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Geography · Grade 7

World Regions and Their Connections

Learners tour the regions of the Western Hemisphere — Canada and the United States, Middle America and the Caribbean, and South America's Andes, Amazon and Southern Cone — and compare them with data. They then study the connections that tie regions together, from the Panama Canal and trade agreements to migration corridors, and analyse how a disruption in one place, such as a drought at the canal, ripples out to others.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 100 minutes
  • Western Hemisphere and connections check: 10 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, pin a map, pick map regions, match pairs and type a number
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What learners will discover

  • Locate and describe the regions of the Western Hemisphere and their key physical features.
  • Compare Western Hemisphere countries and regions using population, area, density and urban data.
  • Explain how canals, trade agreements, migration and communications connect regions.
  • Analyse how a change or disruption in one connection affects places in several regions.

Lessons

  1. Regions of the Western Hemisphere 6 steps4 practiceabout 25 min
  2. Comparing regions with data 5 steps3 practiceabout 25 min
  3. Connections between regions 5 steps3 practiceabout 25 min
  4. When a connection is disrupted 6 steps3 practiceabout 25 min
  5. Western Hemisphere and connections check 10 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Globe ExplorerSpin a real 3D globe, flip to the flat map, and find continents, oceans and countries.
  • Pin the PlanetDrag the pin onto wonders, cities and exact latitude and longitude points.
  • Route PlannerFind the shortest way around town, dodge closed roads, and measure trips with a scale bar.

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