자료유형 | 단행본 |
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서명/저자사항 | Geography. [electronic resource]. |
개인저자 | Shattuck, Jason. Campbell, Kathy, |
발행사항 | Chicago, IL: Britannica Educational Publishing, 2017. |
형태사항 | 1 online resource (119 pages). |
총서사항 | The Study of Science III |
기타형태 저록 | Print version: Shattuck, Jason. Geography. Chicago, IL : Britannica Educational Publishing, ©2017 9781508104285 |
ISBN | 9781508103547 1508103542 |
서지주기 | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
내용주기 | Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: An Overview of Geography; Geography as a Social Science; Location; Patterns; Chapter 2: Patterns of Natural Elements; Continents and Oceans; Landforms; Geomorphology: The Description and Classification of Landforms; Rocks and Minerals; Weather and Climate; Earth's Waters; Plants and Animals; Biogeography; Chapter 3: Patterns of Human Elements; Where People Live; Differences in Housing; Adobe; Differences in Work; Agriculture; Mining, Logging, and Other Industries; Arrangements of Political Units; Settlement Patterns. The Association of Elements in an AreaPeople and the Natural Environment; Conservation and Conservationists; Interactions Between Areas; Chapter 4: How Geography Is Studied; Topical Geography; Regional Geography; Historical Geography; Cartography; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Chapter 5: Maps and Globes; Map Projections: Necessary Distortions; Reading a Map or Globe; Intuitive Searches and Basic Grids; Latitude and Longitude; Scale; Map Symbols; Map and Globe Orientation; Advantages of Globes and Atlases; Types of Maps; Transportation Maps; Political Maps; Physical Maps; Thematic Maps. CartogramsMapmaking; Chapter 6: The History of Geography; The Age of Discovery; National Survey Organizations; Geography as a Discipline; Alexander von Humboldt; Conclusion; Glossary; For More Information; For Further Reading; Index; Back Cover. |
요약 | As the study of the diverse environments and places of Earth's surface, geography seeks to answer the questions of why things are as they are, where they are. This insightful volume delves into physical geography, which is concerned with places, and human geography, which deals with the people in the places--how and why they live where they do, and how their social, economic, and cultural characteristics vary from one place to another. Other subjects include topical geography, regional geography, historical geography, cartography, and maps, atlases, and globes and how to read them. |
일반주제명 | Geography --Juvenile literature. Geography. |
언어 | 영어 |
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