THEMES IN U.S. & WORLD HISTORY
Competency 117.1.1: Geography and the Development/Diffusion of Human Society – The graduate assesses how environmental/geographic factors such as location and availability of resources have affected and continue to affect the development, distribution, and diffusion of the human race over time.
Competency 117.1.2: Societal Interaction – The graduate evaluates how economic, political, and social-cultural connections shape interaction among both historical and contemporary societies.
Introduction:
Geographic and environmental factors have a significant influence on the development of trade and migration networks. Those networks and migration patterns ultimately lead to connections between divergent peoples and cultures. Thus, geography and resources have an influence on the development of and interaction between societies.
During your study of the geography and the development/diffusion of human society theme, you have encountered a number of examples that illustrate the influence and connections of societies.
In this task, you will be required to identify two environmental/geographic factors that you consider to be the most significant to the development or expansion of the United States, as well as one environmental/geographic factor that you consider to be the most significant to the development or diffusion of one other human society.
Task:
A. Justify your choice of the two most significant environmental or physical geographic factors that contributed to the development or expansion of the United States.
B. Justify your choice of the one most significant environmental or physical geographic factor that contributed to the development of one human society from the following list:
• Mesopotamia
• Indus River Valley
• Yellow River Valley
• Egypt
• Ancient South American societies
1. Discuss one example of cultural, technological, economic, or environmental diffusion between the society you addressed in Part B and another society of your choosing.
C. When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.
Note: When bulleted points are present in the task prompt, the level of detail or support called for in the rubric refers to those bulleted points.
Note: For definitions of terms commonly used in the rubric, see the Rubric Terms web link included in the Evaluation Procedures section.
Note: When using sources to support ideas and elements in a paper or project, the submission MUST include APA formatted in-text citations with a corresponding reference list for any direct quotes or paraphrasing. It is not necessary to list sources that were consulted if they have not been quoted or paraphrased in the text of the paper or project.
Note: No more than a combined total of 30% of a submission can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. For tips on using APA style, please refer to the APA Handout web link included in the General Instructions section.
Evaluation Method
