USI.5 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the factors that shaped colonial America by: describing life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies, with emphasis on how people interacted with their environment to produce goods and services, including examples of specialization and interdependence. VDOE Essential VDOE Essential VDOE Essential Understandings Questions Knowledge Life in the colonies was shaped How did climate, geographic Terms to know by the geographical features of features, and other available resources: natural, capital, or human the settlements. resources distinguish the three specialization: Focusing on one or a few products regions from each other? interdependence: Two or more people depending on Economic specialization and each other for goods and services interdependence existed among How did people use the natural the colonies in the production of resources of their region to earn a Specialization caused the colonies to be interdependent. goods and services. living? (See chart below.) What are the benefits of specialization and trade? How did political and social life evolve in each of the three regions?
USI.5 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the factors that shaped colonial America by: describing life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies, with emphasis on how people interacted with their environment to produce goods and services, including examples of specialization and interdependence. VDOE Essential Understandings VDOE Essential Questions VDOE Essential Knowledge Life in the colonies was shaped by the geographical features of the settlements. Economic specialization and interdependence existed among the colonies in the production of goods and services. How did climate, geographic features, and other available resources distinguish the three regions from each other? How did people use the natural resources of their region to earn a living? What are the benefits of specialization and trade? How did political and social life evolve in each of the three regions? Terms to know resources: natural, capital, or human specialization: Focusing on one or a few products interdependence: Two or more people depending on each other for goods and services Specialization caused the colonies to be interdependent. (See chart below.)
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