Nancy Furstinger, Rena B. Korb, Richard A. Miller.
New York, NY :
McGraw-Hill,
2002.
1 online resource (154 pages) :
illustrations, maps
Includes index.
Copyright; Contents; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Geography Matters; Word Power; What Your Child Needs to Know; WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY?; EARLY GEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY IN EUROPE GOES DARK, BUT ELSEWHERE ... ; EUROPEANS EXPLORE THE WORLD; HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY; Implications; Fact Checker; The Big Questions; Skills Practice; Top of the Class; CHAPTER 2 Understanding Maps and Globes; Word Power; What Your Child Needs to Know ; INTRODUCTION TO MAPS AND GLOBES ; GLOBES; LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE; MAPS; Implications; Fact Checker; The Big Questions; Skills Practice.
LOOKING AT THE COUNTRY AS GROUPS OF STATESLOOKING AT THE COUNTRY AS LANDFORMS; CHANGING REGIONS; Implications; Fact Checker; The Big Questions; Skills Practice; Top of the Class; CHAPTER 7 Geography of the World by Continent; What Your Child Needs to Know; INTRODUCTION TO CONTINENTS; ASIA; AFRICA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA; ANTARCTICA; EUROPE; AUSTRALIA; Implications; Fact Checker; The Big Questions; Skills Practice; Top of the Class; APPENDIX A States of the Union; APPENDIX B Countries of the World; APPENDIX C Atlas; Answers to "Fact Checkers"; INDEX.
OCEANS AND SEASWETLANDS; Implications; Fact Checker; The Big Questions; Skills Practice; Top of the Class; CHAPTER 5 People and Earth; Word Power; What Your Child Needs to Know; WHAT'S IN A CULTURE?; HOW DID CIVILIZATIONS DEVELOP?; DEMOGRAPHY: HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE?farming, ; WHERE DO PEOPLE LIVE?; WHAT'S THE CONNECTION BETWEEN PLACE AND OCCUPATION?; HOW SHOULD PEOPLE TREAT EARTH?; Implications; Fact Checker; The Big Questions; Skills Practice; Top of the Class; CHAPTER 6 Geography of the United States by Regions; Word Power; What Your Child Needs to Know; INTRODUCTION TO U.S. REGIONS.
Top of the ClassCHAPTER 3 Planet Earth: Its Land, Water, and Air; Word Power; What Your Child Needs to Know; INTRODUCTION TO OUR PLANET; EARTH'S STRUCTURE; EARTH'S LANDFORMS; FORCES THAT SHAPE EARTH; EARTH'S WATER; AIR; CLIMATES OF THE WORLD; EARTH AND THE SUN; FACTS ABOUT TIME ZONES AROUND EARTH ; Implications; Fact Checker; The Big Questions; Skills Practice; Top of the Class; CHAPTER 4 Natural Regions of Earth: Biomes; Word Power; What Your Child Needs to Know; INTRODUCTION TO BIOMES; DESERTS; FORESTS; GRASSLANDS; TROPICAL GRASSLANDS; TEMPERATE GRASSLANDS; POLAR REGIONS; MOUNTAINS.
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