This course has an assignment that is due by 11:55 pm Central Standard Time on Wednesday night of the first week of class. Failure to complete this assignment will result in your removal from the course for non-participation.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOK

Essentials of World Regional Geography. Third Edition. Ed. George White, Joseph Dymond, Elizabeth Chacko, and Michael Bradshaw. McGraw-Hill Publishers, 2014.   ISBN: 978-0073369358

STUDENTS MUST ALSO READ ONE OF THESE THREE BOOKS FOR THE BOOK REVIEW ASSIGNMENT FOR THE COURSE

Hochschild, Adam. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1998. ISBN-13: 978-0-395-75924-0

Faderman, Lillian. I Begin My Life All Over: The Hmong and the American Immigrant Experience . Massachusetts: Beacon Press, 1998. ISBN-0-8070-7234-6

Kane, Joe. Savages. New York: Random House, 1995. ISBN-978-0-679-74019-3

To give the student an understanding of basic geofacts that explain how the earth changes.

To give the student an understanding of map development and working knowledge of map reading.

To acquaint the student with the concept of realms and the development of resources within each realm.