2A#2 Human Activity

Benchmark 2-A

Analyze and evaluate the characteristics and purposes of geographic tools, knowledge, skills, and perspectives and apply them to explain the past, present, and future in terms of patterns, events, and issues.

#2 Standard with Test Specifications:

Describe factors affecting location of human activities, including land-use patterns in urban, suburban, and rural areas.

Test Specifications:

● Understand early challenges to Spanish explorers and colonists and factors for selecting settlement location.

Sample Question:

When establishing the earliest settlements in New Mexico, what was likely the most important factor to consider?

A. that other established settlements were already in the area

B. that water and fertile land were available for agriculture *

C. that mines were nearby to harvest precious minerals

D. that the weather would be predictable for religious ceremonies