Reading Guide

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CHAPTER 1 WELCOME TO THE WORLD

CHAPTER 2: THE GEOGRAPHERS WORLD

 CHAPTER 3: PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE US AND CANADA
SECTION 1: THE WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS SECTION 1: THE FIVE THEMES OF GEOGRAPHY SECTION 1: FROM COAST TO COAST
SECTION 2: MANY REGIONS MANY CULTURES Section 2: The Geographer's Tools SECTION 2: A RICH DIVERSITY IN CLIMATE AND RESOURCES

 

CHAPTER 4 THE UNITED STATES TODAY

CHAPTER 5: CANADA TODAY

 CHAPTER 6: LATIN AMERICA, ITS LAND AND HISTORY
SECTION 1: WE THE PEOPLE SECTION 1: O CANADA! IMMIGRANT ROOTS SECTION 1: LATIN AMERICA, PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
SECTION 2: A CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY SECTION 2: A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY SECTION 2: ANCIENT LATIN AMERICA
SECTION 3: THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY SECTION 3: CANADA'S ECONOMY
SECTION 4: US CULTURE CROSSING BORDERS SECTION 4: A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY

 

CHAPTER 7 MEXICO TODAY

CHAPTER 8: CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS

CHAPTER 9: LATIN AMERICA, ITS LAND AND HISTORY
SECTION 1: THE ROOTS OF MODERN MEXICO SECTION 1: ESTABLISHING INDEPENDENCE SECTION 1: ESTABLISHING INDEPENDENCE
SECTION 2: GOVERNMENT IN MEXICO SECTION 2: BUILDING ECONOMIES AND CULTURES SECTION 2: BUILDING ECONOMIES AND CULTURES
SECTION 3: MEXICO'S CHANGING ECONOMY SECTION 3: CUBA TODAY SECTION 3: BRAZIL TODAY
SECTION 4: MEXICO'S CULTURE TODAY SECTION 4: GUATEMALA TODAY SECTION 4: PERU TODAY

 

CHAPTER 10 WESTERN EUROPE: ITS LAND AND HISTORY

CHAPTER 11: THE GROWTH OF NEW IDEAS

CHAPTER 12: EUROPE, WAR AND CHANGE
SECTION 1: A LAND OF VARIED RICHES SECTION 1: RENAISSANCE CONNECTIONS SECTION 1: EUROPEAN EMPIRES
SECTION 2: ANCIENT GREECE SECTION 2: TRADERS EXPLORERS AND COLONISTS SECTION 2: EUROPE AT WAR
SECTION 3: ANCIENT ROME SECTION 3: THE AGE OF REVOLUTION SECTION 3: THE SOVIET UNION
SECTION 4: TIME OF CHANGE: MIDDLE AGES SECTION 4: THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE


CHAPTER 13 MODERN EUROPE

CHAPTER 14: EUROPE TODAY
SECTION 1: EASTERN EUROPE UNDER COMMUNISM SECTION 1: THE UNITED KINGDOM SECTION 5: POLAND
SECTION 2: EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA SECTION 2: SWEDEN
SECTION 3: THE EUROPEAN UNION SECTION 3: FRANCE
SECTION 4: GERMANY