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1 WorldView Software Geography for Life World Geography Utah State Correlations 76 North Broadway, Suite 2002, Hicksville, NY

2 Utah WorldView Software Geography for Life World Geography Standard Objective Location Comments 1. Students will understand the world in spatial terms. 1. Use maps and other geographic tools to acquire information from a spatial perspective. Chapters have factual, conceptual, and map/graph questions, each with a minilesson answer. Chapters also have associated with them maps, graphs, images, primary source documents, a chronology, glossaries, Notable People biographies, projects, case studies, tutorials, and guided essay-writing activities (see the Curriculum Guide & Teacher's Guide). Use the "Search" feature to look up keywords. a. Explain the differences Chapter 1: World of the Geographer between major types of map - Map: World Map projections. - Case Study: Maps and Globes To access Chapters, and chapter-related resources, click the Chapters icon. To access Resources only (Documents, Art, Chronology, etc.), click on Resources icon. Chapter Glossary definitions are chapter specific; Master Glossary definitions are more generalized. Notable People and Chronology can be accessed from all Chapters as well as the Resources Menu.

3 b. Examine characteristics of maps and globes such as: - latitude - longitude - great circle routes - cardinal directions - compass rose - legend - scale - relief - grid system - and time zones. Chapter 1: World of the Geographer - "Absolute Location" - "Tools of Geography" - Case Study: Geography and Scale - Case Study: Maps and Globes - Art: Bands of Latitude - Map: A Planned City: Washington D.C. - Map: World Time Zones - Tutorial: Compass and Navigation - Glossary: "latitude"; "longitude"; "scale" - Tutorial: Data Visualizations: Maps - Map: World Map - Map: United States - Map: Physical Map of Canada - Master Glossary: "cardinal direction"; "compass rose"; "great circle route"; "relief" To access Maps from the Resources Menu, click "Resources," "Maps," then either the image you want to view or the title from the pull-down menu. To access Tutorials from the Resources Menu, click the "Resources" icon, "Tutorials," the title you want to view, then the "Start Tutorial" button. To access Master Glossary, click "Resources" icon, "Glossaries, "Master Glossary" then the "Browse Glossary" button. (The Chapter Glossary terms can also be found in the Master Glossary. ) c. Explain selected map concepts, including: - rotation - revolution - axis - seasons - solstice - equinox - and the earth/sun relationship of weather patterns. Chapter 2: The Earth - "Earth as a Planet" - "The Tilt of the Earth's Axis Results in Seasons - "June Solstice" - "December Solstice" - "The Equinoxes" - Case Study: Physical Systems - Art: Winter and Summer Solstice - Map: Ocean Currents

4 d. Collect and interpret geographic data using: - maps - charts - population pyramids - cartograms - remote sensing - and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Chapter 1: World of the Geographer - Narrative Overview (2nd to last paragraph) - Extended Overview: Sections: - "Population Distribution" - "Tools of Geography" - Maps: World Time Zones - Graph/Chart: Population Pyramids - Case Study: Maps and Globes - Glossary: "Geographic Information Systems (GIS)"; "map"; "population pyramid"; "remote sensing" Resource: - Tutorial: Data Visualizations: Maps 2. Explore the concept of mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments. a. Define mental mapping. Chapter 1: World of the Geographer - Tutorial: Compass and Navigation b. Appraise mental maps, from simple to complex. Chapter 1: World of the Geographer - Tutorial: Compass and Navigation 3. Analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on the earth s surface.

5 a. Describe the importance and role of location in geographic studies Chapter 4: United States: Human Geography - Overview (All Sections) - Case Study: Landscape and Agriculture - Case Study: Human Migration - Art: The Smoke Signal - Map: Manufacturing and Agriculture: U.S. and Canada - Essay: U.S. Food Production b. Apply the geographic mode of inquiry (What? Where? How? And So What?) to world regions. Chapter 4: United States: Human Geography - Overview (All Sections) - Additional Project #23 - Master Glossary: "geographic mode of inquiry" To access Additional Projects from the Resources Menu, click "Resources," scroll down and click on "Additional Projects," then click "Start Project"; the projects are in numerical order. c. Evaluate the locational importance of human and natural resources using maps, satellite images, and databases. - Maps: Manufacturing/Agriculture: U.S. and Canada - Graph/Chart: Middle East: Agriculture - Tutorial: Egypt To access Graphs/Charts from the Resources Menu, click "Resources," "Graphs/Charts," then either the image you want to view or the title from the pulldown menu. d. Define absolute and relative location, recognizing political and physical boundaries. Chapter 1: The World of the Geographer - "Theme of Location" - "Absolute Location" - "Relative Location" - Case Study: Relative Location - Glossary: "absolute location"; "relative location" Resource: - Map: United States

6 2. Students will understand the human and physical characteristics of places and regions. 1. Interpret place by its human and physical characteristics. a. Examine human characteristics, including: - language - religion - population - political and economic systems - and quality of life. Chapter 4: United States: Human Geography - Overview (All Sections) Chapter 9: Russia/CIS: Human Geography - Overview (All Sections) Chapter 15: Middle East: Human Geography - Overview (All Sections) - Graph/Chart: Middle East: Economic Data - Tutorial: Saudi Arabia - Essay: Conflict in the Middle East - Essay: Languages of the Middle East - Essay: Religions of the Middle East To access Case Studies from the Resources Menu, click "Resources," "Case Studies," the title you want to view, then click "Begin Case Study." Resource: - Case Study: Human Geography b. Investigate physical characteristics such as: - landforms - climates - water cycle - vegetation - and animal life. Chapter 5: Canada - Overview (All Sections) Chapter 6: Europe: Physical Geography - Overview (All Sections) - Map: Natural Vegetation of Europe - Essay: Europe's Physical Features Chapter 14: Middle East: Physical Geography - Overview (All Sections) - Map: Vegetation of Southwest Asia - Tutorial: Egypt - Essay: Freshwater Shapes the Middle East - Case Study: Australian Plants and Animals - Case Study: Biosphere

7 c. Recognize that places change over time. Chapter 7: Europe: Human Geography - Overview (All Sections) - Case Study: Changing Borders in Europe - Case Study: Evolution of the English Language - Graph/Chart: Population of Europe - Case Study: Changing Borders of Russia - Case Study: Cultural Influences on Russia - Additional Projects #5, #14, #15 To access Additional Projects from the Resources Menu, click "Resources," scroll down and click on "Additional Projects," then click "Start Project"; the projects are in numerical order. 2. Assess how people create regions to interpret the earth s surface. a. Recognize how people create regions to understand a large, complex, and changing world. - Case Study: Regions - Graph/Chart: Subdivisions of Geography - Graph/Chart: World Population by Region b. Characterize the similarities and differences within and between regions. - Case Study: Regions - Graph/Chart: World Population by Region - Graph/Chart: Latin America: Growth of GDP - Graph/Chart: Population of Europe - Graph/Chart: Africa: National Income 3. Evaluate how culture and experience influence the way people live in places and regions.

8 a. List and define components of culture; e.g., race, gender roles, education, religion. - Master Glossary: "culture"; "culture system"; "cultural geography"; "cultural exchange"; "cultural homogeneity" - Case Study: Oceania Art, Architecture, and Religion - Case Study: Cultural Influences in Europe's Past - Art: People of China To access Art from the Resources Menu, Click "Resources," "Art," then either the image you want to view or the title from the pull-down menu. b. Explain the effects of cultural diffusion from country to country. - Master Glossary: "cultural diffusion" - Internet Project: Cultural Diffusion - Case Study: Evolution of the English Language - Case Study: Human Geography - Case Study: Cultural Influences in Russia To access Internet Projects from the Resources Menu, click "Resources," "Internet Projects," the title you want to view, then click "Start Project." To access Master Glossary, click "Resources icon," "Glossaries," "Master Glossary," then click "Browse Glossary." 3. Students will understand how physical processes shape the earth s surface. 1. Examine the physical processes that shape the earth s surface.

9 a. Examine the role of plate tectonics in shaping the earth s surface. Chapter 2: The Earth - Overview: Section - "The Lithosphere is Composed of Plates" - Internet Project: Understanding Seismic Activity - Maps: Plate and Plate Movement - Glossary: "plate tectonics" Chapter 5: Canada - Overview: Section - "Why There Are Mountains" - Art: Volcanic Islands - Art: Mountains of Nepal b. Assess the external forces of weathering and erosion. Chapter 2: The Earth - "Weathering" - "Erosion" - Art: Glaciers - Glossary: "erosion"; "weathering" Chapter 3: United States: Physical Geography - Overview: Section - "Appalachian Mountains"

10 c. Explain the factors that combine to shape climatic and vegetation patterns on earth. Chapter 2: The Earth - "Difference between Weather and Climate" - "Climate" - "Latitude and the Angle of the Sun" - "Continental and Maritime Influences" - "Cold and Warm Currents" - "Elevation" - Case Study: Biosphere - Map: World Climate Zones - Essay: Climate - Glossary: "climate" Chapter 4: United States: Human Geography - "Fruit and Vegetable Farming" - "Major areas of Specialization" - Essay: U.S. Food Production 2. Assess the characteristics and locations of ecosystems. Resource: - Map: Natural Vegetation of Europe a. Identify the characteristics of ecosystems. - Master Glossary: "ecosystem" - Case Study: Biosphere - Case Study: The Everglades b. Use geographic tools to identify the location and distribution of global ecosystems. - Tutorial: Compass and Navigation - Maps: World Climate Zones - Case Study: Biosphere - Case Study: Maps and Globes

11 c. Compare regions of the earth with similar physical features, such as semi-arid regions in Utah with other semi-arid regions of the world. Chapter 4: United States: Physical Geography - Overview: Section - "Intermontane Region" Chapter 14: Middle East: Physical Geography - Overview: Section - "Deserts" Chapter 16: East Asia: Physical Geography - Overview: Section - "The Deserts and Grasslands of Mongolia" - Tutorial: Haiti - section on "Climate" - Tutorial: Kenya - section on "Climate" - Master Glossary: "semi-arid" 4. Students will understand how human activities shape the earth s surface. 1. Analyze the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on the earth s surface. a. Describe how physical environments provide geographic advantage or disadvantage. - Art: Geographical Features - Art: Volcanic Islands - Art: Dust Bowl - Case Study: The Everglades - Map: World Climate Zones - Map: Natural Vegetation: U.S. and Canada - Essay: The Geography of Oceania - Essay: How Geography Affects China - Project: Suez Canal To access Essays click the "Resources icon," "Essays," the title you want to view, then click "Write Essay." To access Projects, click the "Resources icon," "Projects," the title you want to view, then click "Start Project."

12 b. Examine the importance of water to settlement patterns. Chapter 1: World of the Geographer - "Theme of Human-Environment Interactions" - "Cultural Geography" - "Hydrology" Chapter 8: Russia/CIS: Physical Geography - Overview: Section - "Ports" Chapter 15: Middle East: Human Geography: - Overview: Section - "Population" Chapter 16: East Asia: Physical Geography - "Islands" - "Waterways" - "Rivers and Lakes" - "Canals" - "Coastline" - "Seas and Oceans" Chapter 17: East Asia: Human Geography - Overview: Section: "Economic and Social Systems - Japan" c. Explain why people who modify their physical environment in one place cause change in other places. Chapter 13: Africa: Human Geography - Overview: Section - "Population" (2nd paragraph) - Case Study: U.S. Conservation - Art: The Berlin Wall - Graph/Chart: Chinese Settlement Patterns - Graph/Chart: Urbanization in Latin America - Map: Vegetation of East Asia - Project: Problem-Solving

13 d. Investigate how people adapt to their environment. Chapter 1: World of the Geographer - Overview: Section - "Theme of Human-Environment Interactions" Chapter 9: Russia/CIS: Human Geography - "Cultural Influences" - "Art" - "Architecture" - Case Study: Cultural Influences on Russia - Essay: Arts in the Soviet Union Chapter 14: Middle East: Physical Geography - "Introduction" - "Freshwater Sources" - "Climate" Chapter 15: Middle East: Human Geography - Overview: Section - "Population" 2. Analyze economic interdependence among regions and countries. a. Examine economic networks, from local to global. - Document: The Panama Canal - Graph/Chart: Manufacturing and Agriculture: U.S. and Canada - Internet Project: A Successful Trading Partnership - Internet Project: Defining Globalization - Map: African Slave Trade - Map: The Silk Routes - Case Study: Changing Borders in Europe - Chronology: 1948, 2001, 2003, 2004 (information on the WTO can be found in these dates)

14 b. Assess how nations and cultures are linked through: - transportation - communication - language - currency - goods - services - Map: The Silk Routes - Map: Islam's Expansion - Case Study: Cultural Influences in Europe's Past - Case Study: Changing Borders in Europe: Section - "Potential Developments in the 21st Century" - Internet Project: Defining Globalization - Additional Project #11 - Document: The Journal of Christopher Columbus - Essay: Cultural Changes in Modern Japan 3. Investigate various forms of governance and how they affect peoples and landscapes. a. Compare and contrast political systems within world regions. Chapter 9: Russia and CIS: Human Geography - Overview: Sections - "Political Systems" - "Economic Systems" Chapter 17: East Asia: Human Geography - Overview: Section - "20th Century Political History" Chapter 21: Oceania: Human Geography - Extended Overview: Sections: - "Political Geography" (Australia) - "Political Geography" (New Zealand) - "Political Geography" (Papua New Guinea) Resource: - Case Study: Canadian Government and Economy

15 b. Determine the role of government in contemporary and historical world issues. - Art: Operation Enduring Freedom - Art: Three Gorges Dam - Case Study: U.S. Conservation - Document: Yalta Agreement - Document: Indictment of Slobodan Milosevic - Essay: Government Response to Disasters - Project: Decision-Making (projects #3, #5, #6) 5. Students will understand the interaction of physical and human systems. 1. Explore how humans change the environment and how the environment changes humans. a. Evaluate the role of technology in modifying the physical environment. - Art: Aswan High Dam - Art: The Berlin Wall - Case Study: The Everglades - Document: The Panama Canal b. Explain how historical events affect physical and human systems. - Art: Easter Island - Case Study: The Everglades - Graph/Chart: Middle East: Source of Crude Oil - Graph/Chart: Food Crops in Africa - Project: Japan's Shinkansen

16 c. Discuss regional issues; e.g., desertification, deforestation, pollution. Chapter 3: United States: Physical Geography - Overview: Section - "Scrubland and Desert" - Glossary: "desertification" - Tutorial: Haiti - Section "Topography" - Tutorial: Egypt - Sections "The Nile" and "The Aswan Dam" - Case Study: European Environmental Problems - Case Study: U.S. Conservation - Section: "Environmental Legislation First Passed in the 1960s and 1970s" - Project: Problem Solving, Project #7 - Project: Decision-Making, Project #8a - Graph/Chart: South and Southeast Asia City Pollution - Master Glossary: "deforestation" d. Predict the potential effect of human modification - Case Study: European Environmental Problems on the physical - Case Study: The Everglades environment. - Art: Dust Bowl - Essay: Freshwater Shapes the Middle East - Essay: Land Reform in Modern China - Project: Three Gorges Dam 2. Assess the importance of natural and human resources.

17 a. Describe the roles of natural and human resources in daily life. Chapter 1: World of the Geographer - Overview: Section: - "Physical Geography" (and its subsections) Chapter 2: The Earth - Overview: Section: - "The Hydrosphere and Its Interconnections" (and its subsections) Chapter 4: United States: Human Geography - Overview: Section - "Relative Importance of Agriculture" Chapter 12: Africa: Physical Geography - "Waterways" - "Natural Resources" - Essay: The Influence of Geography on Africa - Graph/Chart: Middle East: Source of Crude Oil - Case Study: Human Geography - Graph/Chart: Women in the Labor Force - Tutorial: Kenya: Section - "Ethnic Distribution" - Art: People of China - Master Glossary: "natural resource" b. Identify worldwide distribution and use of human and natural resources. - Case Study: Human Geography: Sections: - "Movement of People: Pull and Push Factors" - "Movement" - Case Study: U.S. Conservation: Section: - "Emphasis on Human Needs: True Costs Not Always Included" - Case Study: Canadian Government and Economy: Section: "The Prairie Provinces" - Graph/Chart: Women in the Labor Force

18 c. Compare and contrast the use of renewable and nonrenewable resources. Chapter 3: United States: Physical Geography - Overview: Sections - "Resources" - "Fossil Fuels" - "Renewable Energy Resources" - Glossary: "renewable resource"; "non-renewable resource"; "fossil fuel" Chapter 6: Europe: Physical Geography - "Perpetual and Renewable Resources" - "Soil: A Renewable Resource" - "Non-Renewable Resources" - "Petroleum: A Non-renewable Resource" - Glossary: "non-renewable natural resource"; "perpetual natural resources" d. Evaluate the role of energy resources as they are consumed, conserved, and recycled. Chapter 3: United States: Physical Geography - "Fossil Fuels" - "Renewable Energy Resources" Chapter 8: Russian and CIS: Physical Geography - Overview: Section - "Power Production" 6. Students will use 1. Apply geographic geographic knowledge concepts to interpret the to connect to today s past. world.

19 a. Apply an understanding of cultures as an integrated whole including: - traditions - behavior patterns - technologies. Chapter 4: United States: Human Geography - "Cultural Geography" - "Major areas of Specialization" Chapter 7: Europe: Human Geography - Extended Overview: Sections: - "Cultural Influences in Europe's Past" - "Cultural Similarities and Differences" - "Impact of Technology" Chapter 9: Russia and CIS: Human Geography - Extended Overview: Sections: - "Cultural Influences on Russia" - "Science and Technology" - Case Study: Cultural Influences in Europe's Past - Case Study: Cultural Influences on Russia

20 b. Explain why and how individuals, groups, and institutions respond to continuity and change. Chapter 4: United States: Human Geography - "Internal Migration" - "New Growth in the Sunbelt" - "Trends in Farming" - "Telecommuting" - Graph/Chart: Women in the Labor Force - Graph/Chart: America Becomes More Urban, Chapter 11: Latin America: Human Geography - Overview: Section - "Latin America in the Era of Globalization" - Case Study: Historical Settlement of Canada - Essay: Cultural Changes in Modern Japan - Essay: European Unity and Disunity - Essay: How Geography Affects China - Internet Project: Regional Alliances c. Relate economic development to the distribution of resources. Theme: Globalization - Overview (All Sections) - Map: Trade Routes - Map: The Silk Routes - Internet Project: Defining Globalization - Internet Project: A Successful Trading Partnership Chapter 9: Russia and CIS: Human Geography - Overview: Section - "Economic Systems" Resource: - Internet Project: Economic Systems and Scarcity

21 d. Recognize that both human choices and natural events have consequences. - Case Study: European Natural Disasters - Case Study: Tsunamis - Case Study: U.S. Weather-Related Natural Disasters - Art: Banda Aceh Shore after Tsunami - Internet Project: The Devastation of Katrina - Document: The Japanese Peace Treaty (1951) - Project: Decision-Making - Internet Project: Aftermath of Chernobyl 2. Apply geographic concepts to interpret the present and plan for the future.

22 a. Examine how the unequal distribution of resources affects economic development. Theme: Globalization - Overview: Section - "Canada and the United States: Major Trading Partners" - Internet Project: Defining Globalization - Internet Project: A Successful Trading Partnership Chapter 16: East Asia: Physical Geography - Overview: Section: "Natural Resources" Chapter 17: East Asia: Human Geography - Overview: Section: "Economic and Social Systems - Japan" b. Investigate career opportunities available through the application of geography skills and concepts. Resource: - Project: Additional Projects: Project #24 (projects are numbered consecutively) c. Participate in community activities respecting the environment and personal property - Case Study: U.S. Conservation - Additional Projects: #9, #19, #20