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The New Global Order: A World Regional Geography

The New Global Order: A World Regional Geography. by Michael Bradshaw. Chapter 2. Basics of World Regional Geography. Overview. How Geographers Study Regions Place and Location People and Population Geography World Political Geography: Countries and Governments

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The New Global Order: A World Regional Geography

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  1. The New Global Order: A World Regional Geography by Michael Bradshaw

  2. Chapter2 Basics of World Regional Geography

  3. Overview • How Geographers Study Regions • Place and Location • People and Population Geography • World Political Geography: Countries and Governments • Cultural Lifestyle Differences and Geography • Role of the Natural Environment andPhysical Geography • How Many People Can Earth Support? • Landscapes and Regional Geography Chapter 2

  4. How Geographers Study Regions • Information sources, introduction to websites • Understanding other people and other places Chapter 2

  5. Place and Location • Location of places • Maps: location and themes(Figures 2.3, 2.4) • Geographic information systems(Figures 2.5 through 2.8) • Distributions, density, and diffusion Chapter 2

  6. World Population Geography:People Matter • World population growth (Figure 2.9) • Population distribution(Figures 2.10) • Demography • Population policies Chapter 2

  7. World Political Geography:Countries and Governments • Countries: basic political units • Nations and nationalism • Country groupings for defense, trade Chapter 2

  8. World Economic Geography:Wealth, Poverty, Development • Economic sectors: primary, secondary, tertiary (and quaternary) • Global economy • Poverty and development Chapter 2

  9. Cultural Geography andWorld Regions • Languages (Figure 2.22) and diffusion • Religions • Race, class, and gender • Cultures and regions: cultural hearths, cultural fault lines Chapter 2

  10. Physical Geography andWorld Regions • Climatic environments • Shaping Earth’s surface • Plants, animals, and soils in ecosystems • Human impacts • Resources and hazards Chapter 2

  11. How Many PeopleCan Earth Support • Political questions • Economic questions • Cultural questions • Questions about natural environments Chapter 2

  12. World Regional Landscapes • Nature of landscape • Urban landscapes • Rural landscapes Chapter 2

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