Indiana Social Studies 7.G.1
The Standard
Formulate a broad understanding of the location of countries within Africa, Asia, and the Southwest Pacific.
2026 Indiana Academic Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find countries in Africa, Asia, and the Southwest Pacific on a world map. They use oceans, nearby countries, and directions to describe roughly where each country is.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can place Kenya, India, China, Australia, and Fiji in roughly the right areas on an outline map. They can name each country's region and give a location clue.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may call Africa a country or assume Pacific islands are part of Asia. Some place Australia in Asia because the two are close on a map.
How to Assess It
- Give students a blank world map. Ask them to mark Kenya, India, and Fiji, name each region, and write one location clue for each country.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a blank world map and country name cards; have them place the cards, then check their choices with an atlas.
Ask, 'Why is Fiji grouped with the Southwest Pacific rather than Asia?' Have students support their answer using a map.
Play map bingo: call out a country, and students cover its location on a map grid.
Give students a sample flight itinerary from Nairobi to Mumbai to Sydney; have them mark each country and region on a world map.
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Related Standards
- 7.G.3
Use historical and modern maps to identify changes in Africa, Asia, and the Southwest Pacific over time, highlighting physical and human systems.
- 7.G.4
Identify major physical characteristics of regions of Africa, Asia, and the Southwest Pacific, such as deserts, basins, plains, mountains, and rivers, and descr...
- 7.G.9
Analyze current issues and developments related to the environment in selected countries in Africa, Asia, and the Southwest Pacific.
- 7.G.2
Describe and compare major cultural characteristics of regions in Africa, Asia, and the Southwest Pacific.
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