Credits

3 (3/0/0)

Description

Meets MnTC Goal Areas 5 and 8. Students will gain an understanding and appreciation of the spatial relationship of the physical and human elements of our world with an emphasis on the interdependence of nations and peoples. Geography describes the earth's environments and gives character to places through words, maps and graphics, and this course will explore these elements and their contributions to the diversity of world geography. Students will become aware of how the world and the earth's people interact in local regions and in patterns around the globe.

Competencies

Analyze the relationships between human and physical environments in each of the world's major regions.
Describe global nation states.
Explain the distribution of major world religions.
Identify the locations of world languages.
Analyze spatial information through the use of maps.
Describe the variations of world climate patterns.
Describe landforms and landscapes of the world.
Analyze core-peripheral relationships across the world.
Discuss globalization and its effects for human and physical geography.
Assess the influence of ethnic identity and conflict in various regions of the world.