CONTENT STATEMENT
- Geographic factors promote or impede the movement of people, products and ideas.
CONTENT ELABORATION
Geographic factors can contribute to or impede the movement of people, products and ideas. This includes the ability to engage in trade and war, to explore and colonize new lands, to find new places for settlement, and to spread religion and frameworks for governing. This standard should be incorporated throughout the year.
Geographic factors include:
- climate;
- bodies of water;
- mountains;
- deserts; and
- proximity to natural resources.
EXPECTATIONS FOR LEARNING
Describe how geographic factors can promote or impede the movement of people, products and ideas.