Subject
Grade
Concept/Content
human responses to particular geographic challenges and opportunities, including climates, landforms, and natural resources
Elaboration
- Sample activities:
- Identify the key characteristics of physical environments that affected the following for selected ancient cultures:
- development and settlement (e.g., proximity to water, fertile land, natural resources, defensibility)
- the fall of the culture (e.g., earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic activity, unsustainable human practices)
- interactions among cultures (e.g., mountain ranges, oceans, rivers)
- Describe how humans adapted to their physical environment in ancient civilizations (e.g., architecture, transportation methods, clothing)
- Create maps to show the key physical environmental characteristics of a selected ancient culture
- Identify the key characteristics of physical environments that affected the following for selected ancient cultures:
- Key question:
- What types of strategies have different civilizations used to respond to similar challenges imposed by the physical environment?
keywords
human responses to particular geographic challenges and opportunities, including climates, landforms, and natural resources