Cultural Patterns and Processes · Cultural Geography

Food and Environment

How local geography dictates traditional diets and how global trade changes what we eat.

Key Questions

  1. 1How does the climate of a region define its 'culinary identity'?
  2. 2What are the geographic consequences of industrial monoculture?
  3. 3How does the global food trade impact local biodiversity?

Common Core State Standards

C3: D2.Geo.4.6-8C3: D2.Geo.5.6-8
Grade: 8th Grade
Subject: Geography
Unit: Cultural Patterns and Processes
Period: Cultural Geography

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