NIGERIA
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
NIGERIA
BACKGROUND INFORMATIONBACKGROUND INFORMATION
GEOGRAPHY STANDARDS
The World in Spatial Terms
Standard 1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information from a spatial perspective
Standard 2: How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments in a spatial context
Standard 3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments on earth's surface
Places and Regions
Standard 4: The physical and human characteristics of places
Standard 5: That people create regions to interpret earth's complexity
Standard 6: How culture and experience influence people's perception of places and regions
Physical Systems
Standard 7: The physical processes that shape the patterns of earth's surface
Standard 8: The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on earth's surface
Human Systems
Standard 9: The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human popoulations on earth's surface
Standard 10: The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of earth's cultural mosaics
Standard 11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on earth's surface
Standard 12: The processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement
Standard 13: How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of earth's surface
Environment and Society
Standard 14: How Human actins modify the physical environment
Standard 15: How physical systems affect human systems
Standard 16: The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources
The Uses of Geography
Standard 17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
Standard18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future
