Social Studies Curriculum

Asia

Northern and
Western Asia:
Russia and Former
Russian
Republics;

South Asia: India,
Pakistan, and
surrounding
countries;

East Asia: China,
Japan, and the
Koreas;

Southeast Asia:
Thailand,
Cambodia,
Vietnam,
Indonesia, etc

National
Standards for
Geography:
Standards #1 - #18
(See National
Standards
Document)

Alaska State
Geography
Content
Standards
Addressed:
Standards A-F
(See Alaska State
Geography
Standards
Document)

1. The five themes of geography allow us to explore patterns in location, place, human environment interaction, movement, and regions.
2. Geography has a range of helpful tools that can assist us in understanding our earth and its patterns.
3. Economic, political, and social stability within a region are powerfully influenced by the distribution and size of populations and how they access and distribute available human and material resources.
   • How are economic, political, and social stability within a region influenced by the distribution and size of populations?
   • How does population density affect the economic, political, and social stability of a region?
4. Global economic interdependence both unites and divides countries of the world.
   • How does global economic interdependence unite and divide countries of the world?
   • To what extent does Asia influence the global economy?
   • Why do economic systems succeed or fail?
5. Physical systems such as monsoons, plate tectonics, and other phenomena profoundly affect humans.
   • How do physical systems profoundly affect Asians?
   • To what extent can Asian governments prepare for natural disasters?
6. We can use geography to interpret the present and plan for the future.
   • How can we use geography to interpret the present and to plan for the future?