China's High Speed Rail

Illinois Social Science Standards

SS.G.3.6-8.LC: Explain how environmental characteristics impact human migration and settlement.

SS.G3.6-8.MdC: Explain how changes in transportation and communication influence the spatial connections among human settlements and affect the spread of ideas and culture

SS.G3.6-8.MC: Evaluate the influences of long-term human-induced environmental change on spatial patterns of conflict and cooperation.

SS.G.2.6-8.LC: Explain how humans and their environment affect one another.

SS.G2.6-8.MdC: Compare and contrast the cultural and environmental characteristics of different places or regions.

SS.G2.6-8.MC: Evaluate how cultural and economic decisions influence environments and the daily lives of people in both nearby and distant places.

Key Terms

Industrialization - period of change that transforms a group of people from an farming society into an factory based society.
Transcontinental - crossing a continent.
Infrastructure - the basic structures and facilities, such as buildings, roads, and power supplies; needed for the operation of a society

Critical Thinking Questions

Who has benefitted from the Chinese Highspeed Railway?
What motivated the Chinese to build the High Speed Railway
When do you think the U.S. might build a High Speed Railway system, and do we even need one?
Where does China build it's Highspeed Railway?
How is China and the U.S. different?

Report abuse