GEOG101: World Regional Geography

Topic	Name	Description
	Course Syllabus
Unit 1: Introduction to Geography	Unit 1 Learning Outcomes
1.1: What Is Geography?	The Where and the Why
	World Regional Map
	Introduction to Geography and the Five Themes
1.2: Maps	The Spatial Perspective
	Introduction to Using Maps
	Thematic Maps	This is a book resource with multiple pages. Navigate between the pages using the buttons.
1.3: Geospatial Technology	A Street Overlay
	A GIS User Interface
	An Ever-Evolving Map of Everything on Earth
	Comparing Satellite Navigation Orbits
	Images to Depict Urban Development
	Satellite Images
1.4: Geography's Subdisciplines	Maps Show Us Who We Are, Not Just Where We Are
	Subdisciplines of Human and Physical Geography
	Subdisciplines of Geography
1.5: The Physical Environment and Human Activity	The Physical Setting
	The African Swamp Protecting Earth's Environment
1.6: The Human Setting and Globalization	Concepts of Human Geography	This is a book resource with multiple pages. Navigate between the pages using the buttons.
	The Big Picture of Globalization
	The End of Globalization and the Beginning of Something New
1.7: The World's Regions	The World's Regions
	MapCheck: The World's Regions
Unit 2: Europe	Unit 2 Learning Outcomes
2.1: Maps of Europe	Political Map of Europe
2.2: Europe's Physical Geography and Boundaries	Map of Four Main Landforms of Europe
	European Physical Geography and Boundaries
	The Physical Geography of Europe
2.3: Europe's Shifting Political Landscape	Cooperation and Control in Europe
2.4: European Exploration Sets the Stage for Colonialism	Map of Colonial Africa
2.5: The European Union	Map of the European Union
	Why Brexit Happened – and What to Do Next
2.6: Europe's Geography and Economic Development	The Industrial Revolution
	Origins of the Industrial Revolution
2.7: Historical Migration Patterns in Europe	European Migration
	A New Approach to Defending the Human Rights of Migrants
2.8: Does a European Identity Exist?	Shifting National Identities
2.9: Demographic Changes in Europe	Map of the European Migrant Crisis
	Current Migration Patterns and Debates
	MapCheck: Europe
Unit 3: Russia	Unit 3 Learning Outcomes
3.1: Maps of Russia	Political Maps of Russia
3.2: Russia's Physical Geography	Russia's Physical Geography and Climate
	Russia and the Republics: Physical Geography
3.3: Russia's Settlement Patterns and Environmental Challenges	Russia's Population Density
	Settlement and Development Challenges
	Examples of Human Environmental Damage
	Russia: Environmental Problem Areas
3.4: Russian History and Expansion	Origin and Migration of Slavs in Europe
	Russian History and Expansion
3.5: Russian Multiculturalism and Tensions	Map of Soviet Nationalities by Republic
	Russian Multiculturalism and Tension
	Sovietization
3.6: The Economy and Government During the Soviet Era	Economics and Development in the Soviet Union
	Socialism vs. Communism
	Famine, Subjugation, and Nuclear Fallout: Russia and Ukraine
3.7: The Russian Federation	The Modern Russian Landscape
	Geography: Russia and the United States
	Map Check: Russia
Unit 4: North America	Unit 4 Learning Outcomes
4.1: Maps of North America	Political Map of North America	This is a book resource with multiple pages. Navigate between the pages using the buttons.
4.2: North America's Physical Geography	Physiographic Regions of North America
	The Earth's Tectonic Plates
	Classifying North America's Climate
	North America's Rain Shadow Effect
	North America's Physical Setting
	Landforms in the United States and Canada
4.3: North American History and Settlement	North American History and Settlement
	Territorial Claims in North America
	French Influence in Canada
	Canada's Indigenous Population
	North America's Western Frontier
	Westward Migration and North America's Indigenous Peoples
	Why Aren't There More Native American Restaurants?
	A History of Indigenous Languages
4.4: Industrial Development in North America	Industrial Development in North America
	Colin Grant Clark's Economic Model
4.5: The North American Urban Landscape	The Urban Landscape in North America
	Canada's Quebec-Windsor Corridor
	Urban Sprawl
	New York Before the City
4.6: Patterns of Economic Inequality in North America	Countries by Gini Coefficient
	Patterns of Inequality in North America
	Poverty in Toronto
	Cultural and Physical Connections
4.7: North America's Global Connections	North America's Global Connections
	Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Country
	The U.S. Economy and GDP
	Map Check: North America
Unit 5: Middle and South America	Unit 5 Learning Outcomes
5.1: Maps of Middle and South America	Maps of Middle America	This is a book resource with multiple pages. Navigate between the pages using the buttons.
	Map of South America
5.2: The Physical Geography of Middle America and South America	The Geographic Features of Middle and South America
5.3: The Panama Canal	The Panama Canal
	Views of the Panama Canal
	Panama Canal Timelapse: The Caribbean to Pacific
5.4: Amazon River Basin	The Amazon River Basin
	Warmer Ocean Temperatures and Saharan Dust
	Koppen–Geiger Climate Classification for South America
	The Forest is Our Teacher – It is Time to Respect It
	Indigenous People May Be the Amazon's Last Hope
5.5: The Atacama Desert	Map of the Atacama Desert
	Atacama Desert – the Ultimate Survival
5.6: Earthquake and Volcano Hazards	Tectonic Plates and Their Movement
5.7: Hurricane Hazards	Tropical Storm Tracks
	How a Hurricane Forms
	Average Sea Temperature and Hurricanes by Wind Strength
5.8: The Colonization of Middle America	Mainland and Rimland Characteristics of Middle America
	Colonization and Conquest in Middle America
	Languages of the Caribbean
	Pre-Colonial Caribbean
	Paths to Settle the Caribbean Islands
	Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
5.9: The Colonization of South America	Colonial Activity in South America
	The South American Colonial Landscape
	The Haitian Revolution
	Inca Expansion Map
5.10: Urban Development in Middle and South America	Urban Development in South America
	Urban Unrest Propels a Global Wave of Protests
5.11: Income Inequality in Middle and South America	Income Inequality in Middle and South America
	Inequality and Political Instability in Latin America
5.12: Patterns of Globalization in Middle and South America	Patterns of Globalization in Middle and South America
	The Deadly Genius of Drug Cartels
	Map Check: Middle America
	Map Check: South America
Unit 6: Sub-Saharan Africa	Unit 6 Learning Outcomes
6.1: Maps of Sub-Saharan Africa	Physical Features of Sub-Saharan Africa
	The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
	The Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa
6.2: Sub-Saharan Africa's Physical Landscape	Physical Landscape of Sub-Saharan Africa
	Physical Geography of Sub-Saharan Africa
	The Great Rift Valley	This is a book resource with multiple pages. Navigate between the pages using the buttons.
	Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification for Africa
	Africa by Satellite
	Photos of Africa from a Flying Lawn Chair
6.3: Pre-Colonial Sub-Saharan Africa	The Dispersal of Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis, and Homo sapiens
	Pre-Colonial Sub-Saharan Africa
	History of Sub-Saharan Africa
	Powerful Stories That Shaped Africa
	The Golden Stool of the Ashanti
	Bronze Nigerian Ife Head of the Yoruba People
	Great Zimbabwe's Great Enclosure
	Sankore Madrasah in Timbuktu, Mali
	The Slave Trade Through a Ghanaian Lens
6.4: The Colonization of Sub-Saharan Africa	Sub-Saharan African Colonization
	African Slave Trade
	History of Sub-Saharan Africa
	Democracy in Africa: Success Stories That Defied the Odds
	African Countries by Human Development Index
6.5: The Modern Landscape of Sub-Saharan Africa	Filming Democracy in Ghana
	Modern Sub-Saharan African Landscape
	Lagos, Nigeria: The City That Keeps Growing
	Africa Population Density
	COVID-19 Shows Why African Data Is Key for the Continent's Response to Pandemics
	Fertility Rates and Life Expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa
	Population Displacement Due to Tigray Conflict
	Famine in Ethiopia: Eritrea's Long-Running Feud with Tigrayans
6.6: Economics and Globalization in Sub-Saharan Africa	Economics and Globalization in Sub-Saharan Africa
	Debt Distress in Africa: The Way Forward
	The Power of the Informal Economy
	Map Check: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 7: North Africa and Southwest Asia	Unit 7 Learning Outcomes
7.1: Maps of North Africa and Southwest Asia	Map of North Africa and Southwest Asia
7.2: Geographic Features and Cultural Adaptations of North Africa and Southwest Asia	Map of Water in the Middle East
	North Africa and Southwest Asia's Key Geographic Features	This is a book resource with multiple pages. Navigate between the pages using the buttons.
	Physical Geography of the Middle East and North Africa
7.3: Urbanization in North Africa and Southwest Asia	Effect of Urbanization in North Africa and Southwest Asia
7.4: The Arabian Peninsula's Oil Resources	Oil Resources in North Africa and Southwest Asia	This is a book resource with multiple pages. Navigate between the pages using the buttons.
	Saudi Arabia's Major Oil and Gas Infrastructure
7.5: Sub-Region of Central Asia	Map of Central Asia
	Silk Road Trade
	Silk Routes in Central Asia and Afghanistan
	Another View of Central Asia
	Kyrgyzstan and Its Enclaves and Exclave
	Enclaves in Kyrgyzstan
	Afghanistan's Vast Mineral Wealth
7.6: The Religious Hearths of North Africa and Southwest Asia	Jerusalem, Mecca, and Medina
	Religion in North Africa and Southwest Asia
	Semitic Religions
	Geography of Conflict: Searching for Peace in the Middle East
7.7: Conquest in North Africa and Southwest Asia	Conquest in North Africa and Southwest Asia
	Russian Turkestan
7.8: The Impact of Conquest on the Caucasus Sub-Region	Countries of the Caucasus	This is a book resource with multiple pages. Navigate between the pages using the buttons.
	Armenian Genocide
7.9: Decolonization and Western Sahara	Spanish and French Protectorates in Morocco and Spanish Sahara
	Moroccan Walls in Western Sahara
	Wall South of Mahebs
	Morocco and Western Sahara: A Decades-Long War of Attrition
7.10: The Modern Political Landscape of North Africa and Southwest Asia	The Political Landscape
	Yemen: Understanding the Conflict
	Who Are Yemen's Houthis?
7.11: Religious Conflict in North Africa and Southwest Asia	Religious Conflict in North Africa and Southwest Asia
	Islamic Faith and Tradition
	Human Rights for Women
	Map Check: North Africa and Southwest Asia
Unit 8: South Asia	Unit 8 Learning Outcomes
8.1: Maps of South Asia	Map of South Asia
8.2: South Asia's Physical Geography	South Asia's Physical Landscape
	Physical Geography of South Asia
	Physical Map of South Asia
	Climate of South Asia and Afghanistan
	The Nepal Gorkha Earthquake and Its Aftershocks
	Convergent Plate Boundary
	Langtang Village in the Langtang Valley
	Monsoon Rains and Clean Water in Pakistan
	Shallow Groundwater Storage in Southern Asia
	The Maldives: Rising Seas and Coastal Development
8.3: Human Settlement and Culture in South Asia	Patterns of Human Settlement in South Asia
	Cultural Groups in South Asia
	Geography and Origins of Culture in South Asia
	East Versus West: The Myths That Mystify
	Britain's Indian Empire
	The Partition of India (1947)
	Sri Lanka's Protests Show a Fragile Unity
	Distribution of Languages and Religious Groups in Sri Lanka
8.4: South Asia's Modern Landscape and Future Challenges	South Asia's Population Dynamics
	Challenges and Opportunities in South Asia
	Geography of South Asia Modern Issues
	Green Revolution
	Population Pyramids Help Predict the Future
	Population Pyramid for Bhutan
	Walking in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh and New Delhi, India
	Many Faces of Inequality in India
	How Can We Create Happy Societies?
	Map Check: South Asia
Unit 9: East and Southeast Asia	Unit 9 Learning Outcomes
9.1: Maps of East and Southeast Asia	Map of East and Southeast Asia
9.2: The Physical Geography of East and Southeast Asia	Climate of East and Southeast Asia	This is a book resource with multiple pages. Navigate between the pages using the buttons.
	Physical Landscape of East and Southeast Asia
	Southeast Asia Physical Geography
9.3: Tsunami Hazards	Tsunami Wavefield for the 2004 Sumatra Earthquake
	Earthquakes, Decoupled Faulting, and Tsunamis
	Tsunami Generation
	Tsunami Splitting
9.4: Volcano Hazards	Indonesia's Volcanoes
	Formation of a Stratovolcano
	Eruption of Mt. Merapi
	Mount Rainier Lahars
	Living with Natural Disasters
9.5: Human Settlement and Civilization in East and Southeast Asia	East and Southeast Asia: History and Settlement
	Foundations of East Asian Culture
9.6: Confucianism and Taoism	Confucius and Confucianism
	The Ancient, Earth-Friendly Wisdom of Mongolian Nomads
9.7: China and the Silk Routes	Rebuilding the Silk Road
	China's Belt and Road Initiative
9.8: Medieval Empires of the Southeast Asian Peninsula	A Metropolis Arose in Medieval Cambodia
	The Khmer Empire
9.9: Colonialism in East and Southeast Asia	China and European Colonialism
9.10: Political Conflict and Change in East and Southeast Asia	Political Conflicts and Changes in East and Southeast Asia
	Chinese Communist Revolution, a Global Perspective
	Decolonization and the Cold War Through an Asian Lens
	Geography of East Asia: Modern Issues
	Interpretations of Communism
	Escaping the Khmer Rouge
	Escape from North Korea
	The Korean Peninsula at Night
	A Year After Myanmar's Coup
	The Rohingya Quest for Better Refuge
	The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
9.11: The Modern Landscape and Patterns of Economic Development in East and Southeast Asia	Patterns of Economic Development in East and Southeast Asia
	Global China into the 21st Century
	Hong Kong's Handover to China
	Architecture in Modern Singapore
	Comparing Singapore and Hong Kong
	China's Global Infrastructure Projects
	Deforestation
	Map Check: East Asia
	Map Check: Southeast Asia
Unit 10: Oceania	Unit 10 Learning Outcomes
10.1: Maps of Oceania	Map of Australia and New Zealand	This is a book resource with multiple pages. Navigate between the pages using the buttons.
10.2: The Physical Geography of Australia and New Zealand	The Climate of Australia and New Zealand
10.3: The Physical Geography of Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia	Melanesia
	Climate and Topography of Melanesia
	Micronesia	This is a book resource with multiple pages. Navigate between the pages using the buttons.
	Climate and Topography of Micronesia
	Polynesia
	Climate and Topography of Polynesia
	Hotspot
	The Hawai'i Hot Spot
10.4: The Physical Geography of Antarctica	Glacial Ice Formation
	Map of Antarctica
	The Physical Landscape of Oceania	This is a book resource with multiple pages. Navigate between the pages using the buttons.
	The Breakup of the Supercontinent Pangaea
	Wallace's and Weber's Lines
10.5: The World's Oceans and Polar Frontiers	Haunting Photos of Polar Ice
	Exploring Antarctica: To the South Pole and Back
	World's Oceans and Polar Frontiers
	Amundsen-Scott Research Station
	Kilometers Below the Antarctic Ice Sheet
	Drilling Through the Arctic Ice	This is a book resource with multiple pages. Navigate between the pages using the buttons.
	Scientists Drill Deep in Antarctic Ice for Clues to Climate Change
	Ice Sheet Dynamics
10.6: Human Settlement and Economic Activity in Oceania	The Patterns of Human Settlement in Australia and the Pacific
	Stories My Family Forgot: Assimilation of Indigenous Communities
	Australian Residents by Country of Birth
	Australia's Core Areas
	Population Density of New Zealand	This is a book resource with multiple pages. Navigate between the pages using the buttons.
	Pacific Nations Grapple with COVID's Terrible Toll
	Eruption of the Hunga Tonga Volcano
	Laws Governing Undersea Cables Have Hardly Changed Since 1884
10.7: Oceania's Environmental Challenges	The Changing Landscape of Oceania
	The Thawing of Antarctica
	Kiribati and Sea Level Rise
	My Country Will Be Underwater Soon Unless We Work Together
	Antarctica's Riskiest Glacier Is Under Assault
	Ordinance Dumping and Environmental Degradation
	Map Check: Oceania
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