SS10.7G.7

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

Students know:

Different types of settlements by type, size, major functions, such as linear, clustered, grid, large urban, small urban, and rural.
Ways in which urban areas interact and influence surrounding regions.
Examples: daily commuters from nearby regions; communication centers that service nearby and distant locations through television, radio, newspapers, and the Internet; regional specialization in services or production
Regions where human activities resulted in the development of settlements at particular locations due to trade, political importance, or natural resources.
Examples: Timbuktu near caravan routes; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Birmingham, Alabama, as manufacturing centers near coal and iron ore deposits; Singapore near a major ocean transportation corridor (Alabama)
Settlement patterns in association with the location of resources.
Examples: fall line settlements near waterfalls used as a source of energy for mills, European industrial settlements near coal seams, spatial arrangement of towns and cities in North American Corn Belt settlements

Students are able to:

Students understand that:

Examples: types–linear, clustered, grid

sizes–large urban, small urban, and rural areas