Analyze how technologies such as air conditioning, desalinization, and agricultural advances have allowed humans to adapt to challenging environments and transformed food production.

Apply geographic research skills to complete inquiry projects, use case studies and GIS to address contemporary challenges, and model democratic processes.

Learner will analyze how migration, war, trade, innovation, and diffusion cause cultural changes in specific regions of the world.

Analyze how historical events, population shifts, and technological advancements have changed environments and land use over time, and trace the diffusion of agriculture and world religions.

Learner will identify how different viewpoints and cultural beliefs such as nationalism and patriotism shape public policy and citizenship practices at national and international levels.

Apply language and communication skills to engage in respectful discussion and debate about geographic topics and multiple perspectives.

Explain how Earth-Sun relationships, latitude, elevation, atmospheric circulation, ocean currents, and continental position combine to determine a region's climate.