have divided east African
nations?
How has drought affected east African nations?
What characteristics have divided South Africa?
3.6.3 Explain how physical processes affect different regions
of the world.
3.6.4 Explain and analyze the distribution of different physical
processes (e.g., tectonic activity, different types of weather and
climatic patterns, vegetation patterns).
3.6.5 Explain the distribution of Earth’s various ecosystems.
3.7.2 Compare and contrast ways in which the physical
environment affects life in different regions, regionally and
globally.
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Standard
1.0 Culture
Topics
Covered
Learning
Expectations
State Performance Indicators
3.7.4 Evaluate the limits and opportunities of physical
environments for human activities.
2.0 Economics
3.0 Geography
4.0 Governance
and Civics
5.0 History
6.0 Individuals,
Groups and
Interactions
3.8.4 Compare and contrast ways in which technology
influences the human capacity to modify the physical
environment.
Essential Questions and Resources
All Units:
How does the climate of the region affect the culture,
vegetation and population distribution of the region?
What are the major cultural characteristics of the region?
3.8.5 Explain and illustrate the role of human activity in
increasing or decreasing certain biological components of
various physical environments.
What are the major landforms of the region?
3.9.2 Explain how demographic concepts such as population
distribution, population density, birth and death rate, fertility
rate, and infant mortality are used to describe population
characteristics of a country or region.
South Asia:
What makes this a distinctive region of the world?
What role did Gandhi play in India’s quest for
independence?
How is India attempting to raise the standard of living?
3.9.8 Predict the impact of human migration and other
population changes on Earth’s physical and human systems,
regionally and globally.
How has religious conflict contributed to the
independence of Bangladesh and Pakistan?
4.1.2 Compare and contrast different political systems,
worldwide, with that of the United States and describe political
leaders from selected contemporary settings.
How does limited rainfall affect Pakistanis?
4.1.3 Explain the relationship between a place’s physical,
political, and cultural characteristics and the type of
governance that characterizes that place.
How does the landscape of Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka
differ?
4.1.4 Analyze the impact of such geographic developments as
human migration, economic global interdependence,
transportation and communication routes, and technology on
the characteristics of various contemporary systems of
governance and civics.
What are the difficulties facing the people and
government of Bangladesh?
East Asia:
How did modern China emerge?
What is China’s relationship with its neighbors?
How has Japan’s economy developed?
4.2.1 Identify social, political, and economic divisions at the
local, state, national, and international levels.
What factors encourage Japan’s unity?
4.2.4 Describe conditions and motivations that contribute to
conflict, cooperation, and interdependence among groups,
societies, and nations.
How did the peninsula become two separate countries?
5.1.1 Describe reasons for similarities and differences in the
population size and density of different regions.
How has conflict affected the countries of Southeast Asia?
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How has China influenced the Koreans?
How has European influence changed Southeast Asia?
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Standard
1.0 Culture
Topics
Covered
Learning
Expectations
State Performance Indicators
Essential Questions and Resources
5.1.2 Interpret changes in the location and size of human
settlements.
All Units:
3.0 Geography
5.2.1 Describe how physical and human geographic factors
impact a place and influence historic events and movements.
How does the climate of the region affect the culture,
vegetation and population distribution of the region?
4.0 Governance
and Civics
5.2.3 Evaluate the impact of changes in land use on physical
and human systems.
What are the major cultural characteristics of the region?
5.0 History
6.1.3 Explain the role of places and regions in shaping
individual and group identity and in serving as symbols for
unity or disunity.
2.0 Economics
What are the major landforms of the region?
6.0 Individuals,
Groups and
Interactions
What makes this a distinctive region of the world?
Pacific World:
6.1.5 Evaluate ways regional, ethnic, and national cultures
influence individuals’ daily lives.
6.2.1 Describe ways family, groups, and community influence
daily life and personal choices, regionally and globally.
How has migration affected Australia’s population and
land use?
Why do the people live mostly in urban areas?
How has New Zealand’s European majority affected the
Mauri way of life and the economy of the region?
Why is Antarctica considered to be a land of valuable
natural resources?
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