Standards for Engagement #2: Cause & Effect

Describe how the spatial patterns of economic activities in a place change over time because of interactions with nearby and distant places.

Explain how natural and human-made catastrophic events in one place affect people living in other places.

Describe how environmental and cultural characteristics influence population distribution in specific places or regions.

Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.

Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.

Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.

Create and use a chronological sequence of related events to compare developments that happened at the same time.

Use evidence to develop a claim about the past.