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Grade 7 - World Geography
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The National Council for Geographic Education
www.ncge.org

The National Council for Geographic Education works to enhance the status and quality of geography teaching and learning. To meet its mission, the NCGE:

• Promotes the importance and value of geographic education;
• Enhances the preparation of geographic educators with respect to their knowledge of content, techniques, and learning processes;
• Facilitates communication among teachers of geography;
• Encourages and supports research on geographic education;
• Develops, publishes, and promotes the use of curriculum, resource, and learning materials;
• Cooperates with other organizations that have similar goals.

The Eighteen National Geography Standards

The Geographically Informed Person Knows And Understands . . .

The World In Spatial Terms:

Standard 1: How To Use Maps And Other Geographic Representations, Tools, And Technologies To Acquire, Process,
And Report Information.
Standard 2: How To Use Mental Maps To Organize Information About People, Places, And Environments.
Standard 3: How To Analyze The Spatial Organization Of People, Places, And Environments On Earth's Surface.

Places And Regions:

Standard 4: The Physical And Human Characteristics Of Places.
Standard 5: That People Create Regions To Interpret Earth's Complexity.
Standard 6: How Culture And Experience Influence People's Perception Of Places And Regions.

Physical Systems:

Standard 7: The Physical Processes That Shape The Patterns Of Earth's Surface.
Standard 8: The Characteristics And Spatial Distribution Of Ecosystems On Earth's Surface.

Human Systems:

Standard 9: The Characteristics, Distribution, And Migration Of Human Populations On Earth's Surface.
Standard 10: The Characteristics, Distributions, And Complexity Of Earth's Cultural Mosaics.
Standard 11: The Patterns And Networks Of Economic Interdependence On Earth's Surface.
Standard 12: The Process, Patterns, And Functions Of Human Settlement.
Standard 13: How Forces Of Cooperation And Conflict Among People Influence The Division And Control Of Earth's
Surface.

Environment And Society:

Standard 14: How Human Actions Modify The Physical Environment.
Standard 15: How Physical Systems Affect Human Systems.
Standard 16: The Changes That Occur In The Meaning, Use, Distribution, And Importance Of Resources.

The Uses Of Geography:

Standard 17: How To Apply Geography To Interptret The Past.
Standard 18: To Apply Geography To Interpret The Present And Plan For The Future.

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