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9/21- I can apply the characteristics of a democracy to analyze the political system of Russia.

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9/21- I can apply the characteristics of a democracy to analyze the political system of Russia.

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9/27- I can give examples of how Russia interacts with the rest of the world.

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9/27- I can give examples of how Russia interacts with the rest of the world.

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9/26-I can identify the cultural characteristic of Eurasia.

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9/26-I can identify the cultural characteristic of Eurasia.

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In Eurasia there are a lot of cultural patterns. Most of the people are Eurasian, and most people are either Christian, Islam, or Catholic. Also the language is repeated a lot, as people speak Russian in all of these countries.

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9/20- I can explain how culture moves across the planet, and identify key charecteristics that define a culture.

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9/20- I can explain how culture moves across the planet, and identify key charecteristics that define a culture.

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Culture moves when people or things moves, in ways such as trade, immigration, conquests, and travel. This is known as cultural diffusion. Cultures started in 7 cultural hearths, and then spread across the world due to people moving. Globalization also causes the spread of culture. Some key characteristics that define a culture are symbols, language, values, their beliefs (religion), and norms. How people act in life, what they eat, what they do, just how they live can define their culture.

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9/19- I can give examples of how the world is interconnected.

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9/19- I can give examples of how the world is interconnected.

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The world is interconnected in many ways. There is food from different cultures eaten everywhere, such as Mexican food in America. McDonald's is everywhere, connected everywhere. People are connected as they travel the world making connections with other people and the world. We use products made in other countries, or from other countries, connecting the world. One example are iPhones. They are made in China and then sold by an American country everywhere, connecting the world.

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9/16- I can explain why society changes over time.

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9/16- I can explain why society changes over time.

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Society changes over time because of several different factors. Some factors include the government. Maybe there's a new leader who isn't treating the country well, or the type of government is not good. This can cause the people to change and rebel. The climate can cause society change as people may lose homes due to natural disasters, or people may move. Another thing that changes society is something new. A new piece of technology, maybe a religion, or a new government. Society could change as it could be an invention that makes things easier, or a lot of people could be rushing to buy it. That is how society changes.

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9/15- I can identify characteristics of a democracy and a dictatiorship.

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9/15- I can identify characteristics of a democracy and a dictatiorship.

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A democracy is a government where the people have a vote in who leads. The people have rights and freedoms that everyone should have, like what they say and what movies they can watch. In a dictatorship, the people don't have a say in anything, including who leads. They can't say anything against the government, as they will be arrested or killed. The movies they watch are censored, and they have to do whatever the government says to do.

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9/14- I can explain the difference between a developing and devdeloped country.

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9/14- I can explain the difference between a developing and devdeloped country.

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A developed country is a country where the key economic indicators are high, such as infant mortality rate, literacy rate, access to water, and GDP per capita. If a country has high scores in those categories and more they will be seen as developed as they have a good economy, standard of living, and quality of life. In developed countries their scores are low as they are usually poor economically, and they have a low standard of living and quality of life.

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9/13- I can identify key economic indicators.

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9/13- I can identify key economic indicators.

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Some key economic indicators are access to water, GDP per capita, literacy rate, infant mortality rate, and population growth. If the countries scores are high the country will be seen as developed, if they are low they will be seen as developing.

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9/12-I can identify different economic systems.

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9/12-I can identify different economic systems.

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There are 4 different economic systems. There is traditional, where you do what's always been done before. This system is only really seen in small villages. There is also a free market, where they are no rules or government protection and the people choose everything. One example is Hong Kong. There is also a command economy in which the government makes the decisions. One example is North Korea. The last type of economic system is a mixed market. It is like a free market, but there is also some government involvement. One example is the USA.

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9/9- I can explain and give examples of why population changes

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9/9- I can explain and give examples of why population changes

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Population changes because of many things, such as deaths and births. In countries populations can change if people move into a country or leave a country to go to another one. The world or a countries population can be affected by wars, natural disasters, outbreaks of diseases, and other things. If more people are being born in a country then people dying the population will go up, and if more people are dying then being born the population will go down.

Good evidence (detail) explaining why pop changes. -- Mr. D

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9/8- I can explain the stages of population and the Demographic Transition Model

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9/8- I can explain the stages of population and the Demographic Transition Model

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The Demographic Transition Model shows population growth and declining population. If a country is in Stage 1 of the DTM, their population is low and their death and birth rates are high. There is poor medical knowledge, and large families are needed. In Stage 2 the population is rapidly growing but the birth rate is still high, but the death rate is falling. The medical knowledge in these countries is increasing, but still isn't great, and large families are still needed. In Stage 3 the population is still increasing and the birth and death rates are low. The medical knowledge is getting ever better in this stage, and fewer children are needed. In Stage 4 the population is stable with no more growth, and the birth rate is falling even more. The medical knowledge is good and smaller families are wanted. The death rate is still the same, low. Stage 5 the population has a negative growth as the birth rate is lower than the death rate. This stage has no need for families and medical knowledge is good.

Clear detail on each stage of the DTM! -- Mr. D

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9/7- I can interpret population pyramids.

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9/7- I can interpret population pyramids.

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Population pyramids are charts that show the population of the ages in places. They show things such as whether a population will grow and if the country is already industrialized or is becoming industrialized. Countries that are becoming industrialized have more people in the youth age bracket, while countries that are already industrialized have more older people. If there are more people in the younger bracket the population will increase, and if there are more older people the population will decrease.

What are the part of a pop pyramid that lead to the conclusions you've made? -- Mr. D

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Standard 1- Students will understand that the enviroment impacts people and the people impact their enviroment.

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Standard 1- Students will understand that the enviroment impacts people and the people impact their enviroment.

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The environment impacts people as it provides us with the resources necessary for our survival such as food. It helps us determine where we live. People impact the environment as we modify it with things such as dikes and pollution. We need to sustain the Earth's resources so the future generations still have those resources.

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I can define sustainability and explain its relationship to population.

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I can define sustainability and explain its relationship to population.

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Sustainability is the way humans use Earth's limited resources so they can be used by future generations. It helps keep our population steady as we our not using too many resources, but we are not using it so the population grows too much or declines. Keeping the population steady is a form of sustainability as too many people means too much resources used. So that is how sustainability relates to population.

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9/2 I can give examples of how humans modify, depend on, and adapt to the land.

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9/2 I can give examples of how humans modify, depend on, and adapt to the land.

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Humans modify and adapt to the environment in many different ways. One way we can modify the environment is with dams. Dams modify the environment as they impound water or underground streams. They also prevent flooding and we can use the water for things such as irrigation, human consumption, and hydropower is used in conjuction with dams to create electricity. We depend on the environment for things such as food and water. These things are necessities for human survival, and we depend on the land to provide them for us. One way we have adapted to the land is adjusting to heat. When it gets hot outside it can be ever hotter in our house so we created air condition, which regulates the temperature inside your house. This keeps us cool. This shows adapting to the environment as we can regulate temperature in closed spaces so we don't get too hot.

Clear understanding of these concepts. - Mr. D

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I can explain how humans modify and depend on the land.

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I can explain how humans modify and depend on the land.

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Humans modify and depend on the environment in many different ways. We can modify the environment in ways that help us, such as in the Netherlands and Louisiana. Flooding has been a huge problem in the past in the Netherlands, so they came up with a solution to stop it. They modified the environment by creating dikes and polders. Polders are pieces of land that are created by draining water from an area. This solves the flooding problem as no water means no flooding. Another thing they constructed were dikes. Dikes are used to block water from the Atlantic Ocean flooding the country. This shows that we can modify the environment to help us. The government in the Netherlands has modified the environment to help prevent flooding and save lives. We depend on land as it brings us necessities for life, such as food. There are some areas of land on Earth that can be considered inhabitable, but humans can adjust to live there. Humans learn things about our land that help us live there, such as the fact that different crops grow in different areas. Humans have adjusted to that, and grow crops where they are best grown. That is how humans depend on and modify the land.

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9/1-I can explain how the environment impacts where people live.

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9/1-I can explain how the environment impacts where people live.

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I know this is true as there are places that are considered unsuitable for humans, such as places where it is too warm, too cold, too dry, too high, or too wet. You can't survive easily in places with these conditions as you don't have the resources needed such as oxygen and food. Also if it's too dry and you don't have any water you could die withing days, so it's clearly not suitable to live in.