2B#2 Geography

Benchmark 2-C

Understand how human behavior impacts man-made and natural environments, recognize past and present results and predict potential changes.

#2 Standard with Test Specifications:

Interpret and analyze geographic information obtained from a variety of sources (e.g., maps, directly witnessed and surveillanced photographic and digital data, personal documents and interviews, symbolic representations—graphs, charts, diagrams, tables, etc.).

Sample Question:

Study the map to answer the following question.

Based on the map, how were the boundaries of what would become the State of New Mexico established?

A. by the Louisiana Purchase, by Texas being annexed by the U.S. and the Mexican territory being ceded to the U.S.

B. by the Louisiana Purchase, by Texas being annexed by the U.S. and the Mexican territory being ceded to the U.S., and by the Gadsden Purchase. *

C. by the Louisiana Purchase, by Texas being annexed by the U.S., and by the Gadsden Purchase.

D. by the Mexican territory being ceded to the U.S., by Texas being annexed by the U.S., and by the Gadsden Purchase.