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How Waterways and Irrigation Shaped Agricultural Land Use
Analyze how access to major waterways, canals, and terracing transformed natural landscapes into productive agricultural land.
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Geography, Environment, and Spatial Movement in Early Civilizations
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Analyze how physical landscapes, technological innovations, and demographic shifts shaped settlement patterns and land use in ancient societies.
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Learning standards covered
SS.6-8.EWC.27Nevada Social Studies Standards · 7th GradeAnalyze and explain the cultural, physical, and environmental characteristics of places and regions and how these affected the lives of the people who lived here.
SS.6-8.EWC.29Nevada Social Studies Standards · 7th GradeExplain how global changes in population distribution patterns affect changes in land use in early civilizations, including but not limited to: rural vs. urban, major waterways, pandemics, and slavery.