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Analyze and Label South America Map & Andes Mountain Worksheet Pack

Updated: 21 Sep 2023

Explore civilizations in the Andes Mountains with students using the printable map and worksheet pack for sixth graders.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 6 Pages
Grade: 6

Curriculum

Social Studies 6.3(A)

Identify and explain the geographic factors responsible for patterns of population in places and regions;
Social Studies 6.3(C)

Identify and locate major physical and human geographic features such as landforms, water bodies, and urban centers of various places and regions; and
Social Studies 6.4(A)

Explain the geographic factors responsible for the location of economic activities in places and regions; and
Social Studies 6.4(B)

Identify geographic factors such as location, physical features, transportation corridors and barriers, and distribution of natural resources that influence a society's political relationships.
Social Studies 6.5(A)

Describe ways people have been impacted by physical processes such as earthquakes and climate;
Social Studies 6.5(B)

Identify and analyze ways people have adapted to the physical environment in various places and regions; and
Social Studies 6.5(C)

Identify and analyze ways people have modified the physical environment such as mining, irrigation, and transportation infrastructure.

teaching resource

Analyze and Label South America Map & Andes Mountain Worksheet Pack

Updated: 21 Sep 2023

Explore civilizations in the Andes Mountains with students using the printable map and worksheet pack for sixth graders.

Non-Editable: PDF
Pages: 6 Pages
Grade: 6

Explore civilizations in the Andes Mountains with students using the printable map and worksheet pack for sixth graders.

Teach About Mesoamerican and Andean Civilizations

The Andes Mountains are one of the largest mountain chains in the world. They run from Venezuela through Peru, Ecuador, and Bolivia into Chile, with peaks reaching over 6,000 meters (20,000 feet) high.

The Andes Mountains have been home to human civilizations since the first people moved into this region thousands of years ago. Despite its rough terrain, people have adapted to the environment and flourished thanks to their knowledge of how to survive in such a harsh climate.

Andes Mountain Study Guide & Quiz Option

This study guide will help you explore the geography, terrain, and people of the Andes region. It includes maps for students to label and printable map worksheets that allow students to investigate adaptations and skills people have gained so they can live in this alpine environment within the Andes Mountains.

Answers are attached to the workbook.

This workbook is recommended to be used with the Human Adaptations to Environments Around the World– Instructional Slide Deck.

Curriculum

Social Studies 6.3(A)

Identify and explain the geographic factors responsible for patterns of population in places and regions;
Social Studies 6.3(C)

Identify and locate major physical and human geographic features such as landforms, water bodies, and urban centers of various places and regions; and
Social Studies 6.4(A)

Explain the geographic factors responsible for the location of economic activities in places and regions; and
Social Studies 6.4(B)

Identify geographic factors such as location, physical features, transportation corridors and barriers, and distribution of natural resources that influence a society's political relationships.
Social Studies 6.5(A)

Describe ways people have been impacted by physical processes such as earthquakes and climate;
Social Studies 6.5(B)

Identify and analyze ways people have adapted to the physical environment in various places and regions; and
Social Studies 6.5(C)

Identify and analyze ways people have modified the physical environment such as mining, irrigation, and transportation infrastructure.

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