How Geography Shapes Political Relationships

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

Part of The student understands how geographic factors influence the economic development and political relationships of societies

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Geography Shapes Politics

By the end of this lesson, you will identify geographic factors that influence a society's political relationships. Political relationships are how governments deal with one another, such as making treaties, trading, forming alliances, or having conflicts. Geography does not decide these relationships, but it pushes them in certain directions.

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