Oklahoma State Standards for Social Studies: Grade 7

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OK.1. World Geography: The student will use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to analyze relationships between people, places, and environments of world regions from a spatial perspective.

1.1. Locate, gather, analyze, and apply information from primary and secondary sources. 18
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 1.1.

1.2. Apply the concepts of scale, distance, direction, relative location, latitude and longitude. 25
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1.3. Construct and use maps, globes, graphs, charts, models, and databases to analyze spatial distributions and patterns. 30
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1.4. Recognize the characteristics, functions and applications of maps, globes, aerial and other photographs, satellite images, and models. 25
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OK.2. World Geography: The student will examine the major cultural and physical regions of the world to interpret the earth's complexity.

2.1. Define the concept of a region and explain how common characteristics can link and divide regions. 5
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 2.1.

2.2. Identify examples of and reasons for conflict and cooperation among groups, societies, countries, and regions. 5
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2.3. Explain how and why regions change over time. 10
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2.4. Define, recognize, and locate on appropriate maps and globes basic landforms and bodies of water, and major cities, rivers, mountain ranges, regions, biomes, and countries of the world. 33
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OK.3. World Geography: The student will examine the interactions of physical systems that shape the patterns of the earth's resources.

3.1. Identify forces beneath and above the earth's crust, explaining the processes and agents that influence the distribution of resources. 74
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 3.1.

3.2. Recognize regional climatic patterns and weather phenomena, and identify factors that contribute to them (e.g., latitude, elevation, earth-sun relationships, prevailing wind, and proximity to bodies of water). 21
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3.3. Analyze the impact of natural disasters (e.g., tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, and volcanoes) on human populations. 25
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OK.4. World Geography: The student will evaluate the human systems of the world.

4.1. Compare and contrast common characteristics of world cultures (e.g., language, ethnic heritage, religion, political philosophy, shared history, social systems, and economic systems). 328
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 4.1.

4.2. Explain patterns and processes of global economic interdependence (e.g., developed and developing countries, economic activities, and world trade). 14
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 4.2.

4.3. Describe how changes in technology, transportation, and communication affect the location of economic activities. 24
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4.4. Recognize and explain the impact of ethnic diversity within countries and major cultural regions. 65
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4.5. Evaluate issues of population location, growth, and change, including density, settlement patterns, migration, and availability of resources. 51
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OK.5. World Geography: The student will examine the interactions of humans and their environment.

5.1. Identify and describe the relationship between the distribution of major natural resources (e.g., arable land, water, fossil fuels, and iron ore) and developed and developing countries. 77
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 5.1.

5.2. Evaluate the effects of human modification of and adaptation to the natural environment (e.g., use of the steel plow, crop rotation, types of housing, flood prevention, discovery of valuable mineral deposits, the greenhouse effect, desertification, clear-cutting forests, air and water pollution, urban sprawl, and use of pesticides and herbicides in agriculture). 81
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 5.2.

OK.6. World Geography: The student will analyze problems and issues from a geographic perspective using the skills and tools of geography.

6.1. Evaluate and draw conclusions from different kinds of maps, graphs, charts, diagrams, and other sources and representations (e.g., aerial and shuttle photographs, satellite-produced images, the geographic information system (GIS), atlases, almanacs, and computer-based technologies). 25
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 6.1.

6.2. Explain the influence of geographic features on the development of historic events and movements. 9
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6.3. Analyze local, regional, national, and world policies and problems having spatial dimensions (e.g., acid rain and international boundaries; and water quality affected by run-off from poultry and hog farms). 5
Suggested Titles for Oklahoma Social Studies State Standard 6.3.

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