How Consumer Demand in Wealthy Nations Drives Distant Resource Extraction

Human-Environment Dynamics and Regional Decision-Making

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Evaluate how high-income consumption of minerals, timber, and agricultural commodities creates environmental strain in developing regions.

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Human-Environment Dynamics and Regional Decision-Making

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Explain reciprocal human-environment interactions, compare world cultural and physical regions, and evaluate how cultural and economic choices affect distant environments.

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SS.G.2.6-8.MCIllinois Social Studies Standards · All ages

Evaluate how cultural and economic decisions influence environments and the daily lives of people in both nearby and distant places.