GEOGRAPHY STANDARD 2
Students should know and understand how to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context.

GEOGRAPHY STANDARD 5
Students should know and understand that people create regions to interpret earth’s complexity.

GEOGRAPHY STANDARD 9
Students should know and understand the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on earth’s surface.

GEOGRAPHY STANDARD 11
Students should know and understand the patterns and networks of economics interdependence on earth’s surface.

GEOGRAPHY STANDARD 16
Students should know and understand the changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.

ECONOMICS STANDARD 6
Students should understand that when individuals, regions, and nations specialize in what they can produce at the lowest cost and then trade with others, both production and consumption increase.

SOCIAL STUDIES STRAND 9: GLOBAL CONNECTIONS
Students should be able to analyze examples of conflict, cooperation, and interdependence among groups, societies, and nations.