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Geography For Life

The National Geography Standards

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North Carolina Geographic AlliancePowerPoint Presentations2007

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The World in Spatial Terms

Geography studies the relationships between people, places, and environments by mapping information about them into a spatial context.

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The World in Spatial Terms

The geographically informed person knows and understands:

• How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective

• How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context

• How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on Earth’s surface

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Places and Regions

The identities and lives of individuals are rooted in particular places and in those human constructs called regions

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Places and Regions

The geographically informed person knows and understands

• The physical and human characteristics of places

• That people create regions to interpret Earth’s complexity

• How culture and experience influence people’s perceptions of places and regions

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Physical Systems

Physical processes shape Earth’s surface and interact with plant and animal life to create, sustain, and modify ecosystems

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Physical Systems

The geographically informed person knows and understands

• The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth’s surface

• The characteristics and spatial distributions of ecosystems on Earth’s surface

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Human Systems

People are central to geography in that human activities help shape Earth’s surface, human settlements and structures are part of Earth’s surface and humans compete for control of Earth’s surface.

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Human Systems

The geographically informed person knows and understands:

• The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth’s surface

• The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth’s cultural mosaics

• The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth’s surface

• The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement

• How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth’s surface

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Environment and Society

The physical environment is modified by human activities, largely as a consequence of the ways in which human societies value and use Earth’s natural resources, and human activities are also influenced by Earth’s physical features and processes.

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Environment and Society

The geographically informed person knows and understands:

• How human activities modify the physical environment

• How physical systems affect human systems

• The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources

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The Uses of Geography

Knowledge of geography enables people to develop an understanding of the relationships between people, places, and environments over time - that is, of Earth as it was, is, and might be.

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The Uses of Geography

The geographically informed person knows and understands:

• How to apply geography to interpret the past

• How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future

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The World in Spatial Terms

Maps are the language of geography. They show the physical landscape and the human imprint on the land.

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Places and Regions

Regions can be based on physical or human characteristics. Regions are places that share common characteristics such as land forms, river systems, religions, languages, or ethnicity.

Regions, as human constructs, can and do change.

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Physical Systems

Physical processes have shaped the Earth. These dynamic processes continue to change the landscape. Often humans coexist with natural hazards created by these natural processes.

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Physical Systems

Ecosystems share common plant and animal life as well as physical characteristics such as climate and geology.

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Human Systems

The characteristics and complexity of Earth’s cultural mosaics.

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Human SystemsThe processes, patterns and functions of human settlement

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Environment and SocietyHow humans interact with their environments

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The Uses of Geography

How to apply geography to interpret the past

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The Uses of Geography

The New Yorker

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The geographically informed person is aware of the the world and is better able to make well-informed decisions and understand the consequences of those decisions.