geography

Discusses various landforms that are shaped by powerful forces inside and outside the earth's crust.

Text, illustrations, and suggested activities outline such basic concepts of geography as scale, maps, the globe, continental plates, and oceans.

A humorous introduction to various aspects of geography and how they affect life on the different continents.

An atlas for young people containing over eighty color maps and essays, photographs, and statistics on the world's terrain, climate, economic activities, and populations.

An atlas that examines the round world as it would appear from space; with information about population, weather, climate, geology, and other topics.

Presents summaries, background information, references, and activities for thirty-five books, featuring fifteen titles for each of seven regions in the United States.

"A 7-volume illustrated, alphabetically arranged set that presents profiles of individual nations and other political/geographical units, including an overview of history, geography, economy, people, culture, and government for each. Includes a history of the settlement of each world region based on archaeological findings; a cumulative index; and Web resources"--Provided by publisher.

Collects nearly 163 full-color maps and fourteen data tables that introduce geography students to the five basic themes of spatial analysis, covering global physical, human, demographic, economic, environmental disturbances, and political patterns as well as world regions.

Traces the history and development of all major cultures outside of the Americas during medieval times, highlighting key events and figures that shaped the world.