Alabama State Standards for Social Studies: Grade 7

AL.1. Citizenship: Students in the seventh grade can be characterized as inquisitive, enthusiastic, and impressionable learners. The goal of education in civics and government is informed, responsible participation in political life by competent citizens committed to the fundamental values and principles of the constitutional democracy, which established the republic of the United States of America.

1.1. History/Political Science: Describe the influences of ancient Greece, the Magna Carta, and the Mayflower Compact on the government of the United States. 30
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1.2. Political Science: Compare the government of the United States with other governmental systems. 30
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1.3. Economics/History/Political Science: Describe essential characteristics of state and local governments in the United States. 2
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1.4. Geography/Political Science: Compare the duties and functions of members of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of local, state, and national governments. 40
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1.5. History/Political Science: Explain the importance of juvenile, adult, civil, and criminal laws within the judicial system of the United States. 43
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1.6. Economics/Geography/History: Describe how people organize economic systems for the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services to address the basic economic questions of what goods and services will be produced, how they will be produced, and who will consume them. 4
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1.7. Economics/Geography/Political Science: Describe the relationship between the consumer and the marketplace in the economy of the United States regarding scarcity, opportunity cost, trade-off decision making, characteristics of a market economy, and supply and demand. 6
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1.8. Economics: Apply principles of money management to the preparation of a personal budget that addresses housing, transportation, food, clothing, medical expenses, and insurance as well as checking and savings accounts, loans, investments, credit, and comparison shopping. 6
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1.9. Geography/Political Science: Identify individual and civic responsibilities of citizens of the United States. 24
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1.10. Economics/Political Science: Describe changes in social and economic conditions in the United States during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. 94
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1.11. History/Political Science: Describe examples of conflict, cooperation, and interdependence of groups, societies, and nations using past and current events. 34
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1.12. Political Science: Explain how the United States can be improved by individual and collective participation and by public service. 22
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AL.2. Geography: Students in the seventh grade can be characterized as inquisitive, enthusiastic, and impressionable learners who have a growing curiosity about the world beyond the city and state in which they live. In this one-semester geography course, students increase their knowledge about the physical nature of the world and about the relationships between people and their environments.

2.1. Economics/Geography/Political Science: Describe the world in spatial terms using maps, major physical and human features, and urban and rural land-use patterns. 21
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2.2. Geography: Analyze regional characteristics for factors that contribute to change and for their relative importance. 25
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2.3. Geography: Describe the processes that shape the physical environment, including the long-range effects of extreme weather phenomena and human activity. 110
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2.4. Geography/Political Science: Locate cultural hearths in Europe, Asia, and Africa on maps, globes, and satellite images. 30
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2.5. Economics/Geography/Political Science: Identify the physical, economic, political, and cultural characteristics of selected regions in the Eastern Hemisphere, including Europe, Asia, and Africa. 53
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2.6. Economics/Geography/Political Science: Explain factors that contribute to conflict within and between countries of the Eastern Hemisphere. 54
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2.7. Economics/Geography/History: Describe the historical and contemporary economic trade networks of regions in the Eastern Hemisphere based upon their geographic location and available resources. 9
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2.8. Geography: Describe the positive and negative environmental effects of human actions on the four basic components of Earth's physical systems: atmosphere, biosphere, lithosphere, and hydrosphere. 113
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2.9. Geography/History: Analyze the environmental consequences of major technological changes in human history for both intended and unintended outcomes. 87
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2.10. Geography: Describe the ways people in the Eastern Hemisphere prepare for natural hazards and disasters. 30
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2.11. Economics/Geography/Political Science: Compare the distribution of natural resources in various parts of the world by mapping the locations of major deposits. 77
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2.12. Economics/Geography/Political Science: Describe the problems involved in balancing the impact of human habitation on the environment and the need for natural resources essential for sustaining human life. 148
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