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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.912.G.2.1 : Identify the physical characteristics and the human characteristics that define and differentiate regions.

  • SS.912.G.2.2 : Describe the factors and processes that contribute to the differences between developing and developed regions of the world.
  • SS.912.G.2.3 : Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of regional issues in different parts of the world that have critical economic, physical, or political ramifications.
  • SS.912.G.2.4 : Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of how selected regions change over time.
  • SS.912.G.2.5 : Use geographic terms and tools to analyze case studies of debates over how human actions modify a selected region.
Cluster Information
Number:
SS.912.G.2
Title:
Understand physical and cultural characteristics of places.
Type:
Standard
Subject:
Social Studies
Grade:
912
Strand
Geography
Cluster Access Points

This cluster includes the following Access Points.

  • SS.912.G.2.AP.1 : Identify physical and human characteristics that define and differentiate regions.
  • SS.912.G.2.AP.2 : Recognize the factors and processes that contribute to the differences between developing and developed regions of the world.
  • SS.912.G.2.AP.3 : Use geographic terms and tools to identify regional issues in different parts of the world that have critical economic, physical, or political ramifications in case studies.
  • SS.912.G.2.AP.4 : Use geographic terms and tools to identify how selected regions change over time in case studies.
  • SS.912.G.2.AP.5 : Use geographic terms and tools including mining, drilling, farming, and housing to identify debates over how human actions modify selected regions using case studies.