Geography Of The World 2nd Ed.

Description: This book acts as a guide to countries and continents in our rapidly changing world. It examines social issues from world religions to natural disasters. The use of 3-D maps, colour photographs, flags, charts, and diagrams help to bring the countries of the world to life.


Contents: How to use this book; the physical world; moving continents; climate and vegetation; world population; the political world. North America: peoples of North America; Canada; United States of America; Mexico. Central and South America: peoples of Central and South America; Central America and the Caribbean; Guatemala and Belize; Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua; Costa Rica and Panama; Cuba and Jamaica; the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Haiti and Dominican Republic; Lesser Antilles; Northern South America; Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, and French Guiana; Colombia and Ecuador; Peru and Bolivia; Brazil; Southern South America; Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile; Argentina; the Atlantic Ocean. Europe: peoples of Europe; Scandinavia and Finland; Norway; Denmark and Sweden; Finland; the British Isles; United Kingdom; Ireland; the Low Countries; Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg; Germany; France; France, Monaco and Andorra; Spain and Portugal; Spain; Portugal; Italy; Italy, Malta, Vatican City, and San Marino; Switzerland and Austria; Switzerland and Liechtenstein; Austria; Slovenia and Croatia; Belarus and the Baltic States; Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania; Central Europe; Poland and Czech Republic; Slovakia and Hungary; Ukraine, Moldova, and the Caucasian Republics; Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia; Southeast Europe; Yugoslavia and Bosnia & Herzegovina; Macedonia and Albania; Romania and Bulgaria; Greece. Asia: Peoples of Asia; Russian Federation; Turkey and Cyprus; The Near East; Syria and Lebanon; Israel and Jordan; the Middle East; Iraq and Iran; Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar; United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen. (Part contents)