Human Population: Spatial Patterns and Movements

• D2.Geo.7.K-2
  Explain why and how people, goods, and ideas move from place to place.
• D2.Geo.8.K-2
  Compare how people in different types of communities use local and distant environments to meet their daily needs.
• D2.Geo.9.K-2
  Describe the connections between the physical environment of a place and the economic activities found there.
• D2.Geo.7.3-5
  Explain how cultural and environmental characteristics affect the distribution and movement of people, goods, and ideas.
• D2.Geo.8.3-5
  Explain how human settlements and movements relate to the locations and use of various natural resources.
• D2.Geo.9.3-5
  Analyze the effects of catastrophic environmental and technological events on human settlements and migration.
• D2.Geo.7.6-8
  Explain how changes in transportation and communication technology influence the spatial connections among human settlements and affect the diffusion of ideas and cultural practices.
• D2.Geo.8.6-8
  Analyze how relationships between humans and environments extend or contract spatial patterns of settlement and movement.
• D2.Geo.9.6-8
  Evaluate the influences of long-term human-induced environmental change on spatial patterns of conflict and cooperation.
• D2.Geo.7.9-12
  Analyze the reciprocal nature of how historical events and the spatial diffusion of ideas, technologies, and cultural practices have influenced migration patterns and the distribution of human population.
• D2.Geo.8.9-12
  Evaluate the impact of economic activities and political decisions on spatial patterns within and among urban, suburban, and rural regions.
• D2.Geo.9.9-12
  Evaluate the influence of long-term climate variability on human migration and settlement patterns, resource use, and land uses at local-to-global scales.