Index
A
Aboriginal people 104, 105
Abu Simbel, Egypt 38
Adriatic Sea 64
Afghanistan 74, 84
Africa vi, vii, viii, 34–45
African Americans 10, 11
agriculture v
Africa 36, 38, 41, 45
Asia 77, 84, 94
Australasia 104, 107
Central America 21, 22
Europe 52, 62, 64, 66, 69,
71, 73
North America 5, 10, 13,
14, 18
South America 26, 27,
28, 31
air pollution 14, 18, 53, 67, 73
Alaska, US 4, 5, 111
Albania 47, 64, 65
Alberta, Canada 5
Aleut people 5
Algeria 34, 36, 37
alphabet, Chinese 88
Alps 54, 57
Amazon rainforest 28
Amazon, River 29
amber 70
American Indians
Central America 21
North America 4, 9, 12,
16, 27
South America 28
Amsterdam, Netherlands 53
Andalucía, Spain 59
Andes Mountains 26, 27, 31
Andorra 47, 54
Angel Falls, Venezuela 27
Angkor Wat, Cambodia 95
animals 32
Africa 39, 43, 45
Antarctic 110
Arctic 111
Asia 79, 95, 96
Australasia and Oceania
105, 106, 107, 108
Central America 20
North America 5, 10, 12,
15, 16
South America 28, 32
Ankara, Turkey 76
Antarctic Treaty 110
Antarctica 110, 111
apartheid 45
Apollonia, Albania 65
Appalachian Mountains,
US 10
Arabian Sea 83
Arabs 36, 80, 81, 82
Aral Sea 85
Ararat, Mount 77
Arawak people 24
architecture 61, 66, 85, 86
Arctic Circle v, 4, 48
Arctic Ocean 111
Argentina 24, 30, 31, 32
Arizona, US 16
Armenia 75, 76, 77
Ashanti people 40
Asia vi, vii, 74–97
Atacama Desert, Chile v, 30
Atatürk, Mustafa Kemal 76
Athens, Greece 66, 67
Atlantic Ocean 7, 32–33
Atlantic Provinces, Canada 6, 7
Atlas Mountains 36
Auckland, New Zealand 106
Australia vi, vii, 100, 104–105, 108
Australasia and Oceania vi,
100–109
Austria 56, 57
aviation industry viii, 55
Aymará people 27
Azerbaijan 76, 77
Azeri people 82
Aztecs 18, 19
B
Baffin Island, Canada 5
Bahamas, The 3, 22, 23
Baikal, Lake 78, 79
Baku, Azerbaijan 77
Balearic Islands 59
Baltic Sea 49, 70
Baluchi people 82
bananas 21
Bangkok, Thailand 95
Bangladesh 74, 87
Barbados 3, 22
Barcelona, Spain 59
barrier reefs 20, 105
bears 5, 79, 89, 111
Beaufort Sea 111
Bedouin 81
beer 56, 63
Beirut, Lebanon 80
Belgium 47, 52, 53
Belize 2, 20
Bengal, Bay of 86
Berber people 36
Bering Sea 108
Berlin Wall 56
Bhutan 75, 86, 87
Bilbao, Spain 59
Bolivia viii, 24, 27
Black Sea 66, 69, 72
black smokers 108
Borneo v, 96
Bosnia and Herzegovina 46, 64
Bosphorus 76
Brasilía, Brazil 28
Brazil vi, 24, 28–29
British Columbia, Canada 4
British Empire 50, 51, 86
Brunei 75, 96, 97
Budapest, Hungary 63
Buddhism vii, 86, 87, 88, 89,
91, 92, 95
Buenos Aires, Argentina 31
buffalo 12
Burkina Faso 34
Burma, see Myanmar
burqa 82
Bush people 44
C
cacti 16
Cairo, Egypt vii, 39
Cajuns 10
Calgary, Canada 4
California, US 14, 15
Cambodia 74, 94, 95
Cameroon 34, 42, 43
Canada 2, 3, 4–7, 10, 111
Canadian National Tower,
Toronto 6
Cape of Good Hope 99
Caracas, Venezuela 26
Carib people 22
Caribbean 2, 22–23
Carnival 23, 29, 60
Carpathian Mountains 62
carpets 77
cars 14, 49, 56, 71, 92, 93
Carthage, Tunisia 37
Catalonia, Spain 59
cattle 15, 31, 39, 44, 94, 104, 107
Caucasus Mountains 76, 77
Ceausescu, Nicolae 68
Central African Republic 34,
42, 43
Central America vii, 20–23
Chad 34, 42, 43
Chad, Lake 42
cheese 55
chewing gum 19
Chicago, Illinois, US 13
Chile 24, 30, 31
China vi, vii, 74, 88–91
Christianity vii, 39, 40, 42, 81, 102
churches 17, 20, 49, 61, 66, 67,
72, 73
cities vii
Asia 80, 91, 92, 97
Australasia 105
Europe 47, 48, 50, 51, 54, 58,
59, 62, 65, 66, 68, 70, 72
North America 4, 6, 8, 12,
13, 14, 18
South America 26, 30, 31
City of London, UK 50
city-states 60
civil war 20, 34, 37, 40, 42, 43,
45, 80, 81, 84, 85, 86
climate iv–v, 110
WEST AFRICA
Asia 77, 96
Australasia 106
Europe 32, 47, 48
North America 16
coal mining 62
cocoa 40
coffee 21, 28, 37, 39, 40, 83
Colombia 24, 26, 27
colonization 51, 52
Africa 38, 42
Asia 82, 90
Central America 20
South America 26, 28, 30
Colorado, US 15
Colosseum, Rome 60
communism 62, 64, 66, 68, 72,
73, 78, 79, 88, 90, 91
computer industry 15
Congo 34, 42, 43
Congo, River 42, 43
continental drift 32
continents iv
Cook Islands 103
Copacabana beach, Rio de
Janeiro 29
Copenhagen, Denmark 48
coral islands 98, 100
coral reefs 11, 20, 98, 100
Corinth Canal, Greece 67
cork 58
Corsica 54
Costa Rica 2, 21
cotton 10, 11, 28, 38, 42, 45, 85
cranberries 9
Crimea 69
Croatia 46, 64, 65
Cuba 2, 22
Cuna Indians 21
cycling 53
cyclones 86
Cyprus 47, 80
Czechia 46, 62, 63
DE
Dakota people 12
Dalai Lama 89
Dalmatia, Croatia 64
Damascus, Syria 80
dams 30, 41, 44, 52, 107
Dan people 41
dance 41, 57, 79, 84, 99
ballet 72
flamenco 59
tango 24, 31
Danube, River 63, 64, 66
Darwin, Charles 108
date palms 37
Death Valley, USA 14, 15
deep-sea vents 108
deforestation 28, 38, 41, 96
Denmark 32, 46, 48, 49
desalination 83
deserts v
Africa 37, 44
Asia 80, 81, 83, 84, 88
Australia 100, 104
cold 72, 88, 110
North America 14, 16
South America 30
Detroit, Michigan, US 12
Dinka people 39
dinosaurs 88
Dominican Republic 2, 23
Dracula, Count 68
dress 63, 71, 79, 87, 92
drought 38, 41, 42, 44, 84
Dubrovnik, Croatia 65
Earth iv–v, vi
earthquakes v
Asia 85, 86, 92
Europe 58, 60, 67
Iceland 33
North America15
Pacific 97, 108
Easter Island 109
East Timor 75, 96
ecotourism 20, 45
Edinburgh, Scotland 50
education 9, 30, 72, 84, 90, 91, 97
Egypt 34, 38, 39
El Niño 109
electronics industry 49, 91, 92, 93
endangered species 39, 89, 96, 107
energy 30, 43, 50, 54, 107
environment 6, 49, 68, 85, 98,
104, 111
Ephesus, Turkey 76
Equator v, 96
Estonia 46, 70
Ethiopia 22, 34, 39
ethnic minorities 21, 28, 51, 52, 69,
73, 77
Euphrates, River 80, 82
Europe vi, vii, 38, 46–73
European Union 52, 62, 66, 68
Everest, Mount 87
Everglades, Florida 10
FG
Falkland Islands 32
families vi
Africa 40, 42
Asia 78, 82, 86, 90
Caribbean 25
Europe 61, 62, 65
Mexico 19
Pacific islands 103
fault lines iv, 15, 97, 107
festivals 56, 59, 60, 66, 89, 92, 96
Chinese New Year 90
Day of the Dead 18
Easter 59, 68
Eid ul-Fitr 23, 84
Thanksgiving 9
Fiji 100, 103
Filipinos 97
film industry 87, 107
finance 8, 21, 26, 50, 52, 53, 56,
90, 96
Finland 46, 48–49
fishing 32, 109
SOUTHERN AFRICA
Asia 83, 93, 98
Europe 58, 65
North America 6, 7, 9
Oceania 103
fjords 49
flooding 45, 86, 98
Florence, Italy 47, 60, 61
Florida, US 10, 11
folk culture 63, 68, 71, 79
food 52, 53, 56, 58, 65, 68, 76, 83,
86, 93, 97
crops 20, 22, 23, 28, 41, 42,
64, 85, 90, 93, 103
forests v
Asia 79, 94, 96, 99
Europe 48, 49, 71, 72
North America 4, 14
see also rainforests
French Guiana 26
Gabon 34, 42, 43
Galápagos Islands 108
Gambia 35, 40
gas 4, 6, 32, 36, 37, 50, 68, 78,
84, 111
gemstones 27, 40, 44
Geneva, Switzerland 56
Georgia 75, 76, 77
geysers 15, 33, 107
Ghana 35, 40, 41
Gibraltar, Strait of 58
Gobi Desert 88
gold 12, 27, 28, 40, 44, 78, 84, 104
government
Africa 34, 42, 43, 45
Asia 78, 88, 89, 90, 96
Europe 50, 58, 62, 64, 66
South America 30
US 8
Grand Banks, Canada 7
Grand Canyon, Arizona, US
16, 17
Great Lakes 6, 7, 13
Great Plains, US 12, 13
Great Wall of China 89
Greek islands 67
Greeks, ancient 37, 65, 76
Greenland 32, 111
Gulf States 82
Gulf Stream 32, 33
HI
Haiti 2, 23
Hawaii 108
Himalayas 86, 87, 89
Hinduism vii, 87, 102
Hispanic people 17
Hong Kong 90
hot springs 33, 63, 101, 107
houses 17, 42, 55
Houston, Texas, US 16, 17
Hudson, River, US 8
Hungary 46, 62, 63
hurricanes 20, 23
hydroelectric power 30, 54, 107
Iberian Peninsula 58–59
icebergs 7, 33, 110
Iceland 32, 33, 46
Illinois, US 12
immigration 4, 8, 11, 104
Incas 25, 26, 27
India vi, 74, 86, 87, 92
Indiana, US 12
Indian Ocean 96, 98–99
Indian subcontinent 86–87
Indonesia 74, 96, 97, 108
industry
Asia 91, 96
Europe 49, 50, 52, 55, 56,
62, 63, 69, 71
North America 8, 10, 12,
15, 18
South America 28
Internet vii, 91, 96
Inuit people 5, 32, 111
Iran 74, 82
Iraq 74, 81, 82
Ireland 46, 50
Islam vii, 36, 40, 58, 73, 76, 81,
83, 84, 85, 87, 96, 102
Israel 75, 80, 81
Istanbul, Turkey 76
Ivory Coast 34, 41
JKL
Jamaica 3, 22
Japan vii, 29, 74, 92–93, 108
Jerusalem, Israel 80, 81
Johannesburg, South Africa 44
Jordan 75, 80, 81
Jordan, River 81
Judaism 80, 81
Kalahari Desert 44
Kansas, US 12
Karen people 94
Kaxinawa Indians 28
Kazakh people 78
Kenya 34, 38, 39
Khalkh Mongols 88
King Jr., Martin Luther 11
kite-flying 96
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