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Cultural Diffusion, Technology, and Global Interconnections

5th Grade · Social Studies · US-OR-SS

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Goal

Explain how innovations in transportation, communication, and trade facilitate the movement of people, ideas, and cultural practices.

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Learning standards covered

us-or6.15Oregon Social Studies Standards · All ages

Explain and demonstrate how changes in transportation and communication technology affects the spatial connections among human settlements and the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices (such as, religion, land use, population).