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Course Schedule

Sept.-Geography & Social Studies Skills
How do geographers show information on maps?
Why do geographers use a variety of maps to represent the world?
What kinds of geographic characteristics define the region where you live?

Oct.-Europe/Russia
What forces work for and against supranational cooperation among nations?
What factors help make a region an important world economic center?
How can one country’s pollution become another country’s problem?
What factors contribute to the success or failure of new nation-states?

Nov.-East & Southeast Asia
What factors influence where people live?
What impact does rapid economic change have on the lives of people?
How does a country meet the challenges created by a large and growing population?
How does population density affect the way people live?
What is globalization, and how does it affect people and places?

Dec.-South Asia
How can people both experience and protect the world’s special places?
What factors give some countries a comparative advantage in the global IT revolution?
How does climate influence human activity in a region?
How do religious beliefs and practices influence people’s lives?

Jan. & Feb.-North Africa/Southwest & Central Asia
How have natural resources made this region a key player in world affairs?
How does religion affect the lives of people today?
What effects can conflict have on a region?

Mar. & Apr.-Sub-Saharan Africa
What effect does the movement of people within a region have on that region?
How do people adapt to living in a desert region?
How can dividing a diverse country into regions make it easier to understand?
How might ethnic group differences affect who controls resources and power in a society?
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May-Latin America
How do indigenous peoples preserve their traditional culture while adapting to modern life?
What causes extreme weather, and how do people deal with it?
How should the resources of rainforests be used and preserved?
How do people adapt to living in a mountainous region?