Geography - Standards

Geography: The study of the earth and all of its variety.

Geography Standards:

7.1.1 Explain different uses of maps. Example: political, physical, topographical, thematic, cartograms.

7.1.2 Identify purposes, distinguishing characteristics, and limitations of different map projections. Example: Mercator, conic, polar, Robinson.

7.1.3 Interpret world maps, charts, graphs and diagrams to acquire information about people, places, and environments.

7.1.4 Construct world maps, political, physical, topographical, thematic, cartograms.

charts, graphs, and diagrams to illustrate understanding of people places and environments.

7.1.5 Create mental maps of the world that demonstrate understanding of relative location, direction, size, and shape. Example: freehand maps.

7.1.6 Use maps to find location, calculate scale and distinguish other geographic relationships. Example: latitude, longitude, population density.

7.1.7 Interpret and analyze primary and secondary sources to understand people, places and environments. Example: using artifacts, journals, interviews, books, magazines and photographs.

7.5.6 Explain how physical systems affect human systems. (Where do people live and why.)

7.5.7 Explain changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources. Example: wind energy, fossil fuels

7.5.1 Identify current countries and principal physical features of the world. Example: ecosystems, mountain ranges, bodies of water

7.5.1.1 Explain how physical processes create, maintain, and modify Earth’s physical features and environments. Example: wind and water erosion, climatic changes, plate tectonics

7.5.2 Use geographic tools Example: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) maps, graphs, charts, to interpret the past, Example: cooperation/conflict, migrations of people, goods and ideas, understand the present Example: demographic changes, resources distribution, weather cycles and plan the future. Example geopolitical changes.

7.5.4 Explain how and why maps and regions change. Example physical, political and perceptual.

7.5.5 Explain how human modifications affect the physical environment. Example: damming rivers, pollution, urbanization.

Proficiency Scale

Helpful links below

Finding a place knowing the longitude and latitude points.

Finding the longitude and latitude knowing the name of a place.

Here are some Geography place name games.

How Many Countries are there in the World.l

As of August 7, 2018 a new equal earth map is now replacing the maps and globes of the past, to view this new map type in "equal earth" in your favorite browser or go to http://shadedrelief.com/ee_proj/

Video of the Panama Canal