{"id":250,"date":"2019-08-19T21:03:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T21:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/?page_id=250"},"modified":"2019-08-29T16:21:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T16:21:12","slug":"north-south-america","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/north-south-america\/","title":{"rendered":"North &amp; South America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080\">Key Understandings<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Size, shape, and location influence a country&#8217;s ability to interact with the world.<\/li>\n<li>Cities are centers of trade, commerce, and culture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;font-size: 1.4em;font-weight: 600\">United States &amp; Canada<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/2A_Good_Idea_US.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Would it be a Good Idea? (2A)<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>In th<em>e Decisions, Decisions<\/em> series students are challenged to determine what information is needed to evaluate a given scenario. In the application of the geoinquiry process students need to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>determine what information is needed<\/li>\n<li>obtain information from the textbook, <em>Nystrom Atlas<\/em>, or information from past learning experiences<\/li>\n<li>pose additional questions<\/li>\n<li>make a decision<\/li>\n<li>explain the reasons underlying the decision.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/2B_Describing_Locations.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Describing Locations (2B)<\/a><\/h4>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #003366\">Latin America<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/3A_Demgraphic_Data_Booklets.pdf\">Demographic Data Booklets (3A)<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/3B_Good_Idea_SA.pdf\">Would it be a Good Idea? (3B)<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/3C_Geomorphology_Analysis.pdf\">Geomorphology Analysis (3C)<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/3D_Carlos_Story.pdf\">Carlos Story (3D)<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15209\/2019\/08\/SA_Countries_Placards.docx\">Placards, South American Countries<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #003366\">Did you know?<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"block-editor-rich-text__editable editor-rich-text__editable\" role=\"textbox\" data-is-placeholder-visible=\"false\" aria-label=\"Write list\u2026\">\n<li>The Caribbean Islands are in North America.<\/li>\n<li>South America is often known as a hollow continent as the population is distributed along the coasts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit\">Maps from the Arizona Geographic Alliance<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoalliance.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/maps\/N-AMER.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North America<\/a>\u00a0outline map<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoalliance.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/maps\/S-AMER3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South America<\/a> outline map<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoalliance.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/maps\/LAT-AM.PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Latin America<\/a> outline map<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/geoalliance.asu.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/maps\/MID-AMER.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Middle America<\/a> outline\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003300\"><strong>ArcGIS Online Maps in the NPS Organizational Account<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Coming soon<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"insert_map_iframe_container insert_map_iframe_container-left\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/Embed\/index.html?webmap=9f290e7f783141e598fe2d62b62807d7&legend=true&alignment=left\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. Key Understandings Size, shape, and location influence a country&#8217;s ability to interact with the world. Cities are centers of trade, commerce, and culture. United States &amp; Canada Would it be a Good Idea? (2A) In the Decisions, Decisions series students are challenged to determine what information is needed to evaluate a given scenario. In &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/north-south-america\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">North &amp; South America<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":511,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions\/511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/norfolkgeography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}