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State Goal 17 - The Learning Standards Early High School Learning Standard A: As a result of their schooling, students will be able to locate, describe and explain places, regions and features on the Earth. 17. A. 4a. Use mental maps of physical features to answer complex geographic questions (e.g., how physical features have deterred or enabled migration). 17. A. 4b. Use maps and other geographic instruments and technologies to analyze spatial patterns and distributions on Earth. Learning Standard B: As a result of their schooling, students will be able to analyze and explain characteristics and interactions of the Earth's physical systems. 17. B. 4a. Explain the dynamic interactions within and among Earth’s physical systems including variation, productivity and constructive and destructive processes. 17. B. 4b. Analyze trends in world demographics as they relate to physical systems. Learning Standard C: As a result of their schooling, students will be able to understand relationships between geographic factors and society. 17. C. 4a. Explain the ability of modern technology to alter geographic features and the impacts of these modifications on human activities. 17. C. 4b. Analyze growth trends in selected urban areas as they relate to geographic factors. 17. C. 4c. Explain how places with various population distributions function as centers of economic activity (e.g., rural, suburban, urban). Learning Standard D: As a result of their schooling, students will be able to understand the historical significance of geography. 17. D. 4. Explain how processes of spatial change have affected human history (e.g., resource development and use, natural disasters).