Sub‐Saharan Africa

6.1(A)* trace characteristics of various contemporary societies in regions that resulted from historical events or factors such as colonization, immigration, and trade 6.2(B) evaluate the social, political, economic, and cultural contributions of individuals and groups from various societies, past and present 6.3(A)* identify and explain the geographic factors responsible for patterns of population in places and regions 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 6.3(D)* identify the location of major world countries for each of the world regions 6.8(B)* describe levels of economic development of various societies using indicators such as life expectancy, gross domestic product (GDP), GDP per capita, and literacy 6.9(A) describe and compare examples of limited and unlimited governments such as constitutional (limited) and totalitarian (unlimited) 6.13(A)* identify and describe common traits that define cultures and culture regions 6.1(B) analyze the historical background of various contemporary societies to evaluate relationships between past conflicts and current conditions 6.6(A) describe ways in which the factors of production (natural resources, labor, capital, and entrepreneurs) influence the economies of various contemporary societies 6.6(B) identify problems that may arise when one or more of the factors of production is in relatively short supply 6.9(C) identify and describe examples of human rights abuses by limited or unlimited governments such as the oppression of religious, ethnic, and political groups 6.16(A) explain the relationships that exist between societies and their architecture, art, music, and literature