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Five Themes of Geography Check the new foundations page G1001 - Intro & Maps (Ch 1) Check the new foundations page Wakanow Guide to Geography	G1001 - Climate and Weather (Ch 2) Visit the New Climate & Weather Page	G1001 - Global Warming (Ch 2) High arctic ponds are drying out Iceberg breaks loose in the Antarctic Pacific nations stress vulnerability of small island States during UN debate Pollution Adds To Global Warming The Big Thaw - glaciers melting rapidly The crisis of the global climate This was world's warmest recorded winter - climate change Transportation and Climate By The Numbers Arctic Sea Ice Shatters Record Low Beyond Carbon - Scientists Worry About Nitrogen's Effects Greenland Icesheet Could Melt Faster For the first time in human history Alaska - climate-change frontier Temperature rises will be double the safe limit for global warming	G1001 - Landforms and Land-forming Processes (Ch 3)	G1001 - Landforms and Land-forming Processes (Ch 3) Metamorphic Rocks Minor Topographical forms in Mountain Missing Lake in Chile Possibly an Earthquake Drained It Mudslide Traps Campers in Southern California Plate Interactions Plate Tectonics Quake knocks out power across Hawaii Quake knocks out power across Hawaii - 2 Quake Lifts Solomons Island Meteres from the Sea Quake Study sees Possible Fault with New Madrid's Calm Surface Reflections on Physical Geography Sea Floor Spreading Sea Floor Spreading - 2 Sedimentary Rocks We Must Stop Building Levies Stages of Evolution of Karst Topography Subduction - 1 Subduction - 2 Subduction and Convergent Margains Surprise Tremor in Calafornia's Napa Valley The Glacier Story The layers of the Crust The Layers of the Earth The Rock Cycle The Theory of Continental Drift Transform Margins Types of Plate Motion Volcanic and Geologic Terms Volcanism and Intrusion Weathering What is a Mudslide The Power of Water - Texas Canyon Revealed Giant Crystal Cave
G1001 - Biochemical Cycles - Ecology (Ch 4) A Short Intro to Terrestrial Biomes Biodiversity & the 4 Laws of Ecology Carbon Dioxide Reduction China Warns of Catastrophe from Three Gorges Dam Claim of Nonhuman-induced Gloobal Warming Cotton Farmers Sue Monsanto over GM Failure Ecology and Social Action (Barry Commoner) Ecology Topics Environmental Defense - 5 Goals Evaluated Exploring a Woodlot's Ecosystem Fewer Boy Babies Being Born Forests Help Ensure Clean Water in Cities Fragilel Desert Landscape is no Match for Careless Intruders Global Change 1 - Notes on Human Development Global Change - 2 The Ecological Crisis of the 21st Centuiry Global Change 23 - The Greenhouse Effect Global Change 25 - Threats to Biodiversity Global Estimate of Endangered Plant Species Mad Cow Disease Alert Mudslides and Logging Multiple Threats to Ecosystems Perhaps No U.S. Streams are Unpolluted Plant Species From Rain Forest Fights Tuberculosis Pollution Adds to Global Warming Pollution Impacts on Children Propitiation (4 laws of ecology) Scientific American - Phytoplankton Soil Biological Communities Special Waste & Pollution Report Tamarisk (salt cedar) Invasive Exotic Plant The Crisis of the Global Climate The Human in the Earth System The need for Environmental Literacy The Sixth Extinction The Southeastern Mediterranean Ecosystem Revisited The Spreading Matrix of Ecological Trouble Three Articles About the Aswan high Dam Top 10 Polluted Places Top 25 Science Questions University of Newcastle Gratuate Speech (4 laws of ecology) Voracious Kudzu Why I am an Environmentalist Can this Muck Save the Planet - Wetlands Shades of Green - Ecoburials Amazon Forest Destruction Jumps in Brazil	G1001 - Population Geography (Ch 5) Aging Europe is Unprepared Americans Head West and Southeast Demographic Terms Global Change 26 - Pollution Control Global Change 3 - Population Basics Global Change 4 - Human Populations Models of Demographic Transition Population Equation Balancing What We Have With What We Need Russia - Demographic troubles Russia - Population Shrinking Senior Moment - the Rise of the Alpha Geezer The Deomgraphic Transition The Earliest Migration U.N. Study Projects World Population Will to 9 Billion Why Population Matters to Natural Resources	G1001 - Culture (Ch 6) Acidic Fatwa - Persecution of Hindus in Kashmir Advice from an Old Middle East Hand Apache Seasons Attitudes and Beliefs Changing spaces Cuisine Cultural Gaffs Cultural Geography Defined and Supported Culture and Cultural Geography Low and High Tech Man, the Chooser Morphology of Culture Regions Some Approaches to Cultural Geography Techno-Environmental The Threat of Modernity to Religion Culture and Government Traditional Problems in Niger Westerners and Easterners see the World Differently Living in a Mullticultural Society	G1001 - Language and Religion (Ch 7) A Glimpse into the Orthodox Jewish Lifestyle About Easter and Calendars Buddhism from BuddhaNet Buddhism Christianity Culture, Religion, and Regression - Hinduism Excerpt from Applied Linguistics - a Science of Culture Haj Glossary Haj Guide Has Religion Helped the Human Species Survive? Hinduism - 2 Hinduism Idioms and Idiomatic Language Influence of Religion in Mass Culture Introduciton to Sacred Places of Japan Introduction to Sacred Places of India Islam Islam 2 Judaism from Judaism 101 Judaism Judaism 2 Monkeys Terrorize Government Workers in India On Language and Culture Oral Religions Religion (survey booklet) Religion Religious Freedom Sacred Mountains of China Sacred Sites of Bali Sacred Sites of Morocco Sacred Sites of the Dogon in Mali Sikhism & the Golden Temple The Caste System of India The Cult of Maximoin The Day of the Dead - Mexican Migrants Return Home after Death The Haj quick tour The Major Religions of the World The Religious War on Bottled Water The Widening Gyre - Religion, Culture and Evolution Zoroastrianism	G1001 - Agricultural Geography (Ch 8) Corn Disrupts Catepillar's Digestion to Protect Itself Every Crop Needs its Wild Relatives Farming Fish for the Future Food Prices Set to Surge 50 Percent Within Five Years Global Change 101 - Human Appropriation of the World Genetically Modified (GM) Crops - Pro and Con More Ethanoil Means More Corn & More Water Pollution Gene-Altered Profit KillerSa Angling for a Better Way to Farm Fish As Sustainable Farming Takes Root
G1001 - Resources and Environmental Protection (Ch 9) 4th World Water Forum Bulletin 2006 CANTS save the Forests Carnahan Asks Clinton to Derail Plans to Alter Summer Flow of Missouri River China Plans Vast Water Diversion Global Change 11 - Case Studies - Land Use Change Global Change 14 - Notes on Fisheries Global Change 15 - Notes on Dammed Rivers Global Change 9 - Human Appropriation of the World Is Recycling Worthwhile Land Use and Precaution Oil - Origination of Putin's Grasp on Energy Drives the Russian Agernda Rain Forest Plant Fights Tuberculosis Resource Wars -- Can We Survive Them? Strange Eruptions of Natural Gas The Heart of the Energy Crisis Trash as Urban Ore Overhead World Energy Consumption	G1001 - Resources and Environmental Protection (Ch 9) 122 Countries Agree to GBan 12 Highly Toxic Chemicals Africa - Waste Headed for 3rd World Bin Area (STL) #8 in pollution deaths Carbon Dioxide Reduction China Contributes to U.S. Air Pollution China Dam Has Ignited Opposition Cities Highly Vulnerable to Sea Level Rising Global Decline in Amphibians Hybrids' Rising Sun Invasion of Asian Carp Worries State Officials New Study Finds Global Efforts to Reduce Pollution in the Arctic May be Working Polar Bears Walking on Thin Ice Scientists Track Dioxin from U.S. Smokestacks to Remote Arctic Villages Pollution & St. Louis Air Quality Upper Mississippi Flooding Voracious Kudzu Vulnerable River Basins What is the Environmental Impact of the US Consumer's Habits? Wild Fires Gulf Dead Zone Paradise Lost - Endangered Species - Hawaii Consumer Safety - Beware Recalled Products Forests in Peril	G1001 - Urban Geography (Ch 10) 10 Most Polluted Cities in the USA Aerotropolis - New City Form Cities Highly Vulnerable to Sea Level Rising Future Suture? Merging the City and County is Easier Said than Done Global Change 16 - The Urban & Industrial Environment - Atmosphere Global Change 17 - The Urban & Industrial Environment - Hydrosphere Global Change 18 - Notes on Drinking Water Life in Suburbia Costs More than You'd Think Mass Transit Can Work Micropolitan and Metropolitan Areas of the USA NASA Satellites Watch the World's Cities Grow Revolting High Rises The Tourist City - Urban Geography UN - Half the World Soon to be in Cities Urbanization an Environmental Force to be Reckoned With Toronto - a Model for St. Louis?	G1001 - Political Geoglraphy (Ch 11) A whole new world along the US-Mexican Border Cold War Timeline Containment joint defense organizations Islamic Fundamentalism Japan Rocks China with Island Plan Myanmar monasteries raided as World Pleads for Calm The Day Burma Was Silenced US support for Israel - History Why do They Hate US Yangon Bloggers Outsmart Myanmar Censors - Protests 9-7-07 Former Yugoslavia Map Kosovo Primer Kosovo Timeline Bosnian Genocide	G1001 - Economic Geography (Ch 12) Fuel Prices Questions Answered Generic Post Colonial Economic Patterns Global Change 28 - Achievingn Sustainable Development Income Spread (gap) Among Countries Industrial Revolution Interdependence Illustrated at a Local Level Oil Problems Report - U.S. Workes are the Most Productive Very Richest's Share of Income Grew Even Bigger Europe on the Brink of a Currency Crisis (Oct 08)
Geog 1001 - Regionalization & Globalization (Ch 13) Globalization of Diseases Men Take Moscow Audience Hostage Realms and Regions Globalization Outline Europe 1- Supranationalism and Devolution		Geog 1002 - North America (Ch 3) Alaska Jolted by Major Earthquake Californians Fume as Officials Look for Wat to End Rolling Blackouts Grand Canyon Micropolitan and Metropolitan areas of the USA Midwest Endures the Second Coldest December on Record Quake Rattles Remote Area of Alaska Some Major Earthquakes Recorded in the US State Officials Intensify Fight Against Plan to Change Missouri R. flow Behold the Incredible Shrinking Colorado River Climate Shift may Cut Colorado River Flow Very Richest's Share of Income Grew Even Bigger Lake Effect Snow Around the Great Lakes Snow Squalls Bury Upstate New York U.S. Urges Fivefold Expansion in Alberta Oilsands What About a North American Union? Outline of American Geography	Geog 1002- Middle America (Ch 4 & 5) Indians Want Reforms Enacted in Guatemala Leaders of Rebel Group Will March to Mexico City New Mexican President Shows no loss of Optimism Quake has Devastated Salvadoran Economy Talks and History - Zapatista Rebels Mexican Presidentn Brings Zapatista Rebels Back to the Table	Geog 1002 - South America (Ch 4) Peru - Towers Point to Ancient Sun Cult Post Colonial Economic Patterns Post Colonial One Crop Economies
Geog 1002 - Europe (Ch 8) Agglomeration & Devolution in Europe Colder North America & Europe May Result from Gulf Stream Shut Down Did You Ever See a Water Bridge over a River? Fascist Family Feud Former Communist is Returned to Presidency in Romania October 1002 Mt. Etna Eruption Scottish Independence is Becoming a Serious Issue Spaniards at Last Confront the Ghost of Franco Three New Countries EU for Americans EU Summit & Protests Dece,ber 2000 EU is Preparing to Start the Creation of its own Defense Force EU Leaders Okay Plan to Expand Italian's Sharp Tongue Punctures Image of United Europe Oresund a New Northern European Region in the Making Regional Geography - Europe Bosnia: Rebirth of a Nation Bosnian Genocide NATO Fights the Jihadis NATO Troops Should Stay in Kosovo	Geog 1002 - Russia (Former USSR) (Ch 9) Ancient Vishnu Idol Found in Russian Town There Were Three Governments in Russia in 1917 As its Exlpatriates are being Killed Hundreds Held Hostage Informjation about Russian Cities Men Take Moscow Audience Hostage Putin's Grasp on Energy Drives the Russian Agenda Rebels Threaten to kill Hostages Residents of Ruyssia's Far East Struggle to Survive Russia Shuts off Gas and Electricityu to Georgia's Capital Russiansn Hunt for Moscow Metro Bombers	Geog 1002 - SubSaharan Africa (Ch 6) Africa: Postcolonial One Crop Economies Agriculture Hit by Natural and Man-made Disasters AIDS in Africa and Gender Roles Apartheid in south Africa (econogical side) Apartheid Legislation in South Africa Floods Create Humanitarian Disaster in Kenya Islam in Nigeria Mission to Uganda Nigeria - Important in Africa Opposition Leader is Elected President in Ghana Point-Counterpoint - Nigeria Slavery in Ivory Coast - 21st Century Somalia Tries to Build a Government from Scratch Some Basic Features of Apartheid (Overhead) The 100 Dollar Laptop Computer for Developing countries TIST - Planting Trees for Improved Agriculture Witness to Genocide	Geog 1002 - North Africa and Southwest Asia (Ch 7) Advice from an Old Middle East Hand Arab-Israeli Chronology Buried Alive - The Taliban and Women Civilizations of the Middle East (Overhead) Guilty or not-U.S.is Blamed in Mosque Blast Kurds Were Locked in Ship's Hold for Eight Days NATO Fights the Jihadis Palestinian Mob Attacks Pollster Sacred Sights of Egypt Summary of Background on Aswan Dam Turks Prepare for Effects of Devalued Currency Wahhabism General Info Wahhabism Interview 1 Wahhabism Interview 2 Wahhabism Interview 3 Wahhabism Interview 4 Water Problems in Saudi Arabia Life in Iraq The Iraqi Baath Party	Geog 1002 - Central Asia (Ch 10) Mongolia
Geog 1002 - East Asia (Ch 11) Analects of Confucius Beijing 1644 to the Present Beijing Flora and Fauna Chins 56 Ethnic Groups China 2200-1750 BCE China - Bring Back Bicycles China in Revolt China- People's Congress System China Population Info China - Position & Area China Warns of Catastrophe from Three Gorges Dam Chinese Ethnic Minorities Condensed Chinese History Fear and Anger Among Muslims in China's Far West Forbidden City Mongolia North China Plain andn Beijing Toxic Haze From China Blankets Korea China 580- 1644 CE	Geog 1002 - South Asia (Ch 12) Ayodhya - India's Religious Flashpoint Beware the Brown Cloud Gandhi's Legacy Struggles in Gujarat India's Poor Starve as Wheat Rots India's Social System and Castes India's Social System and Castes - Change Massacres of Innocent Sri Lankan Civilians by LTTE Terrorists Monkeys Terrorize Government Workers Monsoon Floods in India and Bangladesh Seasons in India Sri Lanka Tamil Rebellion Timeline Sri Lanka - the Eghnic Divide The Caste System and Stages of Life The Devotionalistic Gods in Hinduism The Truth About Aurangzeb	Geog 1002 - Southeast Asia (Ch 13) Angkor Wat Native Fighters Expand Their Control on Indonesian Part of Borneo The Day Burma Was Silenced Thousands Flee Ethnic Slaughter on Borneo Vietnam Wall of Volcanic Mud Swamps Philippine Hamlets Why Americans Should Care About East Timor Witnesses Recall Horror of Madurese Slaughter Yangon Bloggers Outsmart Myanmar Censors	USEFUL GLOSSARIES	Miscellaneous Places in Metro St. Louis with free Wi-Fi Conceptualizing numbers - how big is a billion?
Geog 2001 - Cultural Geography Religions & Philosophies Check Chapter 7 for Geog 1001 (top of the page) Links to Large collections of Religion glossaries & dictionaries: The Major World Religions World Religions - Infoplease Religions of India Major Religions - FactMonster Religions of the World Religions, Cults, & Sects Religious Tolerance Linguistics Intro to Linguistics Center for Applied Linguistics World Languages: Summary Major World Languages - basic information African Languages by Country Languages - 123World Culture What is Culture? What is Culture? (2)	Geog 2001 - Cultural Geography Articles Check the articles for Geog 1001 also -- there are many similar topics