Students examine the physical and human geographic factors associated with the origin and development of culture hearths in various regions of the world.
1.1 Use maps, timelines and/or other graphic representations to identify and describe the location, distribution and main events in the development of culture hearths in Asia, Mesoamerica and North Africa. Examples: Irrigation-based civilizations; Rainforest; Land-based civilization
1.2 Ask and answer geographic and historical questions about the locations and growth of culture hearths. Assess why some of these culture hearths have endured to this day, while others have declined or disappeared
1.3 Analyze agricultural hearths and exchanges of crops among regions. Evaluate the impact of agriculture on the subsequent development of culture hearths in various regions of the world.
1.4 Identify and describe the factors that explain how the local and regional human and physical environments of selected culture hearths were modified over time in terms of such features as urban development and agricultural activities.
Culture Hearth—Heartland, source area, innovation center, place of origin of a major culture. Culture—The sum total of the artifacts, knowledge, attitudes, and habitual behavior patterns, including language, shared and transmitted by the members of a society.
Geographic Question—A question that asks “Where?” and “Why There?” Historical Question—A question that asks “When?” and “Why Then?”
Agricultural Hearths—Heartland, source area, innovation center, place of origin of agriculture.