TRANSPORTATION AND URBAN GEOGRAPHY
POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY
CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY
TIME, CALENDARS, AND SEASONS
EXPLORATION
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Physical Features and Resources
NORTH AMERICA, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
Greenland and the North Pole Region
SOUTH AMERICA
Physical Features and Resources
WESTERN EUROPE
RUSSIA AND EASTERN EUROPE
Russia and the Former Soviet States
ASIA
Japan and the Korean Peninsula
THE MIDDLE EAST
AFRICA
Physical Features and Resources
OCEANIA AND ANTARCTICA
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
FURTHER READING
GLOSSARY
I wish to thank the following people whose great efforts help create this book: proofreaders Larry Baker and Shoshana Hurwitz (who also indexed this book), page and cover designer Mary Claire Krzewinski, typesetter Marco DiVita. Also, thanks to Matthew Rosenberg, who created the original first edition of this book many years ago. I also wish to thank