Study Guide for Hobbs/Salters' World Regional Geology, 6th

by Lett, James W.

• ISBN13: 9780495391012
• ISBN10: 0495391018
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-07
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This economical workbook offers more than information for describing and memorizing countries and capitals. The information presented in this study guide helps you identify and connect places not only by location but also by history, economics, and politics. The goal of this course book is to help you acquire a fundamental familiarity with the planet earth. This is an all-in-one resource for gaining key textual information from the core text with hands-on activities and questions for fully understanding and retaining information about world regional geography. Study questions and other activities are found throughout the text.

Table of Contents

Objectives and Tools of World Regional Geography

Physical Processes that Shape World Regions

Human Processes that Shape World Regions

A Geographic Profile of Europe

The European Core

The European Periphery

A Geographic Profile of Russia and the Near Abroad

Fragmentation and Redevelopment in Russia and the Near Abroad

A Geographic Profile of the Middle East and North Africa

The Middle East and North Africa: Modern Struggles in an Ancient Land

A Geographic Profile of Monsoon Asia

Complex and Populous South Asia

Southeast Asia: From Subsistence Farming to Semiconductors

China: The Giant

Japan and the Koreas: Adversity and Prosperity in the Western Pacific

A Geographic Profile of Oceania

Australia and New Zealand: Prosperous and No Longer So Remote

A Geographic Profile of Sub-Saharan Africa

The Assets and Afflictions of the Sub-Saharan Countries

A Geographic Profile of Latin America

Middle America: Land of the Shaking Earth

South America: Stirring Giant

A Geographic Profile of the United States and Canada

Canada: From Sea to Sea

The United States: Out of Many, One

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