| GLE 1 |
Identify, explain, and apply the five themes of geography
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| GLE 2 |
Compare and contrast various types of maps
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| GLE 3 |
Analyze or interpret a map to locate geographic information, using a variety of map elements (e.g., compass rose, symbols, distance scales, time zones, latitude, longitude)
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| GLE 4 |
Use a city or road map to plot a route from one place to another or to identify the shortest route |
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| GLE 5 |
Construct a map based on given narrative information (e.g., location of cities, bodies of water, places of historical significance) |
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| GLE 6 |
Construct a chart, diagram, graph, or graphic organizer to display geographic information |
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| GLE 7 |
Analyze, interpret, and use information in charts, diagrams, and graphs to explain geographic issues |
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| GLE 8 |
Use maps drawn from memory to answer geographic questions
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| GLE 9 |
Identify and analyze the distinguishing physical or human characteristics of a given place (e.g., landforms, precipitation, ecosystems, settlement patterns, economic activities)
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| GLE 10 |
Evaluate how location, topography, climate, natural resources, and other physical characteristics affect human activities (e.g., cultural diversity, migration, physical features, historical events, plantation, subsistence farming) or the significance of a place |
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| GLE 11 |
Draw conclusions about a place or area from its geographic or physical features |
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| GLE 12 |
Explain how topography, climate, soil, vegetation, and natural resources shape the history of a region |
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| GLE 13 |
Explain how location, physical features, and human characteristics of places influenced historical events (e.g., World War II, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Middle East conflicts) |
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| GLE 14 |
Explain ways in which regional systems are interconnected (e.g., interstate transportation and trade, interconnecting rivers and canals)
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| GLE 15 |
Analyze world regions in terms of given characteristics (e.g., population density, natural resources, economic activities, demography)
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| GLE 16 |
Explain how physical or geographical characteristics (e.g., mountain ranges, interconnecting waterways) facilitate or hinder regional interactions |
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| GLE 17 |
Explain how technological advances have led to increasing interaction between regions (e.g., use of satellites for monitoring and exploration) |
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| GLE 18 |
Analyze how human activities and physical characteristics of regions have led to regional labels (e.g., Dust Bowl, New South, Sunbelt) |
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| GLE 19 |
Describe how physical, historical, and cultural characteristics give definition to a place or region (e.g., New South, Jerusalem) |
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| GLE 20 |
Categorize elements of the natural environment as belonging to one of four components of Earth's physical systems: atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere, or hydrosphere |
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| GLE 21 |
Characterize areas or regions in terms of the physical processes that affect them (e.g., Pacific Ocean “Rim of Fire,” San Andreas fault)
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| GLE 22 |
Examine the physical effects of Earth-Sun relationships
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| GLE 23 |
Explain the movement of wind patterns across the earth, its relationship to ocean currents, and its climatic effects on various regions of the world |
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| GLE 24 |
Examine the effects of a physical process (e.g., erosion and depository processes, global warming, El Niño) on the natural environment and societies of an area and draw conclusions from that information |
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| GLE 25 |
Compare and contrast past and present trends in human migration
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| GLE 26 |
Assess the role of environmental changes, economic scarcity, conflict, political developments, cultural factors, and prosperity in human migration (e.g., escape from persecution or famine, migration to the suburbs) |
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| GLE 27 |
Analyze patterns of urban development in an area or region |
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| GLE 28 |
Compare, contrast, and analyze the distribution, growth rates, and other demographic characteristics of human populations in various countries or regions
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| GLE 29 |
Analyze the current and future impact of population growth on the world (e.g., natural resources, food supply, standard of living) |
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| GLE 30 |
Analyze population pyramids and use other data, graphics, and maps to describe population characteristics of different societies and to predict future growth |
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| GLE 31 |
Compare the role that culture plays in incidents of cooperation and conflict in the present-day world |
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| GLE 32 |
Analyze how certain cultural characteristics can link or divide regions (e.g., language, religion, demography) |
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| GLE 33 |
Identify the geographical distribution of the different economic systems (market, command, traditional, mixed) |
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| GLE 34 |
Distinguish between developed and developing countries, including the standard of living in these nations, GDP, and per capita income |
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| GLE 35 |
Analyze ways in which the distribution of economic systems relates to regional tensions or regional cooperation (e.g., North and South Korea) |
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| GLE 36 |
Analyze the role of differing points of view and national self-interest in disputes over territory and resources (e.g., oil, water, boundaries) |
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| GLE 37 |
Analyze regional issues and alliances in terms of common interests related to territory and resources (e.g., oil, water, boundaries) |
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| GLE 38 |
Identify technological advances that expanded human capacity to modify the environment (e.g., steam, coal, electric, nuclear power, levees) |
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| GLE 39 |
Describe challenges to human systems and activities posed by the physical environment or the impact of natural processes and disasters on human systems (e.g., infrastructure) |
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| GLE 40 |
Analyze or evaluate strategies for dealing with environmental challenges (e.g., dams or dikes to control floods, fertilizer to improve crop production)
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| GLE 41 |
Analyze the relationship between the development of natural resources in a region and human settlement patterns or regional variations in land use |
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| GLE 42 |
Assess the ways in which unequal distribution of natural resources has led to exploration, colonization, and conflict |
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| GLE 43 |
Analyze world or regional distribution of natural resources in terms of import need and export capacity |
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| GLE 44 |
Analyze the relationship between a country's standard of living and its locally accessible natural resources (e.g., the effects of oil or natural gas reserves in a region) |
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| GLE 45 |
Describe the impact of the scarcity of natural resources (e.g., water shortage) or pollution (e.g., air, water) |
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| GLE 46 |
Assess the role of government in preserving natural resources and protecting the physical environment |
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| GLE 47 |
Evaluate the effectiveness of policies and programs related to conservation and use of natural resources |
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| GLE 48 |
Evaluate import and export policies in regard to a country's needs for resources |
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| GLE 49 |
Debate a position on an environmental issue involving conservation or use of natural resources (e.g., private vs. public interest) |
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| GLE 50 |
Evaluate options for solving a local or regional problem involving physical processes or environmental challenges (e.g., government disaster aid, environmental clean-up cost responsibility) |
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