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Geography for Life
National Geography Standards 1994 (Gr. 9-12)
THE WORLD IN SPATIAL TERMS
Geography Standard 1: How to use maps and other geographic represetations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial persepective
Geography Standard 2: How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places and environments in a spatial context
Geography Standard 3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on earths surface
Geography Standard 4: The physical and human characteristics of places
Geography Standard 5: The people create regions to interpret earths complexity
Geography Standard 6: How culture and experience influence peoples perceptions of places and regions
Geography Standard 7: The physical processes that shape the patterns of earths surface
Geography Standard 8: The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on earths surface
Geography Standard 9: The characterstics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earths surface
Geography Standard 10: The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of earths cultural mosaics
Geography Standard 11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on earths surface
Geography Standard 12: The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
Geography Standard 13: How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earths surface
Geography Standard 14: How human actions modify the physical environment
Geography Standard 15: How physical systems affect human systems
Geography Standard 16: The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources
Geography Standard 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
Geography Standard 18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future