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The World Today: Concepts and Regions in Geography, 4th Edition
The World Today: Concepts and Regions in Geography, 4th Edition
Harm J. de Blij, Michigan State University
Peter O. Muller, Univ. of Miami
Antoinette WinklerPrins, Michigan State University
ISBN: 978-0-470-23713-7
©2009
464 pages
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People and Place Videos
978-0-470-08992-7
Working closely with Wiley’s Media Team, Erin Fouberg of Northern State University has created a collection of video lecture launchers to be shown in class providing students with a “sense of place” that supplements the general overview presented by the textbook. These videos are designed to inspire college students to become interested in the views of other people in other parts of the world.

National Geographic EarthPulse
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A publication about movements affecting and influencing our global society. Utilizing full-color imagery and National Geographic photographs, EarthPulse takes you on a journey of discovery covering topics such as The Human Condition, Our Relationship with Nature, and Our Connected World.

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 Prepared by Peter Muller, University of Miami, the Test Bank for the Third Edition of The World Today contains over 3,000 test items including multiple choice, fill in, matching, and essay questions. It is distributed via the secure Instructor’s website as electronic files, which can be saved into all major word processing programs.

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National Geographic EarthPulse
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Study Guide t/a The World Today: Concepts and Regions in Geography, Fourth Edition
978-0-470-47200-2
Text. Co author Peter O. Muller and his geographer daughter, Elizabeth Muller Hames, have written a popular Study Guide to accompany the book that is packed with useful study and review tools. For each chapter in the textbook, the Study Guide gives students and faculty access to chapter objectives, content questions and answers, outline maps of each realm, sample tests, and more.
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—We know that map tests are important to your course, but also recognize that grading these map tests takes time out of your busy schedule. Therefore, we have built secure on-line tests to support every chapter of The World Today that can be customized to ask the questions that you want within a timeframe that you set. With WileyPLUS, you are able to set all of the parameters for your tests. Moreover, your WileyPLUS grade book will automatically grade every test and provide you with the ability to measure and track each student’s grade as well as uncover trends for the entire class. Your students will also have separate Map Quizzes for each chapter that allow them to study for your map tests at their own pace.

INSTRUCTORS’ RESOURCE SITE
—This comprehensive website includes numerous resources to help you enhance your current presentations, create new presentations and employ our pre made PowerPoint presentations. These resources include: • Image Gallery. We provide online electronic files for the line illustrations and maps in the text, which the instructor can customize for presenting in class (for example, in handouts, overhead transparencies, or PowerPoints). • A complete collection of PowerPoint presentations available in beautifully rendered, 4 color format, and have been resized and edited for maximum effectiveness in large lecture halls. • A comprehensive Test Bank with multiple choice, fill in, matching, and essay questions that is distributed via the secure Instructor’s website as electronic files, which can be saved into all major word processing programs. • A comprehensive collection of animations and videos.

STUDENT COMPANION WEBSITE
—www.wiley.com/college/deblij This easy to use and student focused website helps reinforce and illustrate key concepts from the text. It also provides interactive media content that helps students prepare for tests and improve their grades. This website provides additional resources that complement the textbook and enhance your students’ understanding of Geography: • Videos provide a first-hand look at life in other parts of the world. Students will have access to our new People and Place videos, our Online Harm de Blij On-Location videos, as well as numerous other video resources. • Map Quizzes help students master the place names that are crucial to their success in this course. Three game formatted place name activities are provided for each chapter. • The Interactive Globe allows the students to explore the Earth in three dimensions. They are able to apply different textures that reveal spatial information about climate, soils and demographics. Area and demographic data is available by clicking on each country or world realm. • Interactive Animations and Exercises allow students to explore key concepts from the text. • Podcasts, Web Cams, and Live Radio let students see and hear what is happening all over the world in real time. • Flashcards offer an excellent way to drill and practice key concepts, ideas and terms from the text. • GeoDiscoveries Modules allow students to explore key concepts in greater depth using videos, animations and interactive exercises. • Chapter Review Quizzes provide immediate feedback to true/false, multiple choice, and short answer questions. • Interactive Drag and Drop Exercises challenge students to correctly label important illustrations from the textbook. • Audio Pronunciation is provided for over 2000 key words and place names from the text. • Annotated Web Links put useful electronic resources into context. • Area and Demographic Data are provided for every country and world realm. • The Learning Styles Survey will help students identify your unique way of understanding and processing information. • With the Study Skills Chart, students can create a customized learning plan that best suits your personal learning style.

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