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World Geography English Medium

Universe and solar system, the Earth, landforms, climate, oceans, continents and economic & human geography of the world.

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Chapter 1 Pass English Medium World Geography General Geography — Universe and Solar System Globe, latitude–longitude, time and the International Date Line; the Big Bang, galaxies, the life cycle of stars, black holes; asteroids and comets; the Sun, eight planets (latest NASA data), the Moon and eclipses. Open map Chapter 2 Pass English Medium World Geography Interior of the Earth and Rocks Sources of knowledge about the interior, sial-sima-nife and crust-mantle-core, discontinuities; Wegener's continental drift and its evidence, sea-floor spreading, plate tectonics; igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, minerals, soil formation and the soil profile. Open map Chapter 3 Pass English Medium World Geography Earth Movements — Endogenic and Exogenic Forces Diastrophic forces — epeirogenic movements, folding and faulting; earthquake focus, waves, types and belts; volcanic materials, types and distribution; weathering and erosion, and the landforms of rivers, karst, wind, sea waves and glaciers. Open map Chapter 4 Pass English Medium World Geography Landform Diversity — Mountains, Plateaus, Plains Types of mountains and ages of mountain building; types of plateaus and the world's major plateaus; classification of plains; origins of lakes and the world's great lakes (updated figures); types of islands; causes, kinds and world distribution of deserts. Open map Chapter 5 Pass English Medium World Geography Climatology Composition and five layers of the atmosphere; insolation, heat budget, albedo; temperature distribution and inversion; pressure belts, planetary-periodic-local winds, jet streams; humidity, condensation, clouds, rainfall; air masses, fronts, temperate and tropical cyclones, anticyclones; Köppen’s climate classification. Open map Chapter 6 Pass English Medium World Geography Hydrosphere — Oceans, Tides and Currents How water is shared on Earth; the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans; the sea floor from shelf to trench; temperature and salinity; causes and types of tides; currents of the three oceans and El Niño; coral reefs and bleaching; marine resources and deposits; straits, coastlines and maritime zones. Open map Chapter 7 Pass English Medium World Geography Natural Regions The world’s major natural regions — equatorial, tropical monsoon, savanna, hot desert, steppe, Mediterranean, China type, west European, St Lawrence, taiga and tundra: extent, climate, vegetation, soils, local winds and people. Open map Chapter 8 Pass English Medium World Geography Continents of the World The seven continents in order of area and their records; landforms, rivers, climate, vegetation, resources and key countries of Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe, Australia and Antarctica — with maps, chalkboard diagrams and updated figures. Open map Chapter 9 English Medium World Geography Economic Geography of the World Five sectors of occupation, gathering-hunting-herding, fishing grounds, types of farming and names of shifting cultivation, major crops, minerals, energy, industries, transport, the Suez and Panama canals and ports — with the latest (2024–25) producer rankings. Open map Chapter 10 Pass English Medium World Geography Human Geography — Origins, Population and Settlements Human origins and early humans; bases of racial classification and the three major groups; tribes of the world; cultural regions, religions and languages; population growth, distribution and density; migration; rural and urban settlements; the Human Development Report and its indices (with the latest data). Open map