NCGE "Geography for Life" National Geography Standards

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The World in Spatial Terms                      
1. How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process and report information from a spatial perspective. X X X X X X X
2. How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context X
3. How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on the earth's surface.
Places and regions #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
4. The physical and human characteristics of places.  X X  X    X          X  
5. That people create regions to interpret Earth's complexity. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12

6. How culture and experience influence people's perception of places and regions.

                     
Physical Systems #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
7. The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface.      
8. The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface.   X X    
Human Systems #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
9. The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface.      
10. The characteristics distributions, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.    

11. The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.

12. The process, patterns, and functions of human settlement.                      

13. How forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface.

               
Environment and Society #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
14. How human actions modify the physical environment.   X              
15. How physical systems affect human systems.
16. The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.      
The Uses of Geography #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12
17. How to apply geography to interpret the past. X X
18. To apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future. X X X X