LAC 28:CXXI.509. Geography

A. Create and use maps or models with cardinal directions, keys, and scale. B. Identify where Louisiana is within the United States and on the globe. C. Differentiate between the town, parish, state, and country in which the student lives on a political map. D. Identify places, regions, and landforms in Louisiana, and describe their relative locations including the cultural region North Louisiana, Central Louisiana, Southwest Louisiana, Florida Parishes, Acadiana, Bayou Region, and Greater New Orleans. E. Describe the physical characteristics of various regions of Louisiana, including bayous, swamps, floodplains, forests, and farmland. F. Describe ways people in Louisiana change their environment to meet their needs, including the construction of bridges and levees. G. Explain how Louisianans have successfully met the challenges posed by natural disasters. H. Explain how and why people and goods move from place to place. I. Explain how the physical landscape of Louisiana affected the settlement of Native Americans and early settlers.