How did industrialization begin and what were the effects?
What are the different economic sectors and how are they characterized?
How do certain variables influence the location of manufacturing?
What are the measures of social and economic development?
What is the Human Development Index, and why is it useful to geographers?
How does the role of women change as a country develops economically?
What are some of the challenges women face in the workforce?
What are microloans and how are they used?
What major theories explain spatial variations in development?
How do government initiatives affect economic development?
What is the global impact of outsourcing and economic restructuring?
What are sustainable development policies and what purpose do they serve?
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Explain how the Industrial Revolution facilitated the growth and diffusion of industrialization.
Explain the spatial patterns of industrial production and development.
Describe social and economic measures of development.
Explain how and to what extent changes in economic development have contributed to gender parity.
Explain different theories of economic and social development.
Explain causes and consequences of recent economic changes such as the increase in international trade, deindustrializaiton, and growing interdependence in the world economy.
Explain how sustainability principles relate to and impact industrialization and spatial development.
Standards
SS.Geog3.a.h - Evaluate in both current and historical context how the prospect of gaining access to resources in contested zones creates competition among countries.
SS.Geog3.a.h - Assess how and why consumption of resources (e.g., petroleum, coal, electricity, steel, water, food) differs between developed and developing countries now and in the past.