Building Geographic Literacy : An Interactive Approach

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Author(s):	Stansfield, Charles A.
ISBN No.:	9780130622105
Pages:	274
Year:	200107
Format:	Trade Paper
Price:	$ 48.85
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1. The Significance of Place. Why Study Place Geography? Some Basic Questions in Geography. Five Themes in Geography. Placing Events in the Context of Time and Place. Geoconcept. World Regions. Some Population Characteristics of World Regions.

Getting Started. 2. The Frame of Reference: Earth's Location Grid, Time Zones, and the International Date Line. Latitude and Longitude. Check Up. Geoconcepts. Solar Time and Time Zones. The International Date Line.

Check Up. 3. Lands and Seas. Introduction. A Question of Perspective. Generic Placenames. Map References. Major Islands Associated with Continents.

Major Water Bodies. CheckUp. Geoconcept. 4. The United States and Canada. Introduction. Physical Geography. Objectives and Study Hints.

Political Geography. Economic Geography. Cultural Geography and Demographics. Check Up. Geoconcepts. Regional Watchlist. 5. Europe.

Introduction. Physical Geography. Objectives and Study Hints. Political Geography. Economic Geography. Cultural Geography and Demographics. Check Up. Geoconcepts.

Regional Watchlist. 6. Russia, Transcaucasia, and Central Asia: A Region in Transformation. Introduction. Physical Geography. Objectives and Study Hints. Political Geography. Economic Geography.

Cultural Geography and Demographics. Check Up. Geoconcepts. Special Challenge. Regional Watchlist. 7. Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands. Introduction.

Physical Geography. Objectives and Study Hints. Political Geography. Economic Geography. Cultural Geography and Demographics. Check Up. Geoconcepts. Special Challenge.

Regional Watchlist. 8. East Asia. Introduction. Physical Geography. Objectives and Study Hints. Political Geography. Economic Geography.

Cultural Geography and Demographics. Check Up. Geoconcepts. Regional Watchlist. 9. South Asia. Introduction. Physical Geography.

Objectives and Study Hints. Political Geography. Economic Geography. Cultural Geography and Demographics. Check Up. Geoconcepts. 10. Southeast Asia.

Introduction. Physical Geography. Objectives and Study Hints. Political Geography. Economic Geography. Cultural Geography and Demographics. Check Up. Geoconcepts.

Regional Watchlist. 11. Africa South of the Sahara. Introduction. Physical Geography. Objectives and Study Hints. Political Geography. Economic Geography.

Cultural Geography and Demographics. Check Up. Geoconcepts. Regional Watchlist. 12. The Middle East and North Africa. Introduction. Physical Geography.

Objectives and Study Hints. Political Geography. Economic Geography. Cultural Geography and Demographics. Check Up. Geoconcepts. Regional Watchlist. 13.

Latin America. Introduction. Physical Geography. Objectives and Study Hints. Political Geography. Economic Geography. Cultural Geography and Demographics. Check Up.

Geoconcepts. Regional Watchlist. Final Check Up. Appendix A. 2000 World Population Data. Appendix B. Additional Maps. Index.

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