Students survey the world's varied cultural landscapes. Using either a regional or systematic approach, students are able to describe and explain global patterns of culture, including population, language, religion, economic activities and systems, and political organization. The basic principles of map construction and interpretation are understood . Students study the location and functioning of economic activity with emphasis on physical and human geographic factors in analyzing patterns of production, exchange, and consumption. Students study a survey of the physical and historical geology of Georgia, with emphasis on the influences of geographic resources on the development of settlement patterns from the time of the first Americans.
Students analyze world population from a geographic perspective.
Special attention will be devoted to the distribution of human population, migration trends, and the differential demographic characteristics of the economically developed and the lesser developed countries of the world. Students study the location of resources with an emphasis on the U. S. and how the use and misuse of these resources affect life. A survey of present conservation practices is conducted with planning for future usages. Students learn the major physical, cultural, and economic patterns of the United States and Canada. Students learn how these patterns have created the regions of North America.