Geography 101-003: Major World Regions
George Mason University
Fall 2009
Meeting times: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:30 - 11:45 am
Meeting location: Science & Tech II room #7
Instructor: Sindi Sheers
Office: Research 1 228-11
Mailbox: Research 1 262A
Office Hours: Tuesdays 9:15 - 10:15 and by appointment
Required textbook: Rowntree, Lewis, Price, and Wyckoff. 2008. Globalization and Diversity: Geography of a Changing World: Second Edition. Prentice Hall.
Last updated: Friday December 04, 2009
This is what your scantron should look like.
Chapter Notes:
Study Guides for tests:
Useful websites:
Galen Frysinger (great photos of just about every country)
State Department Background Notes
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/ (lots of maps from the Univ. of Texas)
U.S. Census Department's International Database (including Population Pyramids)
The Rowntree textbook (for maps, click on the first of the previous editions, then "Companion Website," then the chapter whose map you want, and then choose "Outline Maps" from the menu on the left. I use the Political map on the tests.)
The U.S. Library of Congress Map Collections
Association of American Geographers
Links to all kinds of Geography websites
Arms Control Association: Which countries have what nuclear weapons