---
title: "SS5G2: Spatial Economic Patterns (Georgia Social Studies standard)"
code: SS5G2
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Social Studies, SS5G2
subject: social_studies
grades:
  - grade-5
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# SS5G2: Spatial Economic Patterns

Explain the reasons for the spatial patterns of economic activities.

- Subject: Social Studies
- Appears in: Grade 5, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/social_studies/grade-5.md

## Expectations

- **SS5G2.a**: Locate primary agricultural and industrial locations between the end of the Civil War and 1900 and explain how factors such as population, transportation, and resources have influenced these areas (e.g., Pittsburgh's rapid growth in the late nineteenth century).
- **SS5G2.b**: Locate primary agricultural and industrial locations since the turn of the 20th century and explain how factors such as population, transportation, and resources have influenced these areas (e.g., Chicago's rapid growth at the turn of the century).

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.