Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), Japan, North and South Korea, Indonesia, and Australia. The student understands how geographic factors influence the economic Geography. development, political relationships, and policies of societies. The student is expected to: identify and explain the geographic factors responsible for the location of economic activities in places and regions; identify geographic factors such as location, physical features, transportation corridors and barriers, and distribution of natural resources that influence a society's ability to control territory; and explain the impact of geographic factors on economic development and the domestic and foreign policies of societies. Geography. The student understands that geographical patterns result from physical environmental processes. The student is expected to: describe and explain the effects of physical environmental processes such as erosion, ocean currents, and earthquakes on Earth's surface; identify the location of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources such as fresh water, fossil fuels, fertile soils, and timber; and analyze the effects of the interaction of physical processes and the environment on humans. Geography. The student understands the impact of interactions between people and the physical environment on the development and conditions of places and regions. The student is expected to: identify and analyze ways people have adapted to the physical environment in various places and regions; identify and analyze ways people have modified the physical environment such as mining, irrigation, and transportation infrastructure; and describe ways in which technology influences human interactions with the environment such as humans building dams for flood control. Economics. The student understands the factors of production in a society's economy. The student is expected to: describe ways in which the factors of production (natural resources, labor, capital, and entrepreneurs) influence the economies of various contemporary societies; identify problems and issues that may arise when one or more of the factors of production is in relatively short supply; and explain the impact of relative scarcity of resources on international and economic interdependence among and within societies. Economics. The student understands the various ways in which people organize economic systems. The student is expected to: compare ways in various societies organize the production and distribution of goods and services; compare and contrast free enterprise, socialist, and communist economies in various contemporary societies, including the benefits of the U.S. free enterprise system; understand the importance of morality and ethics in maintaining a functional free enterprise system; and
Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), Japan, North and South Korea, Indonesia, and Australia. Geography. The student understands how geographic factors influence the economic development, political relationships, and policies of societies. The student is expected to: identify and explain the geographic factors responsible for the location of economic activities in places and regions; identify geographic factors such as location, physical features, transportation corridors and barriers, and distribution of natural resources that influence a society's ability to control territory; and explain the impact of geographic factors on economic development and the domestic and foreign policies of societies. Geography. The student understands that geographical patterns result from physical environmental processes. The student is expected to: describe and explain the effects of physical environmental processes such as erosion, ocean currents, and earthquakes on Earth's surface; identify the location of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources such as fresh water, fossil fuels, fertile soils, and timber; and analyze the effects of the interaction of physical processes and the environment on humans. Geography. The student understands the impact of interactions between people and the physical environment on the development and conditions of places and regions. The student is expected to: identify and analyze ways people have adapted to the physical environment in various places and regions; identify and analyze ways people have modified the physical environment such as mining, irrigation, and transportation infrastructure; and describe ways in which technology influences human interactions with the environment such as humans building dams for flood control. Economics. The student understands the factors of production in a society's economy. The student is expected to: describe ways in which the factors of production (natural resources, labor, capital, and entrepreneurs) influence the economies of various contemporary societies; identify problems and issues that may arise when one or more of the factors of production is in relatively short supply; and explain the impact of relative scarcity of resources on international and economic interdependence among and within societies. Economics. The student understands the various ways in which people organize economic systems. The student is expected to: compare ways in various societies organize the production and distribution of goods and services; compare and contrast free enterprise, socialist, and communist economies in various contemporary societies, including the benefits of the U.S. free enterprise system; understand the importance of morality and ethics in maintaining a functional free enterprise system; and
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