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Standard 2 : Understand physical and cultural characteristics of places.
Cluster Standards

This cluster includes the following benchmarks.

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  • SS.8.G.2.1 : Identify the physical elements and the human elements that define and differentiate regions as relevant to American history.
  • SS.8.G.2.2 : Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of regional issues in different parts of the United States that have had critical economic, physical, or political ramifications.
  • SS.8.G.2.3 : Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of how selected regions of the United States have changed over time.
Cluster Information
Number:
SS.8.G.2
Title:
Understand physical and cultural characteristics of places.
Type:
Standard
Subject:
Social Studies
Grade:
8
Strand
Geography
Cluster Access Points

This cluster includes the following Access Points.

  • SS.8.G.2.AP.1 : Identify the physical elements and the human elements that define and differentiate regions.
  • SS.8.G.2.AP.2 : Use geographic terms and tools to identify the economic, physical, or political ramifications of cataclysmic natural or man-made disasters.
  • SS.8.G.2.AP.3 : Use geographic terms and tools to identify how selected regions of the United States have changed over time.