Year 8 Geography
Name: Abby
Semester 2 | 2022
Due Date:
Topic: A Comparison: Australia and the USA
GRADE: A++++++++
Similarities and Differences Between
Australia and the USA
Similarities +
explanations
1
warmer areas have less
Evidence in
images
Differences +
explanations
America has a lot more people
people
2
people go to the coasts
more states in USA
Evidence in
images
3
similar sizes
drinking age is 18 Australia and
21 in USA
4
5
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By the end of Year 8, students:
explain geographical processes that influence
the characteristics of places
explain how places are perceived and valued
differently
explain interconnections within environments
and between people and places
A
Comprehensively
B
Soundly
C
Satisfactorily
D
Partially
E
Minimally
N/S
compare environmental, economic and social
factors
analyse geographical maps, data and other
information to propose explanations for spatial
distributions, patterns, trends and
relationships, and draw reasoned conclusions
present findings, arguments and ideas using
relevant geographical terminology and digital
technologies in a range of appropriate
communication forms
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