The National Geography Standards

The National Geography Standards for this program include standards 6, 9, 10, and 11. You may read in-depth descriptions of specific standards by clicking on the links below. All of the standards are available here.

Standard 6: How culture and experience influence people's perceptions of places and regions.

Standard 9: The characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on Earth's surface.

Standard 10: The characteristics, distribution, and complexity of Earth's cultural mosaics.

Standard 11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence on Earth's surface.

Lanzhou: Confluence of Cultures looks at a region whose cultural past has influenced the history of human migration in present-day northwestern China and has resulted in a complex human mosaic. Lanzhou, a crossroads of Muslim and Chinese culture, epitomizes the complexity of cultural convergence and divergence. In the second case study, Shenyang: Hope for China's Rust Belt?, the region's location, as well as its human and natural resources, are shown as key to Shenyang's history, as well as to its hopes for an economic comeback.