The first theme of geography is location. Location is the geographic position of people or things on Earth. For example, each world city has a location, a geographic position. Open the POLITICAL world map. Zoom in and out, clicking on South America. Notice the number of cities on the map increases as you zoom in because smaller cities appear on the map as you zoom in. Using the zoom function, get the map scale so you can see most of South America (the scale bar on the bottom left of the map should range from 0 to 600 mi). At this scale, the location of cities in South America is generally:

Imagine you work as a consultant, and your daily job involves listening to the constructive criticism of others. as part of your job, you must listen to opposing viewpoints to make important decisions. in this activity, you are a consulting dam engineer. you must make a decision about four different dams; should they be repaired, taken down, or left alone? you will listen to contrasting opinions about what should be done with the dams before you make the final decision. as the consulting dam engineer, what do you decide to do with this dam? explain your reasoning. by making your decision, did you support the opinions of the mayor and/or the dam safety official? why or why not? (site 1)