TN BOE State Standards Survey Social Studies 2022

3.01: Analyze maps and globes using common terms, including: • Country • Equator • Hemisphere • Latitude • Longitude • North Pole • Prime meridian • Region • South Pole • Time zones

3.02: Use cardinal directions, intermediate directions, map scales, legends, and grids to locate major cities in Tennessee and the U.S.

3.03: Examine major physical features on globes and maps, including: • Basin • Bay • Canal • Canyon • Delta • Desert • Gulf • Island • Isthmus • Mountain • Ocean • Sea • Peninsula • Strait • Plain • Stream • Plateau • Valley • River

3.04: Examine major political features on globes and maps, including: boundaries, cities, highways, railroads, and roads.

3.05: Use different types of maps (e.g., political, physical, population, resource, and climate), graphs, and charts to interpret geographic information.

3.06: Identify and locate the major continents and oceans using maps and globes: • Africa • Antarctica • Asia • Australia • Europe • North America • South America • Arctic Ocean • Atlantic Ocean • Indian Ocean • Pacific Ocean • Southern Ocean

3.07: Identify and locate major countries, including: • Brazil • China • Egypt • France • Great Britain • India • Italy • Japan • Russia • Spain

3.08: Identify major physical features of the world, including: • Rivers—Amazon, Nile • Mountains and Ranges—Alps, Andes, Himalayas • Deserts— Gobi, Sahara • Bodies of Water—Mediterranean Sea, Straits of Magellan • Landforms—Great Barrier Reef, Niagara Falls

3.09: Identify and locate the fifty states of the U.S.

3.10: Identify and locate major cities in the U.S., including: • Chicago • Los Angeles • Miami • New York City • Seattle • Washington, D.C.

3.11: Identify major physical features of the U.S., including: • Rivers—Colorado, Mississippi, Ohio, Rio Grande • Mountains—Alaska Range, Appalachian, Rockies • Bodies of Water—Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexico • Desert— Great Basin • Landforms—Grand Canyon, Great Plains

3.12: Locate the following cities and physical features in Tennessee: • Cities—Chattanooga, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville • Rivers—Cumberland, Mississippi, Tennessee • Mountain Range—Great Smoky Mountains

3.13: Explain how geographic challenges are met with: • Bridges • Canals • Dams • Freshwater supply • Irrigation systems • Landfills • Tunnels

3.14: Compare natural resources within the three grand divisions of Tennessee, and trace the development of a product from natural resource to a finished product.

3.15: Interpret a chart, graph, or resource map of major imports and exports in Tennessee.

3.16: Describe how scarcity, supply, and demand affect the prices of products.

3.17: Compare and contrast how goods and services are exchanged on local and regional levels.

3.18: Analyze how people interact with their environment to satisfy basic needs and wants, including: housing, industry, transportation, and communication.

3.19: Compare and contrast the geographic locations and customs (i.e., housing and clothing) of the Northeast, Southeast, and Plains North American Indians.

3.20: Describe the conflicts between American Indian nations, including the competing claims for the control of land.

3.21: Identify the routes and contributions of early explorers of the Americas, including: Christopher Columbus, Hernando de Soto, Ferdinand Magellan, and Amerigo Vespucci.

3.22: Examine how American Indian cultures changed as a result of contact with European cultures, including: decreased population, spread of disease (smallpox), increased conflict, loss of territory, and increase in trade.

3.23: Describe the failure of the lost colony of Roanoke and the theories associated with it.

3.24: Explain the significance of the settlement of Jamestown and the role it played in the founding of the U.S.

3.25: Explain the significance of the settlements of Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth and the role they played in the settling of our country.

3.26: Examine how the regional (i.e., New England, Middle, and Southern) geographic features of the Thirteen Colonies influenced their development.

3.27: Identify the economic, political, and religious reasons for founding the Thirteen Colonies and the role of indentured servitude and slavery in their settlement.

3.28: Identify representative assemblies and town meetings as early democratic practices during the colonial period.

3.29: Explain the cooperation that existed between colonists and American Indians during the 1600s and 1700s, including: fur trade, military alliances, treaties, and cultural exchanges.

3.30: Examine how long hunters (e.g., Daniel Boone and William Bean) created interest in land west of the Appalachian Mountains.

3.31: Describe life on the Tennessee frontier and reasons why settlers moved west.