Political Geography
The World in Spatial Terms
7.3.1 Formulate a broad understanding of the location of countries of Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific
7.3.2 Formulate a broad understanding of the location of capital cities in Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific using latitude and longitude on maps and with locational technology such as Global Positioning Systems and Geographic Information Systems.
-African Geography: A brief overview and stats about Africa's geography.
-Geography of Africa: Site contains information regarding Africa's physical and political geography as well as links to other resources including map quiz games.
-Geography of Asia: Site contains interactive games and tutorials to learn the capitals, countries, and physical features of Asia.
-Geography of Oceania: Site contains interactive games and tutorials to learn the capitals, countries, and physical features of Oceania
-Latlong: Get the latitude and longitude of any place in the world.
GPS and GIS Sites:
-Esri- GIS site with maps
-About GPS: Overview of what GPS is and how it is used.
Human Systems
7.3.8 Identify current trends and patterns of rural and urban population distribution in selected countries of Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific and analyze the causes for these patterns.
-CIA World Factbook: Great resource showing lots of information about any nation in the world. Click on a continent and then select a country to research. Each country has a list of sections (government, economy, etc) with drop down buttons that provide ample amount of information.
7.3.9 Provide examples of ethnocentrism and how this attitude affected the relationships between different peoples in Africa, Asia, and the Southwest Pacific
Environment and Society
7.3.10 Analyze current issues and developments related to the environment in selected countries in Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific.
-About Education: Contains current information regarding geography related headlines.
-Newsela: Current event site that has some geography related headlines.
Economy
7.4.4 Compare and contrast the standard of living of various countries in Africa, Asia, and the Southwest Pacific using Gross Domestic Product (GDP)* per capita as an indicator; hypothesize how factors, including urbanization, industrialization, and globalization could affect the differences in the standard of living statistics.
-CIA World Factbook: Great resource showing lots of information about any nation in the world. Click on a continent and then select a country to research. Each country has a list of sections (government, economy, etc) with drop down buttons that provide ample amount of information.
7.3.1 Formulate a broad understanding of the location of countries of Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific
7.3.2 Formulate a broad understanding of the location of capital cities in Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific using latitude and longitude on maps and with locational technology such as Global Positioning Systems and Geographic Information Systems.
-African Geography: A brief overview and stats about Africa's geography.
-Geography of Africa: Site contains information regarding Africa's physical and political geography as well as links to other resources including map quiz games.
-Geography of Asia: Site contains interactive games and tutorials to learn the capitals, countries, and physical features of Asia.
-Geography of Oceania: Site contains interactive games and tutorials to learn the capitals, countries, and physical features of Oceania
-Latlong: Get the latitude and longitude of any place in the world.
GPS and GIS Sites:
-Esri- GIS site with maps
-About GPS: Overview of what GPS is and how it is used.
Human Systems
7.3.8 Identify current trends and patterns of rural and urban population distribution in selected countries of Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific and analyze the causes for these patterns.
-CIA World Factbook: Great resource showing lots of information about any nation in the world. Click on a continent and then select a country to research. Each country has a list of sections (government, economy, etc) with drop down buttons that provide ample amount of information.
7.3.9 Provide examples of ethnocentrism and how this attitude affected the relationships between different peoples in Africa, Asia, and the Southwest Pacific
Environment and Society
7.3.10 Analyze current issues and developments related to the environment in selected countries in Africa, Asia and the Southwest Pacific.
-About Education: Contains current information regarding geography related headlines.
-Newsela: Current event site that has some geography related headlines.
Economy
7.4.4 Compare and contrast the standard of living of various countries in Africa, Asia, and the Southwest Pacific using Gross Domestic Product (GDP)* per capita as an indicator; hypothesize how factors, including urbanization, industrialization, and globalization could affect the differences in the standard of living statistics.
-CIA World Factbook: Great resource showing lots of information about any nation in the world. Click on a continent and then select a country to research. Each country has a list of sections (government, economy, etc) with drop down buttons that provide ample amount of information.
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