River of Doubt
Correlation of the Sample Activity to Geography Standards
The World in Spatial Terms
- develop and use different kinds of maps, globes, graphs, charts, databases,
and models
- use geographic tools and techniques to pose and answer questions about
spatial distributions and patterns on earth
- analyze and explain distributions of physical and human phenomena with
respect to spatial patterns, arrangements, and associations
Places and Regions
- analyze the physical characteristics of places
- analyze the human characteristics of places
- identify and analyze how technology shapes the physical and human characteristics
of places
- identify the criteria used to define a region
- identify types of regions
- explain how regions change over space and time
Physical Systems
- use physical resources to explain patterns in the physical environment
- analyze physical patterns in terms of the processes that created them
- explain the functions and dynamics of ecosystems
- explain how physical processes influence ecosystems
- explain how human processes contribute to changes in ecosystems
Human Systems
- identify ways in which communities reflect the cultural background of
their inhabitants
- identify and explain the ways in which human induced changes in the
physical environment in one of place can cause changes in other places
Environment and Society
- explain how the characteristics of different physical environments affect
human activities
- describe and analyze world patterns of source distribution and utilization
- evaluate different viewpoints regarding resource use
The Uses of Geography
- integrate multiple points of view to analyze and evaluate contemporary
geographic issues.
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