PERSPECTIVE DEFINITION QUESTIONS WE ASK

where things happen on Earth Where is it?

SPATIAL Why is it there?
in space and in different places

the ideas, customs, and social What social or cultural

CULTURAL factors are present?
behaviors of individuals and
communities

the policies, laws, and viewpoints What policies and laws

POLITICAL are present? Who is in
that shape an environment
power?

the allocation, distribution, and What is the distribution of

ECONOMIC resources like?
consumption of resources

where things happen on Earth When is it? Why does this

HISTORICAL matter then, today, and
in time and chronology
for the future?

the physical characteristics of What impact does the

GEOLOGICAL Earth’s surface have?
Earth’s surface and substances

how life forms interact with the What human and natural
ECOLOGICAL
physical environment connections are present?
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