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How Natural Resources and Physical Landscapes Shape Human Communities

Geography and Cultural Development

5th Grade·Social Studies·US-UT-SS

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Explain how access to fertile soils, minerals, rivers, and timber dictates settlement patterns and economic activities.

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Geography and Cultural Development

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-UT-SS

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Analyze how landforms, climate, water bodies, and natural resources shape the lifestyles, occupations, and traditions of global communities.

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3.4.2Utah Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Research the geography (that is, physical features and natural resources) of the community they chose in 3.4.1, and make inferences regarding how the geography influenced the cultures that have developed there.