Detailed outline maps teach students the location of hemispheres, continents, oceans, countries, mountain ranges, deserts, rivers, and other geographic features of the world.
This 3rd edition of the study guide prepares students for the AP Human Geography Exam. The book includes narrative reviews for each of the topic areas of the AP Human Geography curriculum, and each unit is followed by all new multiple-choice and free-response questions. Two sample exams follow, with each consisting of 75 all new multiple-choice questions and three new free-response questions. The narratives are concise and focus specifically on topics from the AP curriculum. In all, the book has 320 multiple-choice questions and 13 free-response questions for your students' review.
Features 180 brief, engaging activities Presents a world of geography concepts and skills Meets national geography standards Makes learning about geography memoralble and fun
Peter Lourie takes young readers on an exciting 460-mile canoe trip down the Yukon river to the gold fields of the Klondike.From Whitehorse, the capital of the Yukon Territory, onwards tothe Arctic Circle, Lourie follows the rugged route of the great gold rush of 1898. This dramatic firsthand account, generously illustrated with full-color photographs as well as photographs from the Yukon Archives, captures the lure of a river that is rich in history and in natural beauty."
Thirty-three songs teach names and locations of continents, oceans, planets and 225 countries. Illustrated workbook contains maps, lyrics, and famous landmarks.
Student guide to world geography. This book shows you maps throughout the world. Names and compasses included. Bright vivid pictures. Educational as well.
Too often map skills focus on memorizing country borders, names, and capitals. With our rapidly changing world, what is learned one year may become obsolete the next. Map Skills, Grade 6 has a more practical approach. It focuses on the natural geography of the world, why maps are made like they are, and how to use them to find your way around. Students will learn to understand map symbols such as the legend, scale, directional compass, and grids. The will learn to differentiate between physical, political, thematic, and direction maps and how each type is useful for different information. Political boundaries and country names may change, but the skills learned in this book will last a lifetime.
