Standard 1: Understand how to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technology to report information.

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Number: SS.7.G.1
Title: Understand how to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technology to report information.
Type: Standard
Subject: Social Studies
Grade: 7
Strand: Geography

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SS.7.G.1.AP.1
Locate the fifty states, territories, and their capital cities, in addition to the nation’s capital on a map.
SS.7.G.1.AP.2
Identify the location of selected United States territories on a world map.
SS.7.G.1.AP.3
Identify the divisions and boundaries of places in North America, including the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America.

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