Long-Term Environmental Degradation, Resource Scarcity, and Conflict

Human Settlement, Connectivity, and Environmental Management

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Evaluate how human-induced environmental alterations like deforestation and desertification spark territorial and resource disputes.

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Human Settlement, Connectivity, and Environmental Management

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Explore how physical terrain and environmental factors shape human settlement and migration, and analyze how transportation networks and shared ecosystems connect human communities.

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SS.G.3.6-8.MCIllinois Social Studies Standards · All ages

Evaluate the influences of long-term human-induced environmental change on spatial patterns of conflict and cooperation.