Learning Targets Unit 1
By the end of this unit, you will be able to demonstrate your new learning by using the following statements:
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- I can identify and describe climates and locations of major physical features of North America.
- I can explain how these physical characteristics impact settlement patterns including, but not limited to, the Mississippi River System, the Appalachian, and the Rocky Mountains, and the Canadian Shield
- I can identify and describe climates and locations of major physical features of Central and South America.
- I can explain how these physical characteristics impact settlement patterns including, but not limited to, the Andes Mountains, Amazon Basin, Atacama Desert, and the Pampas.
- I can identify and describe climates and locations of major physical features of Europe.
- I can explain how these physical characteristics impact settlement patterns including, but not limited to, the Alps, Pyrenees, and the Ural Mountains, and the Rhine, Danube, and Seine Rivers.
- I can identify and describe climates and locations of major physical features of Africa.
- I can explain how these physical characteristics impact settlement patterns including, but not limited to, the Nile River Valley, the Sahara, the Kalahari Desert, the Sahel, and the Congo River Basin.
- I can identify and describe climates and locations of major physical features of Central and Southwest Asia.
- I can explain how these physical characteristics impact settlement patterns including, but not limited to, the Zagros Mountains, Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea.
- I can identify and describe climates and locations of major physical features of South Asia, Southeastern Asia, and Eastern Asia.
- I can explain how these physical characteristics impact settlement patterns including, but not limited to, the Himalayan Mountains and Tibetan Plateau, Gobi Desert, Ganges, Indus, Huang He, and Yangtze Rivers.
- I can identify and describe climates and locations of major physical features of Oceania, including Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica.
- I can explain how these physical characteristics impact settlement patterns including, but not limited to, the Great Dividing Range and the Great Victoria Desert.
- I can describe the spatial distribution of natural resources, including, but not limited to, fuel and energy, agricultural, and mineral sources.
- I can predict how the distribution of natural resources continues to impact global settlement patterns.
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