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GEOG101: World Regional Geography
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Course Introduction
Course Syllabus
Unit 1: Introduction to Geography
Unit 2: Europe
Unit 3: Russia
Unit 4: North America
Unit 5: Middle and South America
Unit 6: Sub-Saharan Africa
Unit 7: North Africa and Southwest Asia
Unit 8: South Asia
Unit 9: East and Southeast Asia
Unit 10: Oceania
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Course Syllabus
The Where and the Why
World Regional Map
Introduction to Geography and the Five Themes
The Spatial Perspective
Introduction to Using Maps
Thematic Maps
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
Maps Show Us Who We Are, Not Just Where We Are
Subdisciplines of Human and Physical Geography
Sub-Disciplines of Geography
The Physical Setting
The African Swamp Protecting Earth's Environment
Concepts of Human Geography
The Big Picture on Globalization
The End of Globalization and the Beginning of Something New
The World's Regions
Unit 1 Assessment
Political Map of Europe
Map of Four Main Landforms of Europe
European Physical Geography and Boundaries
The Physical Geography of Europe
Cooperation and Control in Europe
Map of Colonial Africa
Map of the European Union
Why Brexit Happened – and What to Do Next
The Industrial Revolution
Origins of the Industrial Revolution
European Migration
A New Approach to Defending the Human Rights of Migrants
Shifting National Identities
Map of the European Migrant Crisis
Current Migration Patterns and Debates
Unit 2 Assessment
Political Maps of Russia
Russia's Physical Geography and Climate
Russia and the Republics: Physical Geography
Russia's Population Density
Settlement and Development Challenges
Examples of Human Environmental Damage
Russia: Environmental Problem Areas
Origin and Migration of Slavs in Europe
Russian History and Expansion
Map of Soviet Nationalities by Republic
Russian Multiculturalism and Tension
Sovietization
Economics and Development in the Soviet Union
Socialism vs. Communism
Famine, Subjugation and Nuclear Fallout: Russia and Ukraine
The Modern Russian Landscape
Geography: Russia and the United States
Unit 3 Assessment
Political Map of North America
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
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
Industrial Development in North America
Colin Grant Clark's Economic Model
The Urban Landscape in North America
Canada's Quebec-Windsor Corridor
Urban Sprawl
New York Before the City
Countries by Gini Coefficient
Patterns of Inequality in North America
Poverty in Toronto
Cultural and Physical Connections
North America's Global Connections
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Country
The U.S. Economy and GDP
Unit 4 Assessment
Maps of Middle America
Map of South America
The Geographic Features of Middle and South America
The Panama Canal
Views of the Panama Canal
Panama Canal Time-lapse
The Amazon River Basin
Warmer Ocean Temperatures and Saharan Dust
Koppen–Geiger Climate Classification for South America
The Amazon Belongs to Humanity
Indigenous People May Be the Amazon's Last Hope
Map of the Atacama Desert
Atacama Desert – The Ultimate Survival
Tectonic Plates and Their Movement
Tropical Storm Tracks
How a Hurricane Forms
Average Sea Temperature and Hurricanes by Wind Strength
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
Colonial Activity in South America
The Colonial Landscape
The Haitian Revolution
Inca Expansion Map
Urban Development in South America
Urban Unrest Propels a Global Wave of Protests
Income Inequality in Middle and South America
Inequality and Political Instability in Latin America
Patterns of Globalization in Middle and South America
The Deadly Genius of Drug Cartels
Unit 5 Assessment
Physical Features of Sub-Saharan Africa
The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
The Sahel and Sub-Saharan Africa
Physical Landscape of Sub-Saharan Africa
Physical Geography of Sub Saharan Africa
The Great Rift Valley
Koppen–Geiger Climate Classification for Africa
Africa by Satellite
Photos of Africa from a Flying Lawn Chair
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
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
Filming Democracy in Ghana
Modern Sub-Saharan African Landscape
Lagos, Nigeria: The City That Keeps Growing
Africa Population Density
Fertility Rates and Life Expectancy in Sub-Saharan Africa
COVID-19 Shows Why African Data Is Key for the Continent's Response to Pandemics
Population Displacement Due to Tigray Conflict
Famine in Ethiopia: Eritrea's Long-Running Feud with Tigrayans
Economics and Globalization in Sub-Saharan Africa
Debt Distress in Africa: The Way Forward
Scaling the African Sharing Economy
Unit 6 Assessment
Map of North Africa and Southwest Asia
The Middle East
North Africa and Southwest Asia's Key Geographic Features
Physical Geography of the Middle East and North Africa
Effect of Urbanization in North Africa and Southwest Asia
Oil Resources in North Africa and Southwest Asia
Saudi Arabia's Major Oil and Gas Infrastructure
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
Jerusalem, Mecca, and Medina
Religion in North Africa and Southwest Asia
Semitic Religions
Geography of Conflict: Searching for Peace in the Middle East
Conquest in North Africa and Southwest Asia
Russian Turkestan
Countries of the Caucasus
Armenian Genocide
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
The Political Landscape
Yemen: Understanding the Conflict
Who are Yemen's Houthis?
Religious Conflict in North Africa and Southwest Asia
Islamic Faith and Tradition
Human Rights for Women
Unit 7 Assessment
Map of South Asia
South Asia's Physical Landscape
Physical Geography 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
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
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?
Unit 8 Assessment
Map of East and Southeast Asia
Climate of East and Southeast Asia
Physical Landscape of East and Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia Physical Geography
Tsunami Wavefield for the 2004 Sumatra Earthquake
Earthquakes, Decoupled Faulting, and Tsunamis
Tsunami Generation
Tsunami Splitting
Indonesia's Volcanoes
Formation of a Stratovolcano
Eruption of Mt. Merapi
Mount Rainier Lahars
Living with Natural Disasters in Indonesia
East and Southeast Asia: History and Settlement
Foundations of East Asian Culture
Management Lessons from Chinese Business and Philosophy
The Ancient, Earth-Friendly Wisdom of Mongolian Nomads
Rebuilding the Silk Road
China's Belt and Road Initiative
A Metropolis Arose in Medieval Cambodia
The Khmer Empire
China and European Colonialism
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)
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
Unit 9 Assessment
Maps of Oceania
The Climate of Australia and New Zealand
Melanasia
Climate and Topography of Melanasia
Micronesia
Climate and Topography of Micronesia
Polynesia
Climate and Topography of Polynesia
Hotspot
The Hawai'i Hot Spot
Glacial Ice Formation
Map of Antartica
The Physical Landscape of Oceania
The Breakup of the Supercontinent Pangaea
Wallace's and Weber's Lines
Haunting Photos of Polar Ice
Exploring Antartica: 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
Scientists Drill Deep in Antarctic Ice for Clues to Climate Change
Ice Sheet Dynamics
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
Pacific Nations Grapple with COVID's Terrible Toll
Eruption of the Hunga Tonga Volcano
Laws Governing Undersea Cables Have Hardly Changed Since 1884
The Changing Landscape of Oceania
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 Enviromental Degradation
Unit 10 Assessment
GEOG101 Study Guide
Course Feedback Survey
GEOG101: Certificate Final Exam
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