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World Regional Geography

✍ Scribed by Joseph J.(Joseph J. Hobbs) Hobbs


Publisher
Brooks Cole
Year
2008
Tongue
English
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745
Edition
6
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The sixth edition of WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY offers you a rich cultural and physical geographic understanding of the world's eight regions. In the text's ''Profile'' chapters, the author presents brief, thematic overviews for each of the eight regions. Subsequent regional chapters present traditional, current details on a local level, including geographical factors and in-depth observations. The art program offers many new and revised maps, as well as photos submitted by the author that depict cultural and geographic aspects of the world's eight regions. New and extensively revised thematic maps centered on topics like language, religion, and ethnicity allow you to make cultural and regional comparisons quickly. You have access to these maps electronically for further study and use in the classroom. Clearly outlined chapter objectives emphasize more thematic discussions in the subregional chapters as well as highlighted textual discussions. The author also ties in relevant historical geography to give you a context for current events and geopolitical issues in the world.

✦ Table of Contents


Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
1.1 Welcome to World Regional Geography......Page 20
What Is Geography?......Page 21
The Objectives of This Book......Page 24
Coordinate Systems......Page 26
Projections......Page 29
Symbolization......Page 30
Mental Maps......Page 31
Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing......Page 32
What Do Geographers Do for a Living?......Page 33
Insights: Core Location and Peripheral Location......Page 28
SUMMARY......Page 35
REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 36
NOTES......Page 37
CHAPTER 2 PHYSICAL PROCESSES THAT SHAPE WORLD REGIONS......Page 38
Plate Tectonics......Page 39
Precipitation......Page 41
Seasons......Page 44
Climate and Vegetation Types......Page 45
The Importance of Biodiversity......Page 49
Why Should We Care about Oceans?......Page 50
Climatic Change......Page 51
The Effects of Global Warming......Page 52
What Can Be Done about Global Climate Change?......Page 54
Geography of Energy: The Kyoto Protocol......Page 55
KEY TERMS + CONCEPTS......Page 56
NOTES......Page 57
CHAPTER 3 HUMAN PROCESSES THAT SHAPE WORLD REGIONS......Page 58
Hunting and Gathering......Page 59
The Revolutionary Aspects of Farming......Page 60
3.2 The Geography of Development......Page 61
Measuring Development......Page 63
Why Are Some Countries Rich and Others Poor?......Page 64
Environmental Impacts of Underdevelopment......Page 65
How Can We Measure Population Changes?......Page 69
What Determines Death Rates?......Page 70
Why Has the Human Population “Exploded?”......Page 72
The Age Structure Diagram......Page 73
Where Do We Live?......Page 74
The Geography of Migration......Page 76
How Many People Will Live on Earth?......Page 78
The Malthusian Scenario......Page 79
What Is “Overpopulation”?......Page 80
Insights: The Second Law of Thermodynamics......Page 81
The Birth Rate Solution and Sustainable Development......Page 82
Insights Globalization: The Process and the Backlash......Page 66
Insights: The Fuelwood Crisis......Page 67
SUMMARY......Page 83
KEY TERMS + CONCEPTS......Page 84
NOTES......Page 85
CHAPTER 4 A GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF EUROPE......Page 86
Industrialization and the Development of Europe......Page 87
Insights: Site and Situation......Page 90
Why Is Europe So Warm?......Page 93
The Relationship of Human Settlement and Production to Europe’s Varied Landscapes......Page 95
Diversity of Climate and Vegetation......Page 96
4.3 Cultural and Historical Geographies......Page 98
Linguistic and Ethnic Groups of Europe......Page 99
Europeans’ Religious Roots......Page 101
European Colonialism and Its Consequences......Page 103
4.4 Economic Geography......Page 104
An Imbalance of Wealth......Page 105
4.5 Geopolitical Issues......Page 106
The Cold War and Its Aftermath......Page 107
The European Union......Page 109
Size and Diversity of the European Union......Page 110
Differences between Europeans and Americans......Page 111
Regional Perspective: Europe’s Immigration Issues......Page 92
Insights: Devolution......Page 102
Insights: Genetically Modified Foods and “Food Fights”......Page 108
SUMMARY......Page 112
KEY TERMS + CONCEPTS......Page 113
NOTES......Page 114
MODULE 4.1 THE EUROPEAN CORE......Page 115
4.1.1 The British Isles......Page 117
Highland and Lowland Great Britain......Page 118
Urbanization and Industrialization in Britain......Page 120
Geography of Energy: Europe’s Energy Alternatives......Page 123
Framed and Fortified......Page 126
Flourishing Agriculture......Page 127
French Cities and Industries......Page 128
Insights: The Primate City......Page 130
A Central Location......Page 131
German Cities and Industries......Page 132
Small Countries, Great Trade......Page 133
Benelux Farming......Page 135
Switzerland......Page 136
Austria......Page 137
Insights: Hedgerows......Page 121
Geographic Spotlight: London Town......Page 122
Insights: The Polder......Page 134
SUMMARY......Page 138
NOTES......Page 139
MODULE 4.2 THE EUROPEAN PERIPHERY......Page 140
4.2.1 Northern Europe: Prosperous, Wild, and Wired......Page 141
Problem Landscape: Save the Whales . . . for Dinner......Page 142
Denmark......Page 143
Norway......Page 144
Sweden......Page 145
Finland......Page 146
Iceland......Page 147
The Environment of Mediterranean Agriculture......Page 148
Spain......Page 149
Ethnic Geography: The Basque Country......Page 151
Italy......Page 152
Greece......Page 154
4.2.3 Eastern Europe: Out from Behind the Curtain......Page 155
Physical Geography......Page 156
The World’s Great Rivers: The Danube......Page 157
Wrenching Reform: Communism......Page 158
The Baltics......Page 161
Poland......Page 162
Czech Republic......Page 163
Hungary......Page 164
Successors of the Fractured Yugoslavia......Page 165
Ethnic Geography: The Roma......Page 159
SUMMARY......Page 168
REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 169
CHAPTER 5 A GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF RUSSIA AND THE NEAR ABROAD......Page 170
5.1 Area and Population......Page 171
5.2 Physical Geography and Human Adaptations......Page 172
The Roles of the Climates and Vegetation......Page 174
The Role of Topography......Page 178
Vikings, Byzantines, and Tatars......Page 180
The Empire of the Russians......Page 182
Russia and the Soviet Union: Tempered by Revolution and War......Page 184
The Communist Economic System......Page 186
Economic Roots of the Second Russian Revolution......Page 187
Russia’s Period of Misdevelopment......Page 188
Within Russia......Page 190
Russia and the Near Abroad......Page 191
The Far Abroad......Page 196
Insights: Regional Names of Russia and the Near Abroad......Page 173
Insights: The Russian Cross......Page 175
The World’s Great Rivers: The Volga......Page 179
Insights: Russia and Other Land Empires......Page 183
Geography of the Sacred: Stalingrad......Page 185
Problem Landscape: Chechnya......Page 192
Geography of Energy: Oil in the Caspian Basin......Page 195
SUMMARY......Page 198
KEY TERMS + CONCEPTS......Page 199
NOTES......Page 200
MODULE 5.1 FRAGMENTATION AND REDEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA AND THE NEAR ABROAD......Page 201
Ukraine......Page 202
Belarus......Page 204
Kaliningrad......Page 205
5.1.2 Agriculture and Industry in the Russian Core......Page 207
5.1.3 The Russian Far East......Page 212
5.1.4 The Northern Lands of Russia......Page 213
5.1.5 The Caucasus......Page 218
Division and Conquest......Page 220
Environment and Agriculture......Page 221
Economic and Political Prospects......Page 223
Geographic Spotlight: The Sex Trade......Page 206
Problem Landscape: Nuclear Waste in Russia’s High Arctic......Page 215
SUMMARY......Page 224
REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 225
NOTES......Page 226
CHAPTER 6 A GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA......Page 227
6.1 Area and Population......Page 228
6.2 Physical Geography and Human Adaptations......Page 229
A Region of Stark Geographic Contrasts......Page 230
Villager, Pastoral Nomad, Urbanite......Page 232
The Village Way of Life......Page 234
The Pastoral Nomadic Way of Life......Page 236
The Urban Way of Life......Page 238
The Promised Land of the Jews......Page 240
Christianity: Death and Resurrection in Jerusalem......Page 243
The Message of Islam......Page 244
6.4 Economic Geography......Page 247
Chokepoints......Page 248
Access to Oil......Page 250
Access to Freshwater......Page 251
Terrorism......Page 253
Perspectives from the Field: Way-Finding in the Desert......Page 237
Geography of the Sacred: Jerusalem......Page 242
Insights: Sunni and Shiite Muslims......Page 246
Geography of Energy: Middle Eastern Oil Pipelines......Page 249
Geography of Terrorism: What Does al-Qa’ida Want?......Page 255
KEY TERMS + CONCEPTS......Page 257
REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 258
MODULE 6.1 THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA: MODERN STRUGGLES IN AN ANCIENT LAND......Page 259
6.1.1 The Arab-Israeli Conflict and Its Setting......Page 260
Arabs and Jews: The Demographic Dimension......Page 262
Lebanon and Syria......Page 267
6.1.2 Egypt: The Gift of the Nile......Page 270
6.1.3 Sudan: Bridge between the Middle East and Africa......Page 272
6.1.4 Libya: Deserts, Oil, and a Reformed Survivor......Page 274
6.1.5 Northwestern Africa: The Maghreb......Page 275
Saudi Arabia: The Oil Colossus......Page 277
Bahrain, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates......Page 279
The Southern Margins of Arabia......Page 280
Kuwait and the Gulf War of 1991......Page 281
Iraq: Vortex of Violence......Page 282
Oil and Upheaval in Iran......Page 286
6.1.7 Turkey: Where East Meets West......Page 288
6.1.8 Rugged, Strategic Afghanistan......Page 290
Problem Landscape: Land for Peace......Page 264
Ethnic Geography: The Kurds......Page 284
Insights: Land Mines......Page 293
SUMMARY......Page 294
KEY TERMS + CONCEPTS......Page 295
NOTES......Page 296
CHAPTER 7 A GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF MONSOON ASIA......Page 297
Population Growth Patterns......Page 298
7.2 Physical Geography and Human Adaptations......Page 299
Climate and Vegetation......Page 301
The Monsoons......Page 302
The Importance of Rice......Page 304
Is There a Correlation between Agriculture and Culture?......Page 306
Where Asians Live......Page 307
Insights: Shifting Cultivation......Page 308
Religions and Philosophical Movements......Page 312
Effects of European Colonization......Page 315
7.4 Economic Geography......Page 316
China’s Surging Economy......Page 317
The Green Revolution......Page 318
Nationalism and Nuclear Weapons......Page 320
What Does North Korea Want?......Page 322
Islands, Sea Lanes, and Islamists......Page 324
Geographic Spotlight: China’s One-Child Policy......Page 305
Geography of the Sacred: The Korean Village......Page 309
Geography of the Sacred: The Sacred Cow......Page 313
Insights: Outsourcing......Page 319
Geography of Energy: The Spratly Islands......Page 321
SUMMARY......Page 325
KEY TERMS + CONCEPTS......Page 326
NOTES......Page 327
MODULE 7.1 COMPLEX AND POPULOUS SOUTH ASIA......Page 328
7.1.1 The Cultural Foundation......Page 329
7.1.2 Geographic Consequences of Colonialism and Partition......Page 331
Problem Landscape: Kashmir......Page 333
The Outer Mountain Wall......Page 334
The World’s Great Rivers: Indus, Ganges, Brahmaputra......Page 335
Climate and Agricultural Conditions......Page 337
Urban and Economic Geography......Page 339
Social and Political Challenges......Page 343
Urban and Economic Geography......Page 345
Social and Political Challenges......Page 346
7.1.7 Nepal and Bhutan: Mountain Kingdoms......Page 347
7.1.8 Sri Lanka: Resplendent and Troubled......Page 349
7.1.9 The Laid-Back, Low-Lying Maldives......Page 350
Regional Perspective: Keeping Malthus at Bay......Page 340
Insights: The Caste System......Page 344
MODULE 7.2 SOUTHEAST ASIA: FROM SUBSISTENCE FARMING TO SEMICONDUCTORS......Page 353
7.2.1 Area, Population, and Environment......Page 354
7.2.2 Livelihood Patterns......Page 356
Shifting and Sedentary Agriculture......Page 357
Natural Hazards: The Great Tsunami of 2004......Page 359
Mineral Production and Reserves......Page 362
7.2.3 Myanmar (Burma)......Page 363
7.2.4 Thailand......Page 366
The Vietnam War......Page 368
Vietnam Today......Page 369
Cambodia: Away from the Killing Fields......Page 371
The Lao Way......Page 373
7.2.6 Malaysia and Singapore......Page 374
7.2.7 Indonesia and Timor-Leste......Page 376
Problem Landscape: The Balkanization of Indonesia?......Page 379
Insights: Rubber......Page 361
Regional Perspective: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)......Page 364
Regional Perspective: Sex, Drugs, and Health in Southeast Asia......Page 365
Ethnic Geography: The Boat People......Page 370
The World’s Great Rivers: The Mekong......Page 372
SUMMARY......Page 382
NOTE......Page 383
MODULE 7.3 CHINA: THE GIANT......Page 384
7.3.1 Accomplishment, Subjugation, and Revolution......Page 385
Arid China......Page 386
Regional Perspective: The Silk Road......Page 390
7.3.3 Issues in Chinese Agriculture......Page 394
7.3.4 China’s Industrial Geography......Page 398
Insights: Mao’s Cultural Revolution......Page 402
7.3.6 Taiwan......Page 406
7.3.7 Mongolia......Page 407
Ethnic Geography: Han Colonization of China’s “Wild West”......Page 391
Problem Landscape: The Three Gorges Dam......Page 395
Medical Geography: Deadly Viruses: Origins and Diffusion......Page 399
SUMMARY......Page 408
NOTES......Page 409
MODULE 7.4 JAPAN AND THE KOREAS: ADVERSITY AND PROSPERITY IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC......Page 410
Climate and Resources......Page 411
7.4.2 Historical Background......Page 417
7.4.3 Japan’s Postwar Miracle......Page 420
7.4.5 The Industrious People behind Japanese Industry......Page 422
7.4.6 Unfortunately Located Korea......Page 425
7.4.7 Contrasts between the Two Koreas......Page 427
7.4.8 Sunshine for Korea?......Page 430
Natural Hazards: Living on the Ring of Fire......Page 415
Insights: The Law of the Sea......Page 426
REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 431
NOTE......Page 432
CHAPTER 8 A GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF OCEANIA......Page 433
The People and Where They Live......Page 434
Climates and Biomes......Page 435
Island Types......Page 436
Why Are Oceania’s Ecosystems So Vulnerable?......Page 440
The Indigenous Peoples of Oceania......Page 441
Europeans in Oceania......Page 443
Making a Living in Oceania......Page 447
Mining Brings Strife......Page 448
Regional Perspective: Foreign Militaries in the Pacific: A Mixed Blessing......Page 449
Insights: Deforestation and the Decline of Easter Island......Page 442
Perspectives from the Field: Aborigines and Missionaries in Northwestern Australia......Page 445
SUMMARY......Page 451
REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 452
NOTES......Page 453
MODULE 8.1 AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: PROSPEROUS AND NO LONGER SO REMOTE......Page 454
8.1.1 Peoples and Populations......Page 455
8.1.2 The Australian Environment......Page 456
The Humid Eastern Highlands and Tasmania......Page 458
The “Mediterranean” Lands of the South and Southwest......Page 459
The Dry Interior......Page 460
Biogeography: Exotic Species on the Island Continent......Page 461
Sheep and Cattle Ranching......Page 462
Wheat Farming......Page 463
Australia’s Mineral Wealth......Page 464
Urbanization and Industrialization Down Under......Page 465
Environment and Rural Livelihood......Page 466
Industrial and Urban Development......Page 468
8.1.5 Antarctica: The White Continent......Page 469
Ethnic Geography: Australia’s Indigenous People Reclaim Rights to the Land......Page 457
Regional Perspective: Australia and New Zealand: Less British, More Asian-Pacific......Page 467
KEY TERMS + CONCEPTS......Page 471
NOTES......Page 472
CHAPTER 9 A GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA......Page 473
9.1 Area and Population......Page 474
Africa’s Population Prospects......Page 475
Africa’s Biomes and Climates......Page 476
Living off the Land......Page 479
Regional Perspective: The Great Rift Valley......Page 485
9.3 Cultural and Historical Geographies......Page 486
Insights: Africa’s Greatest Conservationist......Page 487
The Origins and Impacts of Slavery......Page 489
The Impact of Colonialism......Page 491
9.4 Economic Geography......Page 492
Agriculture......Page 493
Mineral Resources......Page 494
Africa’s Fragile Infrastructure......Page 496
Problem Landscape: Cleaning Up the Dirty Diamonds......Page 497
9.5 Geopolitical Issues......Page 500
Medical Geography: HIV and AIDS in Africa......Page 483
Biogeography: Crop and Livestock Introductions: “The Curse of Africa”......Page 495
Insights: Microcredit......Page 498
SUMMARY......Page 501
REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 502
NOTES......Page 503
MODULE 9.1 THE ASSETS AND AFFLICTIONS OF THE SUB-SAHARAN COUNTRIES......Page 504
Environments, Resources, and Settlements......Page 505
Regional Perspective: Drought and Desertification in the Sahel......Page 507
9.1.2 West Africa: Populous and Struggling to Leave Strife Behind......Page 508
Population and Settlements......Page 509
Ethnic and Political Complexity and Conflicts......Page 512
Environments and Resources......Page 513
Population, Settlements, and Infrastructure......Page 514
Colonialism and Modern Struggles......Page 516
Environments and Resources......Page 517
Political and Social Issues......Page 519
9.1.5 The Horn of Africa: Refuge for Judaism, Christianity, Islamist Militancy......Page 521
Environments and Resources......Page 522
Local Cultures, European Imperialism, and Regional Struggles......Page 523
Environment and Resources: Water, Natural Regions, and Agriculture......Page 525
Mining and Manufacturing......Page 528
Ethnicity, Colonialism, and Strife......Page 529
Zimbabwe’s Struggles......Page 533
9.1.7 The Indian Ocean Islands: Former Edens......Page 534
Problem Landscape: The Poor, Oil-Rich Delta of Nigeria......Page 510
Natural Hazards: Deadly Lakes......Page 515
SUMMARY......Page 537
KEY TERMS + CONCEPTS......Page 538
REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 539
CHAPTER 10 A GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF LATIN AMERICA......Page 540
10.1 Area and Population......Page 541
Elevation and Land Use......Page 546
Civilizations Predating the Europeans’ Arrival......Page 550
Languages in Latin America......Page 553
The European Conquest......Page 554
Ethnicity in Latin America......Page 556
10.4 Economic Geography......Page 557
Types of Farms......Page 558
Minerals and Mining......Page 560
Problem Landscape: The Troubled Fields of Land Reform......Page 561
Regional Perspective: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)......Page 563
Tourism in Latin America......Page 564
10.5 Geopolitical Issues......Page 565
Natural Hazards: El Niño......Page 551
Insights: Fair Trade Fruits......Page 559
Geography of Drug Trafficking: The War on Drugs......Page 567
SUMMARY......Page 569
REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 570
NOTES......Page 571
MODULE 10.1 MIDDLE AMERICA: LAND OF THE SHAKING EARTH......Page 572
10.1.1 Mexico: Higher and Further......Page 573
Mining, Manufacturing, and Maquiladoras......Page 575
Central Mexico: Volcanic Highland Core Region......Page 577
The Gulf and Pacific Tropics: Oil, Mountains, Beaches, and Tourists......Page 579
Fragmentation and Turbulence......Page 580
Environments, Settlements, and Economic Activities......Page 582
General Characteristics......Page 584
The Greater Antilles......Page 587
The Lesser Antilles......Page 588
Regional Perspective: The Panama Canal......Page 583
SUMMARY......Page 589
NOTE......Page 590
MODULE 10.2 SOUTH AMERICA: STIRRING GIANT......Page 591
Venezuela......Page 592
Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana......Page 593
Geography of Energy: Venezuela’s Petroleum Politics......Page 594
Ecuador......Page 596
Peru......Page 597
Landlocked Bolivia......Page 599
10.2.2 Brazil: Populous Rain-Forested Giant......Page 600
10.2.3 The Southern Midlatitude Countries: South America’s “Down Under”......Page 609
Argentina......Page 610
Chile......Page 611
Landlocked Paraguay......Page 613
The World’s Great River: The Amazon, Its Forest, and Its People......Page 606
Insights: The Versatile Soybean......Page 608
SUMMARY......Page 614
REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 615
CHAPTER 11 A GEOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA......Page 616
11.1 Area and Population......Page 617
Migration into North America......Page 619
Geographic Spotlight: The Modern-Day Slave Trade......Page 620
Natural Hazards: Nature’s Wrath in the United States......Page 621
Climates and Land Uses......Page 625
Native American Civilizations......Page 626
Indigenous Culture Groups and Lifeways......Page 627
European Impacts on Native Cultures......Page 629
European Settlers and Settlements......Page 631
Ethnic Minorities in the United States and Canada......Page 634
Nonindigenous Languages and Faiths......Page 635
11.4 Economic Geography......Page 636
An Abundance of Resources......Page 637
Mechanization, Services, and Information Technology......Page 640
U.S.-Canadian Economic Relations......Page 643
Transportation Infrastructure......Page 644
The United States’ Place in the World......Page 645
Geography of Energy: Energy Alternatives in the United States......Page 638
Insights: Trade Barriers and Subsidies......Page 642
SUMMARY......Page 646
KEY TERMS + CONCEPTS......Page 647
NOTES......Page 648
MODULE 11.1 CANADA: FROM SEA TO SEA......Page 649
11.1.2 Atlantic Canada: Hardscrabble Living......Page 650
11.1.3 Canada’s Core Region: Ontario and Québec......Page 654
11.1.4 The Prairie Region: Oil, Wheat, and Wilderness......Page 656
11.1.5 The Vancouver Region and British Columbia......Page 657
11.1.6 The North: Lots of Land, Few People......Page 658
The Near North......Page 659
Territorial Canada: Indigenous Landscapes......Page 660
11.1.7 Greenland: A White Land......Page 662
Problem Landscape: Arctic Dreams......Page 655
Problem Landscape: The Québec Separatist Movement......Page 653
KEY TERMS + CONCEPTS......Page 663
REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 664
MODULE 11.2 THE UNITED STATES: OUT OF MANY, ONE......Page 665
The Environment of the Northeast......Page 666
The Race for Midwestern Trade......Page 670
The Big Apple......Page 671
Manufacturing in the Northeast......Page 673
The Physical Setting......Page 674
Southern Settlements and Peoples......Page 677
Agricultural Geography of the South......Page 678
Southern Industries......Page 679
Big Cities of the South......Page 680
Environment and Agriculture in the Midwest......Page 681
Industries and Cities in the Midwest......Page 684
The Physical Setting......Page 689
Southern California: A Sprawling Magnet......Page 693
San Francisco: The City by the Bay......Page 694
The Golden State’s Rainbow......Page 695
The Mountain States......Page 696
Alaska: Land of the Midnight Sun......Page 699
Alaska’s Ups and Downs......Page 701
Geography of Energy: The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge......Page 702
Insights: Adaptive Reuse and Gentrification......Page 675
Natural Hazards: Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath......Page 683
Geographic Spotlight: The Changing Geography of American Settlement......Page 687
SUMMARY......Page 703
REVIEW QUESTIONS......Page 705
Glossary......Page 706
Pronounciation guide......Page 718
Index......Page 724
Credits......Page 744


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