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Cultural Diffusion and Changing Geopolitical Boundaries

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-FL-SS

10 lessons

Goal

Examine how cultural traits spread across regions, and use historical and contemporary political maps to analyze shifting territorial boundaries and state sovereignty.

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  1. Mechanisms of Cultural Diffusion: Expansion, Relocation, and HierarchicalUp next
  2. Contagious, Stimulus, and Reverse Hierarchical DiffusionNot started yet
  3. Cultural Landscapes and the Spatial Imprint of Cultural GroupsNot started yet
  4. Language, Religion, and the Spatial Boundaries of Culture RealmsNot started yet
  5. Cultural Syncretism, Acculturation, and AssimilationNot started yet
  6. Using Political Maps to Trace Shifting Territorial BoundariesNot started yet
  7. Decolonization and the Reconfiguration of African and Asian BoundariesNot started yet
  8. The Dissolution of Empires and Post-Cold War Boundary Changes in EuropeNot started yet
  9. Centripetal and Centrifugal Forces in Nation-States and Multistate RegionsNot started yet
  10. Sovereignty, Enclaves, Exclaves, and Contested Territorial ClaimsYou are here
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Learning standards covered

us-flSS.912.G.4.9Florida Social Studies Standards · 5th Grade

Use political maps to describe the change in boundaries and governments within continents over time.