Seventh Grade- People, Technology and the Environment

  1. Geographers study features of the environment in order to describe the earth.
  2. Geographers use a variety of tools: maps, graphs, written records, photographs, etc.
  3. The features of the environment affect the lives of people and the development of culture.
  4. Man has learned to manipulate the environment for his purposes.
  5. There are positive and negative consequences with technological advances.