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  GEOG100 WORLD REGIONAL GEOGRAPHY

           arrow Main link: Student Companion Site for our textbook    bcs.whfreeman.com/pulsipher2e


USEFUL LINKS for Geography as a Whole


General Geography

            The Association of American Geographers

Other World Geography courses web-pages


Map Collections

            Atlapedia On-Line     
                    a web atlas of physical and political maps of countries
 

            Graphic Maps    
                    an assortment of maps available for your projects

 
            TerraServer    
                    from Microsoft: air and satellite photography, map images

            Outline maps    
                    could be useful source while preparing for the map matching part of your exams
 

            Maps and References    
                    a massive list of map-related resources

Data Sources for Countries

            The Current  World Factbook

Fun
            Daily Geography Quiz  
                    $60 for the first person to get it right each day!                                                                                                                       


  USEFUL LINKS: Systematic Geography


Maps and Mapping

            Understanding Maps  
                Maps are defined and their basic purposes identified

           
            Map Scales  
                The concept of scale is explained
 

            Latitude and Longitude  
                The basics are explained here
 

            Map Projections  
                The basic map projection process is explained with example

 

Economic Geography

Geography of Development

            U.S. Rank in Percentage of GNP Given to Third World Aid
            

Population Geography

            Current World Population Data Sheet
            Population Pyramids (for any country and for any year!)
            Summary Demographic Data
            Demographic Transition Theory
            Population Data viewer

 
Geography of Languages

            ETHNOLOGUE Languages of the World.    
                  Exhaustive statistics including number of speakers, countries and regions

             Funny! The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy  
                  variations in the use of the terms "Pop" and "Soda" for carbonated soft drinks


  USEFUL LINKS: Regions



See also Articles from The New York Times and Links for the Course as a Whole

Sub-Saharan Africa

            Africa On-Line
                offers links to various African news sources

 

Main Islamic Realm

            Arab Net    
                   a variety of information on the thirteen Arab nations


            Internet Resources for Middle Eastern Studies  
                    listing is by country
and by topic


Europe

            Europe/Russia/Eastern Europe   
                    links to European history sites

 

Russian Realm

            Sher's Russian Index  
                    enormous collection: arts, Nabokov, dictionaries, even TV -- and everything on-line!

            Meeting of Frontiers    
                    parallel histories of settlement of Siberia and the American West   

North America

            An Atlas of Canada online
             

Australia

            Australia  
                    an index for sites on Australia

 

Latin America

            Latin American Network  
                    a source of Latin American materials and sites

 

East Asia 

South Asia

            Ask Asia Photos  
                    has a numberof photo images of life in several Asian countries

 
 
Southeast Asia

 

Oceania

            Ogden's Pacific 
                    a listing of home pages for the islands of the Pacific



Acknowledgments: I am grateful to creators of the original pages/link compilers.