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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 15
The competent geography teacher understands how physical systems affect human systems.
Knowledge Indicators - The competent geography teacher:
15A. understands how changes in the physical environment can diminish its capacity to support human activity.
15B. understands how different physical environemtns provide opportunities for or place constraints on human activities.
15C.

understands how natural hazards affect human spatial activities.

Performance Indicators - The competent geography teacher:
15D. analyzes examples of changes in the physical environemtn that have reduced the capacity of the environment to support the human activity.
15E. explains how the characteristics of different physical environments affect human activity in Illinois, the United States, and the world.
15F. describes the effects of natural hazards on human systems in Illinois, the United States, and the world.
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