Geography Connections: People of the World, a Weekly Reader publication articles

Recent articles from Geography Connections: People of the World, a Weekly Reader publication

Unit 4: The Shrinking World.(planning of telecommunication systems in China; teaching about global communications)(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... Background Information China has an antiquated phone system. Residents in Beijing, China's capital, have to line up at special booths to make international calls. That situation is about to change. China will soon leap from the Dark Ages...

Unit 3: Natural Resources.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... Background Information In 1987, at age 12, Andrew Holleman led an effort to save some wetlands near his home in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, from being developed for a condominium housing project. As a result of his efforts, the housing...

Unit 2: A World of Extremes.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... Background Information The Kalahari Desert covers 100,000 square miles of south-central Africa. French photographer Alain Degre braved its 100-degree heat last year to photograph the Kalahari's wildlife in action for International Wildlife...

Community. (RESOURCES).
January 1, 1993... To find places that give away or sell maps in your community, look in the Yellow Pages, Blue Pages, or White Pages of your local phone book under the following headings: Yellow Pages Gasoline Service Stations Book Dealers ...

Series Overview.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... If today's students are to become fully responsible and productive citizens of the 21st century, they will need to know more than name-place geography. Schoolchildren are citizens of a global society, and their daily lives are impacted by world...

What's a Global Village?(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... We've talked a lot about the global village. What does this idea mean to you? Describe the global village and how you are a part of it. How does the global village affect your life? __________ __________ __________ __________...

Ideas in Motion.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... People can be brought together without actually being moved from one place to another. How? Through the sharing of ideas and images. Technologies that help move ideas can be simple--pen and some paper, for example. Or they can be complex, like...

A Different Kind of Desert.(arctic regions)(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... With cutting winds, endless ice, and temperatures down to 30 degrees below 30, the Arctic is nothing like the Middle Eastern desert. But because the Arctic receives less than 10 inches of precipitation a year, geographers consider the Arctic a...

Desert Survival.(nomadic life; Saudi Arabia)
January 1, 1993... In the deserts of the Middle East and Africa, people have found many ways to adapt to their surroundings. They wear long flowing robes and headgear to protect their bodies from the hot sun. Some set up towns near oases, lush areas of water and...

Saudi Arabia And Water From the Sea. (A WORLD OF EXTREMES).(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... Deep beneath the sands of Saudi Arabia lies a precious resource. It's not oil--it's water. In the hot desert lands of the Middle East, water for growing crops and drinking is becoming harder to find. Some experts predict that the Saudis will...

The Global Supermarket.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... Think of ten items you used today at home or school. In the space below, list these items. Next to each item, write where you think the product was made. (Don't peek at the box or label!) For example, you might guess that your sneakers were...

Morning Madness.(origin of items used in morning routings)
January 1, 1993... Brrring! Another school day--and Jen is late again! She jumps out of bed, combs her teeth, brushes her hair--no, that's not right--brushes her teeth, combs her hair, and throws her pajamas in a heap on the floor. Still trying to wake up,...

Made In the U.S.A.? This car was assembled in the United States. But the labeled parts were made in other countries.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... Some business experts say the global economy is erasing the borders between countries. Goods move more freely from one country to another. A company based in New York may have thousands of workers scattered around the world. A product made in...

Trade with the World.(Japan)(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... Japan is the number one exporter of goods to the United States, but it's not the number one importer of American goods. Which country is? Canada. Canada buys about $90 billion worth of American goods each year--almost double the amount of goods...

The Five Themes of Geography.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... What does world trade have to do with geography? Geography deals with much more than maps. Geographers study five major themes. Link these themes to the issue of trade between the United States and Japan. Location: Where people and places...

Think and Discuss.(trade)(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... How can the United States reduced its trade imbalance with Japan? Some people say the U.S. government should tell the Japanese government to help the United States sell more goods in Japan. Others say the U.S. government should make new laws...

The Balance Of Trade. (THE GLOBAL ECONOMY).(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... With its modern cities and huge, efficient factories, Japan hardly looks like a country that was destroyed a $3 trillion economy--second only to that of the United States. Japanese electronic goods, cars, and machinery are sold all over the...