SS10.7G.5

Social Studies (2010) Grade(s): 7 - 7th Grade: Geography

Students know:

How cultural features, traits, and diffusion help define regions.
Cultural characteristics of regions including religious structures and agricultural patterns.
Changes in the cultural characteristics of regions including development of ethnic enclaves, introduction of ethnic restaurants, and changes in religious belief such as the spread of Islam.

Students are able to:

Define and recognize elements of culture and expressions of culture on the landscape that collectively define a culture region, i.e., Mormon culture region.

Students understand that:

Cultural features, traits, and diffusion help define regions and change over time.