Contents
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHY
Joseph Henderson
Student Learning Outcomes
Chapter Outline
1.1 Introduction
1.2 What is Geography?
1.3 Mapping the World
1.4 Where in the World am I?
1.5 How do I Describe Where I am?
1.6 Geographic Data Collection and Analysis
1.7 Changes in places: diffusion
1.8 The Human-Environment Relationship
1.9 Key Terms Defined
1.10 Works Consulted and Further Reading
1.11 Endnotes
CHAPTER 2: POPULATION AND HEALTH
David Dorrell
Student Learning Outcomes
Chapter Outline
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Thinking About Population
2.3 Population and development
2.4 Population is Dynamic
2.5 The Demographic Transition
2.6 Measuring the Impact of Population
2.7 Future Population
2.8 Geography of Health
2.9 Summary
2.10 Key Terms Defined
2.11 Works Consulted and Further Reading
2.12 Endnotes
CHAPTER 3: MIGRATION
Todd Lindley
Student Learning Outcomes
Chapter Outline
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Definitions and Data
3.3 Global, National, Regional, and Local Patterns
3.4 Demographic Transition, Migration, and Political Policy
3.5 Culture, Globalization, and Economics of Migration in the Twenty-first Century
3.6 The Future of Human Movement and Conclusion
3.7 Key Terms Defined
3.8 Works Consulted and Further Reading
3.9 Endnotes
CHAPTER 4: FOLK CULTURE AND POPULAR CULTURE
Dominica Ramírez and David Dorrell
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Chapter Outline
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The Cultural Landscape
4.3 Folk Culture
4.4 The Changing Cultural Landscape
4.5 Popular Culture
4.6 The Interface Between the Local and the Global
4.7 Global Culture
4.8 Resistance to Popular Culture
4.9 Summary
4.10 Key Terms Defined
4.11 Works Consulted and Further Reading
4.12 Endnotes
CHAPTER 5: THE GEOGRAPHY OF LANGUAGE
Arnulfo G. Ramírez
Student Learning Outcomes
Chapter Outline
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Language and its Relationship to Culture
5.3 Classification and Distribution of Languages
5.4 Language in the Physical, Business and Digital Worlds
5.5 Summary
5.6 Key Terms Defined
5.7 Works Consulted and Further Reading
5.8 Endnotes
CHAPTER 6: RELIGION
David Dorrell
Student Learning Outcomes
Chapter Outline
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Overview of Major Religions
6.3 Diffusion of Major Religions
6.4 Religious Conflict
6.5 Summary
6.6 Key Terms Defined
6.7 Works Consulted and Further Reading
6.8 Endnotes
CHAPTER 7: ETHNICITY AND RACE
David Dorrell
Student Learning Outcomes
Chapter Outline
7.1 What are Ethnicity and Race?
7.2 Relevance of Race and Ethnicity in the United States
7.3 Ethnicities in the United States
7.4 Relevance of Race and Ethnicity in Other Places
7.5 Summary
7.6 Key Terms Defined
7.7 Works Consulted and Further Reading
7.8 Endnotes
CHAPTER 8: POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
Joseph Henderson
Student Learning Outcomes
Chapter Outline
8.1 Introduction
8.2 How Political Space is Organized
8.3 Cooperation Between States
8.4 Boundaries and Boundary Disputes
8.5 The Electoral Process
8.6 Key Terms Defined
8.7 Works Consulted and Further Reading
8.8 Endnotes
CHAPTER 9: DEVELOPMENT AND WEALTH
Todd Lindley
Student Learning Outcomes
Chapter Outline
9.1 Development and Geography: An Introduction
9.2 Important Terms & Concepts
9.3 Global, National, Regional, and Local Patterns
9.4 Rostow’s Stages of Growth and Political Policy
9.5 New Models of Development
9.6 Conclusion
9.7 Key Terms Defined
9.8 Works Consulted and Further Reading
CHAPTER 10: AGRICULTURE AND FOOD
Georgeta Connor
Student Learning Outcomes
Chapter Outline
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Agricultural Practices
10.3 Global Changes in Food Production and Consumption
10.4 Conclusion
10.5 Key Terms Defined
10.6 Works Consulted and Further Reading
CHAPTER 11: Industry
David Dorrell and Todd Lindley
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Chapter Outline
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Marx’s Tendency of The Rate of Profit to Fall
11.3 Factors for Location
11.4 The Expansion (and Eventual Decline) of Industry
11.5 Global Production
11.6 Summary
11.7 Key Terms Defined
11.8 Works Consulted and Further Reading
11.9 Endnotes
CHAPTER 12: Human Settlements
Georgeta Connor
Student Learning Outcomes
Chapter Outline
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Rural Settlement Patterns
12.3 Urbanization
12.4 Urban Patterns
12.5 Conclusion
12.6 Key Terms Defined
12.6 Works Consulted and Further Reading
12.7 Endnotes
CHAPTER 13: ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCES
Joseph Henderson
Student Learning Outcomes
Chapter Outline
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Nonrenewable Energy Resources
13.3 Renewable Energy Sources
13.4 Pollution
13.5 Preservation of Natural Resources
13.6 Key Terms Defined
13.7 Works Consulted and Further Reading
