ï‚· NEW! Learning Outcomes integrated into the chapter-opening pages help students prioritize key knowledge and skills, and connect to questions and assessments in Pearson Mastering Geography. ï‚· NEW! Explorations essays are written by experts in various fields, and present real-world data and research, emphasizing the applied nature and relevance of geography. ï‚· NEW! The World in 2050 features explore the future development of the world based on what geographers know and can predict today. ï‚· Media icons within the pages of the book link students to Pearson Mastering Geography where they can access a variety of media that enrich and extend the book content, including MapMaster interactive maps, Geoscience animations, and QR codes. ï‚· Updated data incorporate the latest science and statistics and associated imagery, including data from the 2010 Census and the 2013 Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Population Data. ï‚· Expanded Global Climate Change coverage is included across the chapters. ï‚· Updated Economic Geography chapter provides a more engaging presentation of the world’s current and historical economic and development issues. ï‚· NEW! Checkpoint questions are integrated throughout the chapters to help students check their understanding of the material. ï‚· NEW! Organization. The sequence of chapters has been reorganized, first covering Environment and Resources, then Culture, then the Development of Modern Society. The theme of global environmental challenges and responses has been incorporated throughout the text. ï‚· NEW! Pearson Mastering GeographyTM ï‚· Pearson Mastering Geography is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment product designed to improve results by helping students quickly master concepts. Students benefit from self-paced tutorials that feature immediate wrong-answer feedback and hints that emulate the office-hour experience to help keep students on track. Pearson Mastering Geography offers: Assignable activities: MapMasterTM interactive map activities, Geoscience Animation activities, Encounter Google EarthTM Activities, Geography Video activities, Map Projection activities, end-of-chapter questions and exercises, reading questions, and Test Bank questions.Student study resources in the Study Area: MapMasterTM interactive maps, Geoscience Animations, Web links, videos, glossary flashcards, “In the News” RSS feeds, chapter quizzes, an optional Pearson eText, including iPad and Android versions, and more. Pearson Mastering Geography features: MapMaster provides additional maps from human/cultural and physical geography to provide compelling interactive mapping media and assessments across all chapters.Geography videos are tied to science and process issues relevant to the thematic chapters and utilize both open and licensed sources such as BBC, NASA, JPL, EPA, FEMA, NWS, and TVE.Geoscience Animations are popular 2-D media thatilluminate the most difficult to visualize topics from across the physical geosciences, such as solar system formation, hydrologic cycle, plate tectonics, glacial advance and retreat, global warming, and more. The print book is linked to video versions of these animations via QR codes.EncounterActivities, organized by theme and question type, provide rich, interactive explorations of geography concepts using Google EarthTM and have been updated per usability study findings and latest best practices.Map Projections interactiv
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