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Geography–Eastern Hemisphere

6-9.GEH.1 History
- 6-9.GEH.1.8 Build an understanding of the cultural and social development of human civilization.
  - 6-9.GEH.1.8.1 Describe major aspects of the civilizations of the Eastern Hemisphere prior to European contact.
  - 6-9.GEH.1.8.2 Examine the impact of Europeans on indigenous cultures in the Eastern Hemisphere.
  - 6-9.GEH.1.8.3 Compare various approaches to European colonization in the Eastern Hemisphere.
  - 6-9.GEH.1.8.4 Explain how and why events may be interpreted differently according to the points of view of participants and observers.
  - 6-9.GEH.1.8.5 Describe the historical origins, central beliefs, and spread of major religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.
6-9.GEH.2 Geography
- 6-9.GEH.2.1 Analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth's surface.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.1.1 Explain and use the components of maps, compare different map projections, and explain the appropriate uses for each.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.1.2 Apply latitude and longitude to locate places on Earth and describe the uses of technology, such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
    - Use lines of latitude and longitude (5-A.3)
  - 6-9.GEH.2.1.3 Use mental maps to answer geographic questions.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.1.4 Analyze visual and mathematical data presented in charts, tables, graphs, maps, and other graphic organizers to assist in interpreting a historical event.
- 6-9.GEH.2.2 Explain how human actions modify the physical environment and how physical systems affect human activity and living condition.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.2.1 Explain how Earth/sun relationships, ocean currents, and winds influence climate differences on Earth.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.2.2 Locate, map, and describe the climate regions of the Eastern Hemisphere and their impact on human activity and living conditions.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.2.3 Identify major biomes and explain ways in which the natural environment and climate of places in the Eastern Hemisphere are related.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.2.4 Analyze and give examples of the consequences of human impact on the physical environment.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.2.5 Evaluate ways in which technology influences human capacity to modify the physical environment.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.2.6 Explain how physical processes have shaped Earth's surface. Classify these processes according to those that have built up Earth's surface (mountain-building and alluvial deposition) and those that wear away at Earth's surface (erosion).
- 6-9.GEH.2.3 Trace the migration and settlement of human populations on the earth's surface.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.3.1 Identify the names and locations of countries and major cities in the Eastern Hemisphere.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.3.2 Describe major physical characteristics of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.3.3 Identify patterns of population distribution and growth in the Eastern Hemisphere, and explain changes in these patterns, which have occurred over time.
- 6-9.GEH.2.4 Analyze the human and physical characteristics of different places and regions.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.4.1 Use maps, charts, and graphs to compare rural and urban populations in selected countries in the Eastern Hemisphere.
    - Region profile: East Asia (7-I.1)
    - Country profile: China (7-I.2)
  - 6-9.GEH.2.4.2 Describe major cultural characteristics of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.4.3 Compare and contrast cultural patterns in the Eastern Hemisphere, such as language, religion, and ethnicity.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.4.4 Analyze the locations of the major manufacturing and agricultural regions of the Eastern Hemisphere.
- 6-9.GEH.2.5 Explain how geography enables people to comprehend the relationships between people, places, and environments over time.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.5.1 Analyze the distribution of natural resources in the Eastern Hemisphere.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.5.2 Give examples of how both natural and technological hazards have impacted the physical environment and human populations in specific areas of the Eastern Hemisphere.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.5.3 Give examples of how land forms, water, climate, and natural vegetation have influenced historical trends and developments in the Eastern Hemisphere.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.5.4 Identify contrasting perspectives of environmental issues that affect the Eastern Hemisphere.
  - 6-9.GEH.2.5.5 Explain how human-induced changes in the physical environment in one place can cause changes in another place, such as acid rain, air pollution, water pollution, and deforestation.
6-9.GEH.3 Economics
- 6-9.GEH.3.1 Explain basic economic concepts.
  - 6-9.GEH.3.1.1 Define abundance and scarcity and their impact on decision making such as trade and settlement.
- 6-9.GEH.3.2 Identify different influences on economic systems.
  - 6-9.GEH.3.2.1 Describe how different economic systems in the Eastern Hemisphere answer the basic economic questions on what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.
    - What is a market? (7-GG.5)
  - 6-9.GEH.3.2.2 Compare the standard of living of various countries of the Eastern Hemisphere today using Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita as an indicator.
  - 6-9.GEH.3.2.3 Analyze current economic issues in the countries of the Eastern Hemisphere using a variety of information resources.
  - 6-9.GEH.3.2.4 Identify economic connections between a local community and the countries of the Eastern Hemisphere.
  - 6-9.GEH.3.2.5 Identify specific areas of the Eastern Hemisphere with important natural resource deposits.
    - Region profile: the Middle East (7-H.1)
  - 6-9.GEH.3.2.6 Investigate how physical geography, productive resources, specialization, and trade have influenced the way people earn income.
    - Trade and specialization (7-GG.4)
6-9.GEH.4 Civics and Government
- 6-9.GEH.4.5 Build an understanding of comparative government.
  - 6-9.GEH.4.5.1 Identify the major forms of government in the Eastern Hemisphere and compare them with the United States.
  - 6-9.GEH.4.5.2 Give examples of the different routes from colonial rule to independence taken by countries in the Eastern Hemisphere.
6-9.GEH.5 Global Perspectives
- 6-9.GEH.5.1 Build an understanding of multiple perspectives and global interdependence.
  - 6-9.GEH.5.1.1 Discuss how social institutions, including the family, religion, and education, influence behavior in different societies in the Eastern Hemisphere.
  - 6-9.GEH.5.1.2 Give examples of how language, literature, and the arts shaped the development and transmission of culture in the Eastern Hemisphere.
  - 6-9.GEH.5.1.3 Define ethnocentrism and give examples of how this attitude can lead to cultural misunderstandings.
  - 6-9.GEH.5.1.4 Discuss present conflicts between cultural groups and nation-states in the Eastern Hemisphere.
    - Region profile: the Middle East (7-H.1)
  - 6-9.GEH.5.1.5 Give examples of the benefits of global connections, such as developing opportunities for trade, cooperating in seeking solutions to mutual problems, learning for technological advances, acquiring new perspectives, and benefiting from developments in architecture, music, and the arts.
    - International organizations (7-CC.7)
    - Trade and specialization (7-GG.4)
  - 6-9.GEH.5.1.6 Give examples of the causes and consequences of current global issues, such as the expansion of global markets, the urbanization of the developing world, the consumption of natural resources, and the extinction of species, and speculate possible responses by various individuals, groups, and nations.

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Geography–Eastern Hemisphere

6-9.GEH.1 History

6-9.GEH.1.8 Build an understanding of the cultural and social development of human civilization.

6-9.GEH.1.8.1 Describe major aspects of the civilizations of the Eastern Hemisphere prior to European contact.

6-9.GEH.1.8.2 Examine the impact of Europeans on indigenous cultures in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.1.8.3 Compare various approaches to European colonization in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.1.8.4 Explain how and why events may be interpreted differently according to the points of view of participants and observers.

6-9.GEH.1.8.5 Describe the historical origins, central beliefs, and spread of major religions, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

6-9.GEH.2 Geography

6-9.GEH.2.1 Analyze the spatial organizations of people, places, and environment on the earth's surface.

6-9.GEH.2.1.1 Explain and use the components of maps, compare different map projections, and explain the appropriate uses for each.

6-9.GEH.2.1.2 Apply latitude and longitude to locate places on Earth and describe the uses of technology, such as Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

6-9.GEH.2.1.3 Use mental maps to answer geographic questions.

6-9.GEH.2.1.4 Analyze visual and mathematical data presented in charts, tables, graphs, maps, and other graphic organizers to assist in interpreting a historical event.

6-9.GEH.2.2 Explain how human actions modify the physical environment and how physical systems affect human activity and living condition.

6-9.GEH.2.2.1 Explain how Earth/sun relationships, ocean currents, and winds influence climate differences on Earth.

6-9.GEH.2.2.2 Locate, map, and describe the climate regions of the Eastern Hemisphere and their impact on human activity and living conditions.

6-9.GEH.2.2.3 Identify major biomes and explain ways in which the natural environment and climate of places in the Eastern Hemisphere are related.

6-9.GEH.2.2.4 Analyze and give examples of the consequences of human impact on the physical environment.

6-9.GEH.2.2.5 Evaluate ways in which technology influences human capacity to modify the physical environment.

6-9.GEH.2.2.6 Explain how physical processes have shaped Earth's surface. Classify these processes according to those that have built up Earth's surface (mountain-building and alluvial deposition) and those that wear away at Earth's surface (erosion).

6-9.GEH.2.3 Trace the migration and settlement of human populations on the earth's surface.

6-9.GEH.2.3.1 Identify the names and locations of countries and major cities in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.3.2 Describe major physical characteristics of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.3.3 Identify patterns of population distribution and growth in the Eastern Hemisphere, and explain changes in these patterns, which have occurred over time.

6-9.GEH.2.4 Analyze the human and physical characteristics of different places and regions.

6-9.GEH.2.4.1 Use maps, charts, and graphs to compare rural and urban populations in selected countries in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.4.2 Describe major cultural characteristics of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.4.3 Compare and contrast cultural patterns in the Eastern Hemisphere, such as language, religion, and ethnicity.

6-9.GEH.2.4.4 Analyze the locations of the major manufacturing and agricultural regions of the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.5 Explain how geography enables people to comprehend the relationships between people, places, and environments over time.

6-9.GEH.2.5.1 Analyze the distribution of natural resources in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.5.2 Give examples of how both natural and technological hazards have impacted the physical environment and human populations in specific areas of the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.5.3 Give examples of how land forms, water, climate, and natural vegetation have influenced historical trends and developments in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.5.4 Identify contrasting perspectives of environmental issues that affect the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.2.5.5 Explain how human-induced changes in the physical environment in one place can cause changes in another place, such as acid rain, air pollution, water pollution, and deforestation.

6-9.GEH.3 Economics

6-9.GEH.3.1 Explain basic economic concepts.

6-9.GEH.3.1.1 Define abundance and scarcity and their impact on decision making such as trade and settlement.

6-9.GEH.3.2 Identify different influences on economic systems.

6-9.GEH.3.2.1 Describe how different economic systems in the Eastern Hemisphere answer the basic economic questions on what to produce, how to produce, and for whom to produce.

6-9.GEH.3.2.2 Compare the standard of living of various countries of the Eastern Hemisphere today using Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita as an indicator.

6-9.GEH.3.2.3 Analyze current economic issues in the countries of the Eastern Hemisphere using a variety of information resources.

6-9.GEH.3.2.4 Identify economic connections between a local community and the countries of the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.3.2.5 Identify specific areas of the Eastern Hemisphere with important natural resource deposits.

6-9.GEH.3.2.6 Investigate how physical geography, productive resources, specialization, and trade have influenced the way people earn income.

6-9.GEH.4 Civics and Government

6-9.GEH.4.5 Build an understanding of comparative government.

6-9.GEH.4.5.1 Identify the major forms of government in the Eastern Hemisphere and compare them with the United States.

6-9.GEH.4.5.2 Give examples of the different routes from colonial rule to independence taken by countries in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5 Global Perspectives

6-9.GEH.5.1 Build an understanding of multiple perspectives and global interdependence.

6-9.GEH.5.1.1 Discuss how social institutions, including the family, religion, and education, influence behavior in different societies in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5.1.2 Give examples of how language, literature, and the arts shaped the development and transmission of culture in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5.1.3 Define ethnocentrism and give examples of how this attitude can lead to cultural misunderstandings.

6-9.GEH.5.1.4 Discuss present conflicts between cultural groups and nation-states in the Eastern Hemisphere.

6-9.GEH.5.1.5 Give examples of the benefits of global connections, such as developing opportunities for trade, cooperating in seeking solutions to mutual problems, learning for technological advances, acquiring new perspectives, and benefiting from developments in architecture, music, and the arts.