Frontmatter Introduction
About The Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments
1.0 Geography: An Exploration of Connections
1.1 Population
1.2 Gender and Development
1.3 Food and Urbanization
1.4 Globalization, Power, and Politics
1.5 Water and Global Climate Change
1.6 Physical Geography Perspectives
1.7 Human and Cultural Geography
Geographic Insights: Review and Self-Test
Critical Thinking Questions
Chapter Key Terms
2.1 2 North America
2.2 The Geographic Setting
Physical Patterns
Environmental Issues
Human Patterns over Time
2.3 Current Geographic Issues
Political Issues
Relationships Between Canada and the United States
Economic Issues
Sociocultural Issues
General Population Patterns
2.4 Subregions of North America
New England and the Atlantic Provinces
Québec
The Old Economic Core
The American South (The Southeast)
The Great Plains Breadbasket
The Continental Interior
The Pacific Northwest
Southern California and the Southwest
2.5 Geographic Insights: North America Review and Self-Test
2.6 Critical Thinking Questions
2.7 Chapter Key Terms
3.1 3 Middle and South America
3.2 The Geographic Setting
Physical Patterns
Environmental Issues
Human Patterns over Time
3.3 Current Geographic Issues
Economic and Political Issues
Food Production and Contested Space
Power, Politics, and the Move Toward Democracy
Sociocultural Issues
3.4 Subregions of Middle and South America
The Caribbean
Mexico
Central America
The Northern Andes and Caribbean Coast of South America
The Central Andes
The Southern Cone
Brazil
3.5 Geographic Insights: Middle and South America Review and Self-Test
3.6 Critical Thinking Questions
3.7 Chapter Key Terms
4 Europe
The Geographic Setting
Physical Patterns
Environmental Issues
Human Patterns over Time
Current Geographic Issues
Economic and Political Issues
Sociocultural Issues
Subregions of Europe
West Europe
South Europe
North Europe
Central Europe
Geographic Insights: Europe Review and Self-Test
Critical Thinking Questions
Chapter Key Terms
5.1 5 Russia and the Post-Soviet States
5.2 The Geographic Setting
Physical Patterns
Environmental Issues
Human Patterns over Time
5.3 Current Geographic Issues
Economic and Political Issues
Sociocultural Issues
5.4 Subregions of Russia and The Post-Soviet States
Russia
Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine
Caucasia: Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan
The Central Asian States
5.5 Geographic Insights: Russia and the Post-Soviet States Review and Self-Test
5.6 Critical Thinking Questions
5.7 Chapter Key Terms
6.1 6 North Africa and Southwest Asia
6.2 The Geographic Setting
Physical Patterns
Environmental Issues
Human Patterns over Time
6.3 Current Geographic Issues
Sociocultural Issues
Economic and Political Issues
Three Worrisome Geopolitical Situations in the Region
6.4 Subregions of North Africa and Southwest Asia
The Maghreb
The Nile: Sudan and Egypt
The Arabian Peninsula
The Eastern Mediterranean
The Northeast
6.5 Geographic Insights: North Africa and Southwest Asia Review and Self-Test
6.6 Critical Thinking Questions
6.7 Chapter Key Terms
7.1 7 Sub-Saharan Africa
7.2 The Geographic Setting
Physical Patterns
Environmental Issues
Human Patterns over Time
7.3 Current Geographic Issues
Economic and Political Issues
Sociocultural Issues
Geographic Patterns of Human Well-Being
7.4 Subregions of Sub-Saharan Africa
West Africa
Central Africa
East Africa
Southern Africa
7.5 Geographic Insights: Sub-Saharan Africa Review and Self-Test
7.6 Critical Thinking Questions
7.7 Chapter Key Terms
8.1 8 South Asia
8.2 The Geographic Setting
Physical Patterns
Environmental Issues
Human Patterns over Time
8.3 Current Geographic Issues
Sociocultural Issues
Economic Issues
Political Issues
8.4 Subregions of South Asia
Afghanistan and Pakistan
Himalayan Country
Northwest India
Northeastern South Asia
Central India
Southern South Asia
8.5 Geographic Insights: South Asia Review and Self-Test
8.6 Critical Thinking Questions
8.7 Chapter Key Terms
9.1 9 East Asia
9.2 The Geographic Setting
Physical Patterns
Environmental Issues
Human Patterns over Time
9.3 Current Geographic Issues
Economic and Political Issues
Sociocultural Issues
9.4 Subregions of East Asia
China�??s Northeast
Central China
Southern China
Far West and North China
Mongolia
Korea, North and South
Japan
Taiwan
9.5 Geographic Insights: East Asia Review and Self-Test
9.6 Critical Thinking Questions
9.7 Chapter Key Terms
10.1 10 Southeast Asia
10.2 The Geographic Setting
Physical Patterns
Environmental Issues
Human Patterns over Time
10.3 Current Geographic Issues
Economic and Political Issues
Sociocultural Issues
10.4 Subregions Of Southeast Asia
Mainland Southeast Asia: Burma and Thailand
Mainland Southeast Asia: Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam
Island and Peninsular Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei
Indonesia and Timor-Leste
The Philippines
10.5 Geographic Insights: Southeast Asia Review and Self-Test
10.6 Critical Thinking Questions
10.7 Chapter Key Terms
11.1 11 Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific
11.2 The Geographic Setting
Physical Patterns
Environmental Issues
Human Patterns over Time
11.3 Current Geographic Issues
Economic and Political Issues
Population Patterns
Sociocultural Issues
11.4 Geographic Insights: Oceania Review and Self-Test
11.5 Critical Thinking Questions
11.6 Chapter Key Terms
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