Reading Essentials and Note-Taking Guide

Reading Essentials and

Note-Taking Guide

STUDENT WORKBOOK

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To the Student

The World Geography and Cultures Reading Essentials and NoteTaking Guide is designed to help you use recognized reading strategies to

improve your reading-for-information skills. For each section of the student

textbook, you are alerted to key content. Then, you are asked to draw from

prior knowledge, organize your thoughts with a graphic organizer, and follow a process to read and understand the text. The Reading Essentials and

Note-Taking Guide was prepared to help you get more from your textbook

by reading with a purpose.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 How Geographers Look at the World

Section 1: Geography Handbook ......................................................................1

Section 2: The Geographer¡¯s Craft ....................................................................4

Chapter 2 The Physical World

Section 1: Planet Earth ......................................................................................7

Section 2: Forces of Change ............................................................................ 10

Section 3: Earth¡¯s Water ................................................................................... 13

Chapter 3 Climates of the Earth

Section 1: Earth-Sun Relationships .................................................................16

Section 2: Factors Affecting Climate ...............................................................19

Section 3: World Climate Patterns ................................................................... 22

Chapter 4 The Human World

Section 1: World Population ............................................................................ 25

Section 2: Global Cultures ............................................................................... 28

Section 3: Political and Economic Systems ....................................................31

Section 4: Resources, Trade, and the Environment ........................................34

Chapter 5 Physical Geography of the United States and Canada

Section 1: The Land ......................................................................................... 37

Section 2: Climate and Vegetation ..................................................................40

Chapter 6 Cultural Geography of the United States and Canada

Section 1: The United States ........................................................................... 43

Section 2: Canada ............................................................................................ 46

Chapter 7 The Region Today: The United States and Canada

Section 1: The Economy .................................................................................. 49

Section 2: People and Their Environment ......................................................52

Chapter 8 Physical Geography of Latin America

Section 1: The Land ......................................................................................... 55

Section 2: Climate and Vegetation ..................................................................58

Chapter 9 Cultural Geography of Latin America

Section 1: Mexico............................................................................................. 61

Section 2: Central America and the Caribbean...............................................64

Section 3: South America ................................................................................ 67

Chapter 10 The Region Today: Latin America

Section 1: The Economy .................................................................................. 70

Section 2: People and Their Environment ......................................................73

Chapter 11 Physical Geography of Europe

Section 1: The Land ......................................................................................... 76

Section 2: Climate and Vegetation ..................................................................79

Chapter 12 Cultural Geography of Europe

Section 1: Northern Europe ............................................................................ 82

Section 2: Western Europe .............................................................................. 85

Section 3: Southern Europe ............................................................................ 88

Section 4: Eastern Europe ...............................................................................91

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Chapter 13 The Region Today: Europe

Section 1: The Economy .................................................................................. 94

Section 2: People and Their Environment ......................................................97

Chapter 14 Physical Geography of Russia

Section 1: The Land ....................................................................................... 100

Section 2: Climate and Vegetation ................................................................ 103

Chapter 15 Cultural Geography of Russia

Section 1: Population and Culture ................................................................ 106

Section 2: History and Government.............................................................. 109

Chapter 16 The Region Today: Russia

Section 1: The Economy ................................................................................ 112

Section 2: People and Their Environment .................................................... 115

Chapter 17 Physical Geography of North Africa, Southwest Asia,

and Central Asia

Section 1: The Land ....................................................................................... 118

Section 2: Climate and Vegetation ................................................................ 121

Chapter 18 Cultural Geography of North Africa, Southwest Asia,

and Central Asia

Section 1: North Africa .................................................................................. 124

Section 2: The Eastern Mediterranean .......................................................... 127

Section 3: The Northeast ............................................................................... 130

Section 4: The Arabian Peninsula ................................................................. 133

Section 5: Central Asia................................................................................... 136

Chapter 19 The Region Today: North Africa, Southwest Asia,

and Central Asia

Section 1: The Economy ................................................................................ 139

Section 2: People and Their Environment .................................................... 142

Chapter 20 Physical Geography of Africa South of the Sahara

Section 1: The Land ....................................................................................... 145

Section 2: Climate and Vegetation ................................................................ 148

Chapter 21 Cultural Geography of Africa South of the Sahara

Section 1: The Sahel ...................................................................................... 151

Section 2: East Africa ..................................................................................... 154

Section 3: West Africa .................................................................................... 157

Section 4: Central Africa ................................................................................ 160

Section 5: Southern Africa ............................................................................. 163

Chapter 22 The Region Today: Africa South of the Sahara

Section 1: The Economy ................................................................................ 166

Section 2: People and Their Environment .................................................... 169

Chapter 23 Physical Geography of South Asia

Section 1: The Land ....................................................................................... 172

Section 2: Climate and Vegetation ................................................................ 175

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Chapter 24 Cultural Geography of South Asia

Section 1: India .............................................................................................. 178

Section 2: Pakistan and Bangladesh ............................................................. 181

Section 3: Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, and Sri Lanka...................................... 184

Chapter 25 The Region Today: South Asia

Section 1: The Economy ................................................................................ 187

Section 2: People and Their Environment .................................................... 190

Chapter 26 Physical Geography of East Asia

Section 1: The Land ....................................................................................... 193

Section 2: Climate and Vegetation ................................................................ 196

Chapter 27 Cultural Geography of East Asia

Section 1: China ............................................................................................. 199

Section 2: Japan ............................................................................................. 202

Section 3: North Korea and South Korea ..................................................... 205

Chapter 28 The Region Today: East Asia

Section 1: The Economy ................................................................................ 208

Section 2: People and Their Environment .................................................... 211

Chapter 29 Physical Geography of Southeast Asia

Section 1: The Land ....................................................................................... 214

Section 2: Climate and Vegetation ................................................................ 217

Chapter 30 Cultural Geography of Southeast Asia

Section 1: Mainland Southeast Asia .............................................................. 220

Section 2: Island Southeast Asia ................................................................... 223

Chapter 31 The Region Today: Southeast Asia

Section 1: The Economy ................................................................................ 226

Section 2: People and Their Environment .................................................... 229

Chapter 32 Physical Geography of Australia, Oceania, and Antarctica

Section 1: The Land ....................................................................................... 232

Section 2: Climate and Vegetation ................................................................ 235

Chapter 33 Cultural Geography of Australia and Oceania

Section 1: Australia and New Zealand .......................................................... 238

Section 2: Oceania ......................................................................................... 241

Chapter 34 The Region Today: Australia and Oceania

Section 1: The Economy ................................................................................ 244

Section 2: People and Their Environment .................................................... 247

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