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APHG Introduction
Human Geography
Intro
Activity
Unit 1
Chapter 1
Key Issue 1.1-Why is Geography a Science?
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.1.4
1.1.5
Key issue 1.2-Why is Every Place Unique?
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
Key Issue 1.3-Why Are Different Places Similar?
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.3.4
1.3.5
1.3.6
1.3.7
Key Issue 1.4-Why Are Some Actions Not Sustainable?
1.4.1
1.4.2
1.4.3
1.4.4
Unit 2
Chapter 2
2.1 – Where are People Distributed
2.1.1: Describe the distribution of the world’s population.
2.1.2: Contrast regions of high and low population concentrations.
2.1.3: Compare different approaches to measuring density.
2.2 – Why is Population Increasing?
2.2.1: Summarize historical and current rates of population increase.
2.2.2: Compare global patterns of births and deaths.
2.2.3: Explain the stages of the demographic transition model.
2.3 – Why Does Health Vary by Region?
2.3.1: Describe differences in health care services among countries.
2.3.2: Explain reasons for risks to baby girls and mothers.
2.3.3: Relate the demographic transition to the distribution of age groups.
2.3.4: Explain four stages in the epidemiologic transition.
2.4 – Why Might Population Change in the Future?
2.4.1: Assess a possible stage 5 of the demographic transition.
2.4.2: Describe two reasons for declining birth rates.
2.4.3: List reasons for possible stage 5 of the epidemiologic transition.
2.4.4: Explain arguments for and against Malthus’s theory.
Chapter 3
3.1 – Where are Migrants Distributed?
3.1.1: Describe the relationship between the migration transition and the d
3.1.2: Recognize the principal streams of international and internal migrat
3.1.3: Explain the difference between emigration and immigration.
3.1.4: Describe the changing places of origin of U.S. immigrants.
3.2 – Where Do People Migrate Within Countries?
3.2.1: Describe migration patterns among U.S. regions.
3.2.2: Compare interregional migration in several large countries.
3.2.3: Describe three types of intraregional migration.
3.3 – Why Do People Migrate?
3.3.1: Explain cultural reasons for migrating.
3.3.2: Explain environmental reasons for migrating.
3.3.3: Identify economic reasons for international migration.
3.3.4: Describe the demographic characteristics of immigrants to the United
3.4 – Why Do Migrants Face Challenges?
3.4.1: Explain how governments control who can immigrate into a country.
3.4.2: Explain the role of quotas in U.S. immigration policies.
3.4.3: Summarize the diversity of conditions along the U.S.-Mexico border
3.4.4: Describe patterns of immigration in Europe and issues resulting from
Unit 3
Chapter 4
4.1 – Where are Cultural Groups Distributed?
4.1.1a: Outline concepts of folk culture.
4.1.2a: Compare processes of origin, diffusion, and distribution of folk cu
4.1.3: Trace the origin and diffusion of social media.
4.2 – Where are Leisure and Material Culture Distributed?
4.2.1: Compare differences in geographic dimensions of folk and popular mus
4.2.2: Describe how sports have been transformed from folk to popular cultu
4.2.3: Compare reasons for distribution of clothing styles in folk and popu
4.2.4: Identify reasons for folk and popular food preferences.
4.2.5: Analyze factors that influence patterns of folk housing.
4.3 – Why is Access to Culture Unequal?
4.3.1: Compare the diffusion of TV and the Internet.
4.3.2: Compare the distribution of social media platforms.
4.3.3: Evaluate threats to freedom in the use of electronic media.
4.3.4: Describe geographic features of cyberattacks and other misuse of soc
4.4 – Why do Cultures Face Sustainability Challenges?
4.4.1: Summarize challenges for folk culture from diffusion of popular cult
4.4.2: Summarize two principal ways that popular culture can adversely affe
4.4.3: Describe how popular culture can vary by region.
Chapter 5
5.1 – Where are Languages Distributed?
5.1.1: Explain how geographers classify languages.
5.1.2: Locate on a map the distribution of principal language families.
5.1.3: Identify the world’s most used languages and language families.
5.1.4: Identify the distribution of Indo-European languages.
5.1.5: Describe the distribution of language families other than Indo-Europ
5.2 – Why Do Languages Diffuse?
5.2.1: Identify processes of origin and diffusion of a language branch and
5.2.2: Analyze processes underlying current distribution of English.
5.2.3: Explain the concept of lingua franca.
5.3 – Why Do Languages Vary Among Places?
5.3.1a: Explain the concepts of official languages.
5.3.2: Analyze the ways that dialects vary.
5.3.3: Describe the distribution of principal U.S. dialects.
5.3.4: Summarize challenges in distinguishing between some languages and di
5.3.5: Give examples of countries that embrace more than one language.
5.4 – Why Do Languages Survive or Perish?
5.4.1: Define endangered languages.
5.4.2: Analyze geographic factors resulting in isolated and extinct languag
5.4.3: Describe how some lesser-used languages are being protected.
5.4.4: Summarize processes of growing and reviving languages.
Chapter 6
6.1 – Where are Religions Distributed?
6.1.1: Identify the world’s major religions and classify them by type.
6.1.2: Summarize the distribution of major religions.
6.1.3: Analyze regional variations in the distribution of Christian branche
6.1.4: Describe the distribution of the major branches of Islam and buddhis
6.1.5: Describe the distribution of Hinduism and other ethnic religions.
6.1.6: Identify religions other than the most numerous ones.
6.2 – Why Do Religions Have Distinctive Distributions?
6.2.1a: Recount the origins of Christianity.
6.2.1b: Recount the origins of Islam.
6.2.2a: Discuss the origin of Buddhism.
6.2.3: Analyze the process of diffusion of universalizing religions.
6.2.4: Describe the distinctive migration patterns of Christian groups in m
6.2.5a: Trace the distinctive migration patterns of Muslims.
6.2.5b: Trace the distinctive migration patterns of Jews.
6.3 – Why Do Religions Organize Space in Specific Patterns?
6.3.1: Describe places of worship in various religions.
6.3.2a: Describe places to which Buddhists make pilgrimages.
6.3.2b: Describe places to which Muslims make pilgrimages.
6.3.3a: Give examples of religious settlements.
6.3.3b: Give examples of religious toponyms.
6.3.4: Compare the administrative organization of hierarchical and locally
6.3.5: Discuss the importance of the physical geography in ethnic religions
6.3.6: Understand the roles of holidays and calendars in various religions.
6.4 – Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise Among Religious Groups?
6.4.1: State reasons for geographic conflicts between religious and secular
6.4.2: Understand geographic elements of conflicts among religious groups i
6.4.3: Explain Israeli and Palestinian perspectives on Israel.
6.4.4: Explain the importance of Jerusalem to Jews and Muslims
Chapter 7
7.1 – Where are Ethnicities Distributed?
7.1.1: Distinguish between ethnicity and race.
7.1.2: Summarize changes in the classification of race and ethnicity in the
7.1.3: Compare the distribution of U.S. ethnicities.
7.1.4: Compare race and ethnicity in Brazil.
7.1.5: Describe the distribution of ethnicities within urban areas.
7.2 – Why Do Ethnicities have Distinctive Distributions?
7.2.1: Describe forced migration from Africa.
7.2.2: Describe the patterns of migration of African Americans within the U
7.2.3a: Explain the laws once used to segregate races in the United States.
7.2.4: Describe how ethnicities can be divided among more than one national
7.3 – Why Might Ethnicities Face Conflict?
7.3.1: Explain the differences between ethnicities and nationalities.
7.3.2: Identify the principal ethnic conflicts in Western Asia.
7.3.3: Identify the principal ethnic conflicts in West-Central Asia.
7.4 – Why Do Ethnic Cleansings and Genocides Occur?
7.4.1: Analyze current and past examples of ethnic cleansing and genocide.
7.4.2: Describe the breakup of Yugoslavia and its consequences for Balkan e
7.4.3: Explain the concept of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
7.4.4: Identify the principal recent episodes of genocide in Africa.
7.4.5: Identify the principal recent episodes of genocide in Central Africa
Unit 4
Chapter 8
8.1 – Where are States Distributed?
8.1.1: Explain the difference between a state of the world and a state with
8.1.2: Explain why it is difficult to determine whether some of Earth’s lan
8.2 – Why are States Challenging to Create?
8.2.1: Summarize how states developed historically.
8.2.2: Describe the modern development of nation-states.
8.2.3: Describe challenges in creating nation-states in the former Soviet U
8.2.4: Explain Russia’s status as a multinational state.
8.2.5: Explain the concept of colonies and describe their current distribut
8.3 – Why do States Face Threats?
8.3.1: Describe the functions of the United Nations.
8.3.2: Explain differences among three regime types.
8.3.3: Describe the distribution of nuclear weapons.
8.3.4: Describe the principal alliances in Europe.
8.3.5: Explain the concept of terrorism and cite U.S. examples.
8.3.6: Identify the major terrorist organizations.
8.4 – Why Do States have Distinctive Geographic Structure?
8.4.1: Describe the types of cultural boundaries between states.
8.4.2: Describe the types of physical boundaries between states.
8.4.3: Describe the types of geometric boundaries between states.
8.4.4: Describe the five shapes of states.
8.4.5: Explain the practice of gerrymandering and ways in which it is done.
8.4.6: Describe approaches to reducing gerrymandering.
Unit 5
Chapter 9
9.1 – Why Do People Consume Different Foods?
9.1.1: Explain differences between developed and developing countries in fo
9.1.2: Describe the distribution of undernourishment.
9.1.3: Explain differences between developed and developing countries in so
9.2 – Where Did Agriculture Originate?
9.2.1: Summarize the origin of agriculture.
9.2.2: Describe the principal differences between subsistence and commercia
9.3 – Where is Agriculture Distributed?
9.3.1: Describe agricultural regions and their relationships to climate reg
9.3.2: Explain the principal forms of agriculture in higher-density develop
9.3.3: Explain the principal forms of subsistence agriculture in lower-dens
9.3.4: Explain the principal forms of subsistence agriculture in lower-den
9.3.5: Describe the contribution of fishing to the world food supply.
9.3.6: Describe the basic principles of several forms of crop-based commerc
9.3.7: Describe dairy and ranching commercial agriculture.
9.3.8: Describe the basic principles of several forms of mixed crop and liv
9.4 – Why Do Farmers Face Sustainability Challenges?
9.4.1: Explain the contribution of expanding exports to world food supply.
9.4.2: Explain reasons for loss of farmland.
9.4.3: Describe how farmers and scientists have achieved productivity incre
9.4.4: Discuss the debate over the planting of GMO seeds.
9.4.5a: Identify principles of organic farming.
9.4.6: Analyze the importance of water in agriculture.
Unit 6
Chapter 12
12.1 – Where are Services Distributed?
12.1.1: Describe the three types of services.
12.2 – Where are Consumer Services Distributed?
12.2.1: Explain the concepts of market area.
12.2.2: Explain the distribution of different-sized settlements.
12.2.3: Explain how to use threshold and range to find the optimal location
12.2.4: Give examples of consumer services that do not have a fixed locatio
12.3 – Where are Business Services Distributed?
12.3.1: Explain the clustering of business services in global cities.
12.3.2: Describe two types of business services in developing countries.
12.3.3: Explain the concept of economic base.
12.4 – Why Do Services Cluster in Settlements?
12.4.1: Compare clustered and dispersed rural settlements.
12.4.2: Identify important prehistoric and ancient urban settlements.
12.4.3: Describe the two dimensions of urbanization.
12.4.4: Identify the location of the largest and fastest-growing urban sett
Chapter 13
13.1 – Why are Cities Challenging to Define?
13.1.1: Describe Three models of internal structure of urban areas
13.1.2
13.1.3a: Describe the use of vertical space in the CBD.
13.2 – Where are People Distributed in Urban Areas?
13.2.1
13.2.2:
13.2.3: Relate the models of urban structure to European urban areas.
13.2.4a: Describe patterns in precolonial in developing countries.
13.2.5: Understand how the three models of urban structure describe pattern
13.2.6a: Describe stages of development.
13.3 – Why Do Urban Areas Expand?
13.3.1: Explain the process of suburban growth.
13.3.2: Describe suburban sprawl.
13.3.3: Explain ways in which suburbs are segregated.
13.3.4: Describe the strategies to reduce the impact of motor vehicles in u
13.3.5: Describe the benefits and drawbacks of public transport.
13.4 – Why Might Cities Be More Sustainable?
13.4.1: Summarize social challenges faced by many cities.
13.4.2: Describe the process of gentrification.
13.4.3: Consider alternative methods for address traffic congestion.
13.4.4: Describe changes in vehicles and the impact of the changes on citie
13.4.5
Unit 7
Chapter 10
10.1 – Why Does Development Vary Among Countries?
10.1.1a: Explain the concept of development.
10.1.2: Explain the HDI standard of living factor.
10.1.3: Explain the HDI education factors.
10.1.4: Identify HDI health factors.
10.2 – Where are Inequalities in Development Distributed?
10.2.1: Describe the U.N.’s measures of inequality.
10.2.2: Describe patterns of regional inequality within developing and deve
10.2.3: Describe the U.N.’s measures of gender inequality.
10.2.4: Describe the empowerment-related components of gender inequality.
10.2.5: Describe reproductive health elements of the GII.
10.3 – Why Do Countries Face Development Challenges?
10.3.1: Summarize the two paths to development.
10.3.2: Analyze reasons for the triumph of the international trade approach
10.3.3: Identify the main sources of financing development.
10.3.4: Explain alternate strategies for coping with economic downturns.
10.4 – Why are Countries Able to Make Progress in Development?
10.4.1a: Describe ways in which differences in development have narrowed.
10.4.2: Explain principles of fair trade.
Chapter 11
11.1 – Where is Industry Distributed?
11.1.1: Summarize the causes of the Industrial Revolution.
11.1.2: Describe the locations of the three principal industrial regions.
11.1.3: Analyze the three types of site factors.
11.1.4: Explain why some industries locate near their inputs.
11.1.5: Explain why some industries locate near markets.
11.1.6: Explain why industries use different modes of transportation.
11.2 – Why Do Industries Face Energy Challenges?
11.2.1: Identify the principal sources of energy supply and demand.
11.2.2: Describe the distribution of fossil fuel production and reserves.
11.2.3: Analyze changing patterns of oil trade and demand.
11.2.4: Evaluate possible future options for fossil fuels.
11.2.5: Describe the distribution of nuclear energy and challenges in using
11.2.6: Identify alternative sources of energy and challenges to using them
11.2.7: Compare passive and active solar energy.
11.3 – Why Do Industries Face Pollution Challenges?
11.3.1: Describe causes and effects of air pollution at local, regional, an
11.3.2: Compare and contrast point and nonpoint sources of water pollution.
11.3.3: Describe principal strategies for reducing solid waste pollution.
11.3.4a: Explain the concept of recycling.
11.4 – Why Are Industries Changing Locations?
11.4.1: Explain reasons for the emergence of new concentration of industrie
11.4.2: Explain the distribution of clothing production.
11.4.3: Summarize changes in the distribution of steel production.
11.4.4: Explain industrial location changes within developed regions.
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APHG Introduction
Human Geography
Intro
Activity
Unit 1
Chapter 1
Key Issue 1.1-Why is Geography a Science?
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.1.4
1.1.5
Key issue 1.2-Why is Every Place Unique?
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
Key Issue 1.3-Why Are Different Places Similar?
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.3.4
1.3.5
1.3.6
1.3.7
Key Issue 1.4-Why Are Some Actions Not Sustainable?
1.4.1
1.4.2
1.4.3
1.4.4
Unit 2
Chapter 2
2.1 – Where are People Distributed
2.1.1: Describe the distribution of the world’s population.
2.1.2: Contrast regions of high and low population concentrations.
2.1.3: Compare different approaches to measuring density.
2.2 – Why is Population Increasing?
2.2.1: Summarize historical and current rates of population increase.
2.2.2: Compare global patterns of births and deaths.
2.2.3: Explain the stages of the demographic transition model.
2.3 – Why Does Health Vary by Region?
2.3.1: Describe differences in health care services among countries.
2.3.2: Explain reasons for risks to baby girls and mothers.
2.3.3: Relate the demographic transition to the distribution of age groups.
2.3.4: Explain four stages in the epidemiologic transition.
2.4 – Why Might Population Change in the Future?
2.4.1: Assess a possible stage 5 of the demographic transition.
2.4.2: Describe two reasons for declining birth rates.
2.4.3: List reasons for possible stage 5 of the epidemiologic transition.
2.4.4: Explain arguments for and against Malthus’s theory.
Chapter 3
3.1 – Where are Migrants Distributed?
3.1.1: Describe the relationship between the migration transition and the d
3.1.2: Recognize the principal streams of international and internal migrat
3.1.3: Explain the difference between emigration and immigration.
3.1.4: Describe the changing places of origin of U.S. immigrants.
3.2 – Where Do People Migrate Within Countries?
3.2.1: Describe migration patterns among U.S. regions.
3.2.2: Compare interregional migration in several large countries.
3.2.3: Describe three types of intraregional migration.
3.3 – Why Do People Migrate?
3.3.1: Explain cultural reasons for migrating.
3.3.2: Explain environmental reasons for migrating.
3.3.3: Identify economic reasons for international migration.
3.3.4: Describe the demographic characteristics of immigrants to the United
3.4 – Why Do Migrants Face Challenges?
3.4.1: Explain how governments control who can immigrate into a country.
3.4.2: Explain the role of quotas in U.S. immigration policies.
3.4.3: Summarize the diversity of conditions along the U.S.-Mexico border
3.4.4: Describe patterns of immigration in Europe and issues resulting from
Unit 3
Chapter 4
4.1 – Where are Cultural Groups Distributed?
4.1.1a: Outline concepts of folk culture.
4.1.2a: Compare processes of origin, diffusion, and distribution of folk cu
4.1.3: Trace the origin and diffusion of social media.
4.2 – Where are Leisure and Material Culture Distributed?
4.2.1: Compare differences in geographic dimensions of folk and popular mus
4.2.2: Describe how sports have been transformed from folk to popular cultu
4.2.3: Compare reasons for distribution of clothing styles in folk and popu
4.2.4: Identify reasons for folk and popular food preferences.
4.2.5: Analyze factors that influence patterns of folk housing.
4.3 – Why is Access to Culture Unequal?
4.3.1: Compare the diffusion of TV and the Internet.
4.3.2: Compare the distribution of social media platforms.
4.3.3: Evaluate threats to freedom in the use of electronic media.
4.3.4: Describe geographic features of cyberattacks and other misuse of soc
4.4 – Why do Cultures Face Sustainability Challenges?
4.4.1: Summarize challenges for folk culture from diffusion of popular cult
4.4.2: Summarize two principal ways that popular culture can adversely affe
4.4.3: Describe how popular culture can vary by region.
Chapter 5
5.1 – Where are Languages Distributed?
5.1.1: Explain how geographers classify languages.
5.1.2: Locate on a map the distribution of principal language families.
5.1.3: Identify the world’s most used languages and language families.
5.1.4: Identify the distribution of Indo-European languages.
5.1.5: Describe the distribution of language families other than Indo-Europ
5.2 – Why Do Languages Diffuse?
5.2.1: Identify processes of origin and diffusion of a language branch and
5.2.2: Analyze processes underlying current distribution of English.
5.2.3: Explain the concept of lingua franca.
5.3 – Why Do Languages Vary Among Places?
5.3.1a: Explain the concepts of official languages.
5.3.2: Analyze the ways that dialects vary.
5.3.3: Describe the distribution of principal U.S. dialects.
5.3.4: Summarize challenges in distinguishing between some languages and di
5.3.5: Give examples of countries that embrace more than one language.
5.4 – Why Do Languages Survive or Perish?
5.4.1: Define endangered languages.
5.4.2: Analyze geographic factors resulting in isolated and extinct languag
5.4.3: Describe how some lesser-used languages are being protected.
5.4.4: Summarize processes of growing and reviving languages.
Chapter 6
6.1 – Where are Religions Distributed?
6.1.1: Identify the world’s major religions and classify them by type.
6.1.2: Summarize the distribution of major religions.
6.1.3: Analyze regional variations in the distribution of Christian branche
6.1.4: Describe the distribution of the major branches of Islam and buddhis
6.1.5: Describe the distribution of Hinduism and other ethnic religions.
6.1.6: Identify religions other than the most numerous ones.
6.2 – Why Do Religions Have Distinctive Distributions?
6.2.1a: Recount the origins of Christianity.
6.2.1b: Recount the origins of Islam.
6.2.2a: Discuss the origin of Buddhism.
6.2.3: Analyze the process of diffusion of universalizing religions.
6.2.4: Describe the distinctive migration patterns of Christian groups in m
6.2.5a: Trace the distinctive migration patterns of Muslims.
6.2.5b: Trace the distinctive migration patterns of Jews.
6.3 – Why Do Religions Organize Space in Specific Patterns?
6.3.1: Describe places of worship in various religions.
6.3.2a: Describe places to which Buddhists make pilgrimages.
6.3.2b: Describe places to which Muslims make pilgrimages.
6.3.3a: Give examples of religious settlements.
6.3.3b: Give examples of religious toponyms.
6.3.4: Compare the administrative organization of hierarchical and locally
6.3.5: Discuss the importance of the physical geography in ethnic religions
6.3.6: Understand the roles of holidays and calendars in various religions.
6.4 – Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise Among Religious Groups?
6.4.1: State reasons for geographic conflicts between religious and secular
6.4.2: Understand geographic elements of conflicts among religious groups i
6.4.3: Explain Israeli and Palestinian perspectives on Israel.
6.4.4: Explain the importance of Jerusalem to Jews and Muslims
Chapter 7
7.1 – Where are Ethnicities Distributed?
7.1.1: Distinguish between ethnicity and race.
7.1.2: Summarize changes in the classification of race and ethnicity in the
7.1.3: Compare the distribution of U.S. ethnicities.
7.1.4: Compare race and ethnicity in Brazil.
7.1.5: Describe the distribution of ethnicities within urban areas.
7.2 – Why Do Ethnicities have Distinctive Distributions?
7.2.1: Describe forced migration from Africa.
7.2.2: Describe the patterns of migration of African Americans within the U
7.2.3a: Explain the laws once used to segregate races in the United States.
7.2.4: Describe how ethnicities can be divided among more than one national
7.3 – Why Might Ethnicities Face Conflict?
7.3.1: Explain the differences between ethnicities and nationalities.
7.3.2: Identify the principal ethnic conflicts in Western Asia.
7.3.3: Identify the principal ethnic conflicts in West-Central Asia.
7.4 – Why Do Ethnic Cleansings and Genocides Occur?
7.4.1: Analyze current and past examples of ethnic cleansing and genocide.
7.4.2: Describe the breakup of Yugoslavia and its consequences for Balkan e
7.4.3: Explain the concept of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
7.4.4: Identify the principal recent episodes of genocide in Africa.
7.4.5: Identify the principal recent episodes of genocide in Central Africa
Unit 4
Chapter 8
8.1 – Where are States Distributed?
8.1.1: Explain the difference between a state of the world and a state with
8.1.2: Explain why it is difficult to determine whether some of Earth’s lan
8.2 – Why are States Challenging to Create?
8.2.1: Summarize how states developed historically.
8.2.2: Describe the modern development of nation-states.
8.2.3: Describe challenges in creating nation-states in the former Soviet U
8.2.4: Explain Russia’s status as a multinational state.
8.2.5: Explain the concept of colonies and describe their current distribut
8.3 – Why do States Face Threats?
8.3.1: Describe the functions of the United Nations.
8.3.2: Explain differences among three regime types.
8.3.3: Describe the distribution of nuclear weapons.
8.3.4: Describe the principal alliances in Europe.
8.3.5: Explain the concept of terrorism and cite U.S. examples.
8.3.6: Identify the major terrorist organizations.
8.4 – Why Do States have Distinctive Geographic Structure?
8.4.1: Describe the types of cultural boundaries between states.
8.4.2: Describe the types of physical boundaries between states.
8.4.3: Describe the types of geometric boundaries between states.
8.4.4: Describe the five shapes of states.
8.4.5: Explain the practice of gerrymandering and ways in which it is done.
8.4.6: Describe approaches to reducing gerrymandering.
Unit 5
Chapter 9
9.1 – Why Do People Consume Different Foods?
9.1.1: Explain differences between developed and developing countries in fo
9.1.2: Describe the distribution of undernourishment.
9.1.3: Explain differences between developed and developing countries in so
9.2 – Where Did Agriculture Originate?
9.2.1: Summarize the origin of agriculture.
9.2.2: Describe the principal differences between subsistence and commercia
9.3 – Where is Agriculture Distributed?
9.3.1: Describe agricultural regions and their relationships to climate reg
9.3.2: Explain the principal forms of agriculture in higher-density develop
9.3.3: Explain the principal forms of subsistence agriculture in lower-dens
9.3.4: Explain the principal forms of subsistence agriculture in lower-den
9.3.5: Describe the contribution of fishing to the world food supply.
9.3.6: Describe the basic principles of several forms of crop-based commerc
9.3.7: Describe dairy and ranching commercial agriculture.
9.3.8: Describe the basic principles of several forms of mixed crop and liv
9.4 – Why Do Farmers Face Sustainability Challenges?
9.4.1: Explain the contribution of expanding exports to world food supply.
9.4.2: Explain reasons for loss of farmland.
9.4.3: Describe how farmers and scientists have achieved productivity incre
9.4.4: Discuss the debate over the planting of GMO seeds.
9.4.5a: Identify principles of organic farming.
9.4.6: Analyze the importance of water in agriculture.
Unit 6
Chapter 12
12.1 – Where are Services Distributed?
12.1.1: Describe the three types of services.
12.2 – Where are Consumer Services Distributed?
12.2.1: Explain the concepts of market area.
12.2.2: Explain the distribution of different-sized settlements.
12.2.3: Explain how to use threshold and range to find the optimal location
12.2.4: Give examples of consumer services that do not have a fixed locatio
12.3 – Where are Business Services Distributed?
12.3.1: Explain the clustering of business services in global cities.
12.3.2: Describe two types of business services in developing countries.
12.3.3: Explain the concept of economic base.
12.4 – Why Do Services Cluster in Settlements?
12.4.1: Compare clustered and dispersed rural settlements.
12.4.2: Identify important prehistoric and ancient urban settlements.
12.4.3: Describe the two dimensions of urbanization.
12.4.4: Identify the location of the largest and fastest-growing urban sett
Chapter 13
13.1 – Why are Cities Challenging to Define?
13.1.1: Describe Three models of internal structure of urban areas
13.1.2
13.1.3a: Describe the use of vertical space in the CBD.
13.2 – Where are People Distributed in Urban Areas?
13.2.1
13.2.2:
13.2.3: Relate the models of urban structure to European urban areas.
13.2.4a: Describe patterns in precolonial in developing countries.
13.2.5: Understand how the three models of urban structure describe pattern
13.2.6a: Describe stages of development.
13.3 – Why Do Urban Areas Expand?
13.3.1: Explain the process of suburban growth.
13.3.2: Describe suburban sprawl.
13.3.3: Explain ways in which suburbs are segregated.
13.3.4: Describe the strategies to reduce the impact of motor vehicles in u
13.3.5: Describe the benefits and drawbacks of public transport.
13.4 – Why Might Cities Be More Sustainable?
13.4.1: Summarize social challenges faced by many cities.
13.4.2: Describe the process of gentrification.
13.4.3: Consider alternative methods for address traffic congestion.
13.4.4: Describe changes in vehicles and the impact of the changes on citie
13.4.5
Unit 7
Chapter 10
10.1 – Why Does Development Vary Among Countries?
10.1.1a: Explain the concept of development.
10.1.2: Explain the HDI standard of living factor.
10.1.3: Explain the HDI education factors.
10.1.4: Identify HDI health factors.
10.2 – Where are Inequalities in Development Distributed?
10.2.1: Describe the U.N.’s measures of inequality.
10.2.2: Describe patterns of regional inequality within developing and deve
10.2.3: Describe the U.N.’s measures of gender inequality.
10.2.4: Describe the empowerment-related components of gender inequality.
10.2.5: Describe reproductive health elements of the GII.
10.3 – Why Do Countries Face Development Challenges?
10.3.1: Summarize the two paths to development.
10.3.2: Analyze reasons for the triumph of the international trade approach
10.3.3: Identify the main sources of financing development.
10.3.4: Explain alternate strategies for coping with economic downturns.
10.4 – Why are Countries Able to Make Progress in Development?
10.4.1a: Describe ways in which differences in development have narrowed.
10.4.2: Explain principles of fair trade.
Chapter 11
11.1 – Where is Industry Distributed?
11.1.1: Summarize the causes of the Industrial Revolution.
11.1.2: Describe the locations of the three principal industrial regions.
11.1.3: Analyze the three types of site factors.
11.1.4: Explain why some industries locate near their inputs.
11.1.5: Explain why some industries locate near markets.
11.1.6: Explain why industries use different modes of transportation.
11.2 – Why Do Industries Face Energy Challenges?
11.2.1: Identify the principal sources of energy supply and demand.
11.2.2: Describe the distribution of fossil fuel production and reserves.
11.2.3: Analyze changing patterns of oil trade and demand.
11.2.4: Evaluate possible future options for fossil fuels.
11.2.5: Describe the distribution of nuclear energy and challenges in using
11.2.6: Identify alternative sources of energy and challenges to using them
11.2.7: Compare passive and active solar energy.
11.3 – Why Do Industries Face Pollution Challenges?
11.3.1: Describe causes and effects of air pollution at local, regional, an
11.3.2: Compare and contrast point and nonpoint sources of water pollution.
11.3.3: Describe principal strategies for reducing solid waste pollution.
11.3.4a: Explain the concept of recycling.
11.4 – Why Are Industries Changing Locations?
11.4.1: Explain reasons for the emergence of new concentration of industrie
11.4.2: Explain the distribution of clothing production.
11.4.3: Summarize changes in the distribution of steel production.
11.4.4: Explain industrial location changes within developed regions.
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Unit 1
Chapter 1
Key Issue 1.1-Why is Geography a Science?
1.1.1
1.1.2
1.1.3
1.1.4
1.1.5
Key issue 1.2-Why is Every Place Unique?
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
Key Issue 1.3-Why Are Different Places Similar?
1.3.1
1.3.2
1.3.3
1.3.4
1.3.5
1.3.6
1.3.7
Key Issue 1.4-Why Are Some Actions Not Sustainable?
1.4.1
1.4.2
1.4.3
1.4.4
Unit 2
Chapter 2
2.1 – Where are People Distributed
2.1.1: Describe the distribution of the world’s population.
2.1.2: Contrast regions of high and low population concentrations.
2.1.3: Compare different approaches to measuring density.
2.2 – Why is Population Increasing?
2.2.1: Summarize historical and current rates of population increase.
2.2.2: Compare global patterns of births and deaths.
2.2.3: Explain the stages of the demographic transition model.
2.3 – Why Does Health Vary by Region?
2.3.1: Describe differences in health care services among countries.
2.3.2: Explain reasons for risks to baby girls and mothers.
2.3.3: Relate the demographic transition to the distribution of age groups.
2.3.4: Explain four stages in the epidemiologic transition.
2.4 – Why Might Population Change in the Future?
2.4.1: Assess a possible stage 5 of the demographic transition.
2.4.2: Describe two reasons for declining birth rates.
2.4.3: List reasons for possible stage 5 of the epidemiologic transition.
2.4.4: Explain arguments for and against Malthus’s theory.
Chapter 3
3.1 – Where are Migrants Distributed?
3.1.1: Describe the relationship between the migration transition and the d
3.1.2: Recognize the principal streams of international and internal migrat
3.1.3: Explain the difference between emigration and immigration.
3.1.4: Describe the changing places of origin of U.S. immigrants.
3.2 – Where Do People Migrate Within Countries?
3.2.1: Describe migration patterns among U.S. regions.
3.2.2: Compare interregional migration in several large countries.
3.2.3: Describe three types of intraregional migration.
3.3 – Why Do People Migrate?
3.3.1: Explain cultural reasons for migrating.
3.3.2: Explain environmental reasons for migrating.
3.3.3: Identify economic reasons for international migration.
3.3.4: Describe the demographic characteristics of immigrants to the United
3.4 – Why Do Migrants Face Challenges?
3.4.1: Explain how governments control who can immigrate into a country.
3.4.2: Explain the role of quotas in U.S. immigration policies.
3.4.3: Summarize the diversity of conditions along the U.S.-Mexico border
3.4.4: Describe patterns of immigration in Europe and issues resulting from
Unit 3
Chapter 4
4.1 – Where are Cultural Groups Distributed?
4.1.1a: Outline concepts of folk culture.
4.1.2a: Compare processes of origin, diffusion, and distribution of folk cu
4.1.3: Trace the origin and diffusion of social media.
4.2 – Where are Leisure and Material Culture Distributed?
4.2.1: Compare differences in geographic dimensions of folk and popular mus
4.2.2: Describe how sports have been transformed from folk to popular cultu
4.2.3: Compare reasons for distribution of clothing styles in folk and popu
4.2.4: Identify reasons for folk and popular food preferences.
4.2.5: Analyze factors that influence patterns of folk housing.
4.3 – Why is Access to Culture Unequal?
4.3.1: Compare the diffusion of TV and the Internet.
4.3.2: Compare the distribution of social media platforms.
4.3.3: Evaluate threats to freedom in the use of electronic media.
4.3.4: Describe geographic features of cyberattacks and other misuse of soc
4.4 – Why do Cultures Face Sustainability Challenges?
4.4.1: Summarize challenges for folk culture from diffusion of popular cult
4.4.2: Summarize two principal ways that popular culture can adversely affe
4.4.3: Describe how popular culture can vary by region.
Chapter 5
5.1 – Where are Languages Distributed?
5.1.1: Explain how geographers classify languages.
5.1.2: Locate on a map the distribution of principal language families.
5.1.3: Identify the world’s most used languages and language families.
5.1.4: Identify the distribution of Indo-European languages.
5.1.5: Describe the distribution of language families other than Indo-Europ
5.2 – Why Do Languages Diffuse?
5.2.1: Identify processes of origin and diffusion of a language branch and
5.2.2: Analyze processes underlying current distribution of English.
5.2.3: Explain the concept of lingua franca.
5.3 – Why Do Languages Vary Among Places?
5.3.1a: Explain the concepts of official languages.
5.3.2: Analyze the ways that dialects vary.
5.3.3: Describe the distribution of principal U.S. dialects.
5.3.4: Summarize challenges in distinguishing between some languages and di
5.3.5: Give examples of countries that embrace more than one language.
5.4 – Why Do Languages Survive or Perish?
5.4.1: Define endangered languages.
5.4.2: Analyze geographic factors resulting in isolated and extinct languag
5.4.3: Describe how some lesser-used languages are being protected.
5.4.4: Summarize processes of growing and reviving languages.
Chapter 6
6.1 – Where are Religions Distributed?
6.1.1: Identify the world’s major religions and classify them by type.
6.1.2: Summarize the distribution of major religions.
6.1.3: Analyze regional variations in the distribution of Christian branche
6.1.4: Describe the distribution of the major branches of Islam and buddhis
6.1.5: Describe the distribution of Hinduism and other ethnic religions.
6.1.6: Identify religions other than the most numerous ones.
6.2 – Why Do Religions Have Distinctive Distributions?
6.2.1a: Recount the origins of Christianity.
6.2.1b: Recount the origins of Islam.
6.2.2a: Discuss the origin of Buddhism.
6.2.3: Analyze the process of diffusion of universalizing religions.
6.2.4: Describe the distinctive migration patterns of Christian groups in m
6.2.5a: Trace the distinctive migration patterns of Muslims.
6.2.5b: Trace the distinctive migration patterns of Jews.
6.3 – Why Do Religions Organize Space in Specific Patterns?
6.3.1: Describe places of worship in various religions.
6.3.2a: Describe places to which Buddhists make pilgrimages.
6.3.2b: Describe places to which Muslims make pilgrimages.
6.3.3a: Give examples of religious settlements.
6.3.3b: Give examples of religious toponyms.
6.3.4: Compare the administrative organization of hierarchical and locally
6.3.5: Discuss the importance of the physical geography in ethnic religions
6.3.6: Understand the roles of holidays and calendars in various religions.
6.4 – Why Do Territorial Conflicts Arise Among Religious Groups?
6.4.1: State reasons for geographic conflicts between religious and secular
6.4.2: Understand geographic elements of conflicts among religious groups i
6.4.3: Explain Israeli and Palestinian perspectives on Israel.
6.4.4: Explain the importance of Jerusalem to Jews and Muslims
Chapter 7
7.1 – Where are Ethnicities Distributed?
7.1.1: Distinguish between ethnicity and race.
7.1.2: Summarize changes in the classification of race and ethnicity in the
7.1.3: Compare the distribution of U.S. ethnicities.
7.1.4: Compare race and ethnicity in Brazil.
7.1.5: Describe the distribution of ethnicities within urban areas.
7.2 – Why Do Ethnicities have Distinctive Distributions?
7.2.1: Describe forced migration from Africa.
7.2.2: Describe the patterns of migration of African Americans within the U
7.2.3a: Explain the laws once used to segregate races in the United States.
7.2.4: Describe how ethnicities can be divided among more than one national
7.3 – Why Might Ethnicities Face Conflict?
7.3.1: Explain the differences between ethnicities and nationalities.
7.3.2: Identify the principal ethnic conflicts in Western Asia.
7.3.3: Identify the principal ethnic conflicts in West-Central Asia.
7.4 – Why Do Ethnic Cleansings and Genocides Occur?
7.4.1: Analyze current and past examples of ethnic cleansing and genocide.
7.4.2: Describe the breakup of Yugoslavia and its consequences for Balkan e
7.4.3: Explain the concept of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia & Herzegovina.
7.4.4: Identify the principal recent episodes of genocide in Africa.
7.4.5: Identify the principal recent episodes of genocide in Central Africa
Unit 4
Chapter 8
8.1 – Where are States Distributed?
8.1.1: Explain the difference between a state of the world and a state with
8.1.2: Explain why it is difficult to determine whether some of Earth’s lan
8.2 – Why are States Challenging to Create?
8.2.1: Summarize how states developed historically.
8.2.2: Describe the modern development of nation-states.
8.2.3: Describe challenges in creating nation-states in the former Soviet U
8.2.4: Explain Russia’s status as a multinational state.
8.2.5: Explain the concept of colonies and describe their current distribut
8.3 – Why do States Face Threats?
8.3.1: Describe the functions of the United Nations.
8.3.2: Explain differences among three regime types.
8.3.3: Describe the distribution of nuclear weapons.
8.3.4: Describe the principal alliances in Europe.
8.3.5: Explain the concept of terrorism and cite U.S. examples.
8.3.6: Identify the major terrorist organizations.
8.4 – Why Do States have Distinctive Geographic Structure?
8.4.1: Describe the types of cultural boundaries between states.
8.4.2: Describe the types of physical boundaries between states.
8.4.3: Describe the types of geometric boundaries between states.
8.4.4: Describe the five shapes of states.
8.4.5: Explain the practice of gerrymandering and ways in which it is done.
8.4.6: Describe approaches to reducing gerrymandering.
Unit 5
Chapter 9
9.1 – Why Do People Consume Different Foods?
9.1.1: Explain differences between developed and developing countries in fo
9.1.2: Describe the distribution of undernourishment.
9.1.3: Explain differences between developed and developing countries in so
9.2 – Where Did Agriculture Originate?
9.2.1: Summarize the origin of agriculture.
9.2.2: Describe the principal differences between subsistence and commercia
9.3 – Where is Agriculture Distributed?
9.3.1: Describe agricultural regions and their relationships to climate reg
9.3.2: Explain the principal forms of agriculture in higher-density develop
9.3.3: Explain the principal forms of subsistence agriculture in lower-dens
9.3.4: Explain the principal forms of subsistence agriculture in lower-den
9.3.5: Describe the contribution of fishing to the world food supply.
9.3.6: Describe the basic principles of several forms of crop-based commerc
9.3.7: Describe dairy and ranching commercial agriculture.
9.3.8: Describe the basic principles of several forms of mixed crop and liv
9.4 – Why Do Farmers Face Sustainability Challenges?
9.4.1: Explain the contribution of expanding exports to world food supply.
9.4.2: Explain reasons for loss of farmland.
9.4.3: Describe how farmers and scientists have achieved productivity incre
9.4.4: Discuss the debate over the planting of GMO seeds.
9.4.5a: Identify principles of organic farming.
9.4.6: Analyze the importance of water in agriculture.
Unit 6
Chapter 12
12.1 – Where are Services Distributed?
12.1.1: Describe the three types of services.
12.2 – Where are Consumer Services Distributed?
12.2.1: Explain the concepts of market area.
12.2.2: Explain the distribution of different-sized settlements.
12.2.3: Explain how to use threshold and range to find the optimal location
12.2.4: Give examples of consumer services that do not have a fixed locatio
12.3 – Where are Business Services Distributed?
12.3.1: Explain the clustering of business services in global cities.
12.3.2: Describe two types of business services in developing countries.
12.3.3: Explain the concept of economic base.
12.4 – Why Do Services Cluster in Settlements?
12.4.1: Compare clustered and dispersed rural settlements.
12.4.2: Identify important prehistoric and ancient urban settlements.
12.4.3: Describe the two dimensions of urbanization.
12.4.4: Identify the location of the largest and fastest-growing urban sett
Chapter 13
13.1 – Why are Cities Challenging to Define?
13.1.1: Describe Three models of internal structure of urban areas
13.1.2
13.1.3a: Describe the use of vertical space in the CBD.
13.2 – Where are People Distributed in Urban Areas?
13.2.1
13.2.2:
13.2.3: Relate the models of urban structure to European urban areas.
13.2.4a: Describe patterns in precolonial in developing countries.
13.2.5: Understand how the three models of urban structure describe pattern
13.2.6a: Describe stages of development.
13.3 – Why Do Urban Areas Expand?
13.3.1: Explain the process of suburban growth.
13.3.2: Describe suburban sprawl.
13.3.3: Explain ways in which suburbs are segregated.
13.3.4: Describe the strategies to reduce the impact of motor vehicles in u
13.3.5: Describe the benefits and drawbacks of public transport.
13.4 – Why Might Cities Be More Sustainable?
13.4.1: Summarize social challenges faced by many cities.
13.4.2: Describe the process of gentrification.
13.4.3: Consider alternative methods for address traffic congestion.
13.4.4: Describe changes in vehicles and the impact of the changes on citie
13.4.5
Unit 7
Chapter 10
10.1 – Why Does Development Vary Among Countries?
10.1.1a: Explain the concept of development.
10.1.2: Explain the HDI standard of living factor.
10.1.3: Explain the HDI education factors.
10.1.4: Identify HDI health factors.
10.2 – Where are Inequalities in Development Distributed?
10.2.1: Describe the U.N.’s measures of inequality.
10.2.2: Describe patterns of regional inequality within developing and deve
10.2.3: Describe the U.N.’s measures of gender inequality.
10.2.4: Describe the empowerment-related components of gender inequality.
10.2.5: Describe reproductive health elements of the GII.
10.3 – Why Do Countries Face Development Challenges?
10.3.1: Summarize the two paths to development.
10.3.2: Analyze reasons for the triumph of the international trade approach
10.3.3: Identify the main sources of financing development.
10.3.4: Explain alternate strategies for coping with economic downturns.
10.4 – Why are Countries Able to Make Progress in Development?
10.4.1a: Describe ways in which differences in development have narrowed.
10.4.2: Explain principles of fair trade.
Chapter 11
11.1 – Where is Industry Distributed?
11.1.1: Summarize the causes of the Industrial Revolution.
11.1.2: Describe the locations of the three principal industrial regions.
11.1.3: Analyze the three types of site factors.
11.1.4: Explain why some industries locate near their inputs.
11.1.5: Explain why some industries locate near markets.
11.1.6: Explain why industries use different modes of transportation.
11.2 – Why Do Industries Face Energy Challenges?
11.2.1: Identify the principal sources of energy supply and demand.
11.2.2: Describe the distribution of fossil fuel production and reserves.
11.2.3: Analyze changing patterns of oil trade and demand.
11.2.4: Evaluate possible future options for fossil fuels.
11.2.5: Describe the distribution of nuclear energy and challenges in using
11.2.6: Identify alternative sources of energy and challenges to using them
11.2.7: Compare passive and active solar energy.
11.3 – Why Do Industries Face Pollution Challenges?
11.3.1: Describe causes and effects of air pollution at local, regional, an
11.3.2: Compare and contrast point and nonpoint sources of water pollution.
11.3.3: Describe principal strategies for reducing solid waste pollution.
11.3.4a: Explain the concept of recycling.
11.4 – Why Are Industries Changing Locations?
11.4.1: Explain reasons for the emergence of new concentration of industrie
11.4.2: Explain the distribution of clothing production.
11.4.3: Summarize changes in the distribution of steel production.
11.4.4: Explain industrial location changes within developed regions.
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