SS10.7G.8

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

SS10.7G.8

Determine political, military, cultural, and economic forces that contribute to cooperation and conflict among people.

Unpacked Content

Knowledge

Students know:
  • Political boundaries created by human and physical systems.
  • The effect of cooperation among countries in controlling territories.
  • The effects of territorial conflicts over borders, resources, land use, and ethnic and nationalistic identity.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Evaluate the spatial influence of political, military, cultural forces on the landscape and among people.
  • Identify various ways boundaries are identified.
  • Evaluate the reasons for territorial conflicts.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Political, military, cultural and economic forces contribute to cooperation and conflict among people.

Vocabulary

  • conflict
  • cooperation
  • economic forces
  • human and physical systems
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