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Created by the EIU History Department to assist students of Eastern Illinois University in meeting the Illinois state standards for specialization in the social sciences.
Geography - Standard 13
The competent geography teacher understands how the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface.
Knowledge Indicators - The competent geography teacher:
13A. understands why and how cooperation and conflict are involved in shaping the distribution of social, political, and economic spaces on Earth.
13B.

understands the divisions on Earth's surface at different scales, local to global.
Performance Indicators - The competent geography teacher:
13C. analyzes how cooperation and conflict influence the development and control of social political, and economic entities on Earth.
13D. explains why people cooperate but also engage in conflict to control Earth's surface.
13E. analyzes divisions on Earth's surface at different scales to identify examples of similar uses of political space at local, State, national, and international levels.
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