The focus of this course is the study of the world’s people, places, and environments, with an emphasis on world regions. The knowledge, skills, and perspectives of the course are centered on the world’s peoples and their cultural characteristics, landforms and climates, economic development, and migration and settlement patterns. Spatial concepts of geography will be used as a framework for studying interactions between people and their environments. Using geographic resources, students will employ inquiry, research, and technology skills to ask and answer geographic questions. Emphasis will be placed on students understanding and applying geographic concepts and skills to their daily lives. Students who have not earned a verified credit in social studies must take the SOL test for World Geography and pass it to earn a verified credit towards graduation.
Prerequisites
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