GEOGRAPHY
Ohio Common Core - 6th Grade Geography Strand
Spacial Thinking and Skills
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3. Globes and other geographic tools can be used to gather, process and report information about people, places and environments. Cartographers decide which information to include and how it is displayed.
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Latitude and Longitude
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4. Latitude and longitude can be used to identify absolute location.
Places and Regions
5. Regions can be determined using various criteria e.g., landform, climate, population, cultural, or economic.
Human Systems
Variations among physical environments within the Eastern Hemisphere influence human activities.
Human activities also alter the physical environment. (6)
Human activities also alter the physical environment. (6)
Political, environmental, social and economic factors cause people, products
and ideas to move from place to place in the Eastern Hemisphere in the past and today. (7)
8.Modern cultural practices and products show the influence of tradition and diffusion, including the impact of major world religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Judaism).