Topic outline
Unit 1: The World in Spatial Terms
View Section Modules- What factors should we consider when using maps and why?
- How and why do people organize (categorize or regionalize) the world to study global issues or problems?
- How do the physical (natural) features and physical processes of Earth present challenges and opportunities for human societies?
- How and why does a natural hazard become a global natural disaster?
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Unit 2: Population and Migration
View Section Modules- How do social scientists investigate population issues?
- How are population, migration, and urbanization issues connected?
- In what ways are issues related to population, migration and urbanization global problems?
- How do social, political, and economic decisions societies make reflect and influence demographics?
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Unit 3: Culture
View Section Modules- How and why are groups of people culturally similar and different?
- Why is it necessary to understand culture when studying a global problem and potential solutions?
- How has globalization influenced cultural diversity?
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Unit 4: Human-Environment Interaction
View Section Modules- How do humans create and address global environmental problems?
- How can environmental changes in one location become a global issue?
- How does energy production and distribution affect the environment?
- How does the distribution and utilization of natural resources influence the ways societies interact?
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Unit 5: Economics and World Trade
View Section Modules- How has globalization affected the interactions between buyers and sellers?
- How can the social science fields of geography, history, economics, and political science help us explain why some countries are "rich" while others are "poor"?
- To what extent are trade restrictions an effective tool in a globalized economy?
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Unit 6: Civics, Government and Global Politics
View Section Modules- Why do people institute different forms of government?
- How do nations of the world interact?
- How can people address global problems?
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Seminar: Irish Lives in War and Independence
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