Culture and Geography

Introduction Page
1. What Is Geography?
   1. The Five Themes of Geography
   2. Physical and Human Geography
   3. What Does a Geographer Do?
   4. Climate and Weather
   5. Weather Extremes
   6. Oceans and the Hydrosphere
   7. Water Resources
   8. River Systems
   9. Ecological Essentials
   10. Geologic Hazards
   11. Shaping the Earth
2. The Middle East and North Africa
   1. The Geography of the Middle East
   2. The Sahara Desert
   3. Judaism
   4. Christianity
   5. Islam
   6. Society and Family Life
   7. Breaking Up the Ottoman Empire
   8. The Emergence of Israel
   9. Art and Literature of the Middle East
   10. Food, Fashion, and Music
   11. Turkey: A Case Study
   12. Iran: A Case Study
   13. The Arab-Israeli Conflict
   14. Oil and the Global Economy
   15. A Nation without a State: Kurdistan
3. South Asia
   1. The Geography of South Asia
   2. The Himalayas
   3. Hinduism
   4. Buddhism
   5. Jainism and Sikhism
   6. Islam Comes to South Asia
   7. The Caste System
   8. Society and Family Life
   9. The Imperial Period
   10. Gandhi and the Struggle for Independence
   11. Separation: India and Pakistan
   12. Art and Literature of South Asia
   13. Food, Fashion, and Music
   14. Case Study: Bangladesh
   15. Case Study: Sri Lanka
   16. India: The World's Largest Democracy
   17. The Pakistani Republic
   18. The Question of Kashmir
4. China
   1. The Geography of China
   2. The Yangtze - the River Dragon
   3. Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism
   4. Conforming to Change - Society and Family Life
   5. Regionalism in China
   6. Fending Off the West
   7. Villain or Hero? The Rise of Mao
   8. The Cultural Revolution
   9. Chinese Art and Literature
   10. Food, Fashion, and Music
   11. The Tibetan Question
   12. China and Taiwan - One China or Two?
   13. The Population Question
5. Japan, Korea, and the Pacific Rim
   1. The Geography of Japan and Korea
   2. Mount Fuji
   3. Shinto and Zen Buddhism
   4. Japanese Society and Family Life
   5. Japan Becomes a World Power
   6. The Postwar Japanese Miracle
   7. Japanese Art and Literature
   8. Japanese Food, Fashion, and Music
   9. Religions of the Rim
   10. Regional Society and Family Life
   11. The Variety of Colonial Experiences
   12. The Korean War
   13. Case Study: the Philippines
   14. Case Study: Indonesia
   15. Case Study: South Korea
   16. The Economic Tigers
   17. Don't Question Authority