Seventh Grade—World Geography
1st 9 Weeks
1. Apply the concepts of scale, distance, direction, relative location, latitude and longitude. (1.2)
2. * Construct and use maps, globes, graphs, charts, models, and databases to analyze spatial distributions & patterns. (1.3)
3. * Recognize the characteristics, functions and applications of maps, globes, aerial and other photographs, satellite
images, and models. (1.4)
4. Define, recognize, and locate on appropriate maps and globes basic landforms and bodies of water, and major cities,
rivers, mountain ranges, regions, biomes, and countries of the world. (2.4)
5. * Identify forces beneath and above the earth’s crust, explaining the processes and agents that influence the distribution
of resources. (3.1)
6. Evaluate and draw conclusions from different kinds of maps, graphs, charts, and diagrams. (6.1a)
2nd 9 Weeks
7. Recognize regional climatic patterns and weather phenomena, and identify factors that contribute to them (e.g., latitude,
elevation, earth-sun relationships, prevailing wind, and proximity to bodies of water). (3.2)
8. Analyze the impact of natural disasters (e.g., tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, and volcanoes) on
human populations. (3.3)
9. * Explain patterns and processes of global economic interdependence (e.g., developed and developing countries,
economic activities, and world trade). (4.2)
10. * Describe how changes in technology, transportation, & communication affect the location of economic activities. (4.3)
11. Identify and describe the relationship between the distribution of major natural resources (e.g., arable land, water, fossil
fuels, and iron ore) and developed and developing countries. (5.1)
12. * Locate, gather, analyze, and apply information from primary and secondary sources. (1.1)
13. Compare and contrast common characteristics of world cultures (e.g., language, ethnic heritage, religion, political
philosophy, shared history, social systems, and economic systems). (4.1)
14. * Explain the influence of geographic features on the development of historic events and movements. (6.2)
3rd 9 Weeks
15. Define the concept of a region and explain how common characteristics can link and divide regions. (2.1)
16. * Recognize and explain the impact of ethnic diversity within countries and major cultural regions. (4.4)
17. Evaluate and draw conclusions from sources and representations other than maps, graphs, charts, and diagrams (e.g.,
aerial and shuttle photographs, satellite-produced images, the geographic information system [GIS], atlases, almanacs,
and computer-based technologies). (6.1b)
18. Identify examples of and reasons for conflict and cooperation among groups, societies, countries, and regions. (2.2)
19. * Explain how and why regions change over time. (2.3)
20. Evaluate issues of population, location, growth, and change, including density, settlement patterns, migration, and
availability of resources. (4.5)
4th 9 Weeks
21. Evaluate the effects of human modification of and adaptation to the natural environment (e.g., use of the steel plow,
crop rotation, types of housing, flood prevention, discovery of valuable mineral deposits, the greenhouse effect,
desertification, clear-cutting forests, air and water pollution, urban sprawl, and use of pesticides and herbicides in
agriculture). (5.2)
22. * Analyze local, regional, national, and world policies and problems having spatial dimensions (e.g., acid rain and
international boundaries and water quality affected by run-off from poultry and hog farms). (6.3)
1st 9 Weeks
1. Apply the concepts of scale, distance, direction, relative location, latitude and longitude. (1.2)
2. * Construct and use maps, globes, graphs, charts, models, and databases to analyze spatial distributions & patterns. (1.3)
3. * Recognize the characteristics, functions and applications of maps, globes, aerial and other photographs, satellite
images, and models. (1.4)
4. Define, recognize, and locate on appropriate maps and globes basic landforms and bodies of water, and major cities,
rivers, mountain ranges, regions, biomes, and countries of the world. (2.4)
5. * Identify forces beneath and above the earth’s crust, explaining the processes and agents that influence the distribution
of resources. (3.1)
6. Evaluate and draw conclusions from different kinds of maps, graphs, charts, and diagrams. (6.1a)
2nd 9 Weeks
7. Recognize regional climatic patterns and weather phenomena, and identify factors that contribute to them (e.g., latitude,
elevation, earth-sun relationships, prevailing wind, and proximity to bodies of water). (3.2)
8. Analyze the impact of natural disasters (e.g., tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, and volcanoes) on
human populations. (3.3)
9. * Explain patterns and processes of global economic interdependence (e.g., developed and developing countries,
economic activities, and world trade). (4.2)
10. * Describe how changes in technology, transportation, & communication affect the location of economic activities. (4.3)
11. Identify and describe the relationship between the distribution of major natural resources (e.g., arable land, water, fossil
fuels, and iron ore) and developed and developing countries. (5.1)
12. * Locate, gather, analyze, and apply information from primary and secondary sources. (1.1)
13. Compare and contrast common characteristics of world cultures (e.g., language, ethnic heritage, religion, political
philosophy, shared history, social systems, and economic systems). (4.1)
14. * Explain the influence of geographic features on the development of historic events and movements. (6.2)
3rd 9 Weeks
15. Define the concept of a region and explain how common characteristics can link and divide regions. (2.1)
16. * Recognize and explain the impact of ethnic diversity within countries and major cultural regions. (4.4)
17. Evaluate and draw conclusions from sources and representations other than maps, graphs, charts, and diagrams (e.g.,
aerial and shuttle photographs, satellite-produced images, the geographic information system [GIS], atlases, almanacs,
and computer-based technologies). (6.1b)
18. Identify examples of and reasons for conflict and cooperation among groups, societies, countries, and regions. (2.2)
19. * Explain how and why regions change over time. (2.3)
20. Evaluate issues of population, location, growth, and change, including density, settlement patterns, migration, and
availability of resources. (4.5)
4th 9 Weeks
21. Evaluate the effects of human modification of and adaptation to the natural environment (e.g., use of the steel plow,
crop rotation, types of housing, flood prevention, discovery of valuable mineral deposits, the greenhouse effect,
desertification, clear-cutting forests, air and water pollution, urban sprawl, and use of pesticides and herbicides in
agriculture). (5.2)
22. * Analyze local, regional, national, and world policies and problems having spatial dimensions (e.g., acid rain and
international boundaries and water quality affected by run-off from poultry and hog farms). (6.3)