Texas Reading Essentials and Study Guide
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Texas Reading Essentials and Study Guide Student Workbook To the Student Glencoe World Geography Texas Reading Essentials and Study Guide is designed to help you use recognized reading strategies to improve your reading-for-information skills. For each section of the student text- book, you are alerted to key terms, asked to draw from prior knowl- edge, organize your thoughts with a graphic organizer, and then follow a process to read and understand the text. The Texas Reading Essentials and Study Guide was prepared to help you concentrate on learning the material covered on the TAKS test. Throughout the text, content related to the TEKS included in the grades 10 and 11 TAKS test is highlighted. The specific TEKS that the content meets is printed in the margin. Copyright © by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Permission is granted to reproduce the material contained herein on the condition that such material be reproduced only for classroom use; be provided to students, teachers, and families without charge; and be used solely in conjunction with Glencoe World Geography. Any other reproduction, for use or sale, is prohibited without prior written permission of the publisher. Send all inquiries to: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 8787 Orion Place Columbus, Ohio 43240-4027 ISBN 0-07-860603-9 Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 045 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 Table of Contents TAKS Objectives and TEKS Student Expectations ................................................................................................v Study Guide 1-1 Exploring Geography................................................................................................1 Study Guide 1-2 The Geographer’s Craft............................................................................................5 Study Guide 2-1 Planet Earth...............................................................................................................8 Study Guide 2-2 Forces of Change ....................................................................................................11 Study Guide 2-3 Earth’s Water ...........................................................................................................14 Study Guide 3-1 Earth-Sun Relationships ........................................................................................17 Study Guide 3-2 Factors Affecting Climate.......................................................................................21 Study Guide 3-3 World Climate Patterns ..........................................................................................25 Study Guide 4-1 World Population ....................................................................................................29 Study Guide 4-2 Global Cultures.......................................................................................................32 Study Guide 4-3 Political and Economic Systems ............................................................................36 Study Guide 4-4 Resources, Trade, and the Environment................................................................40 Study Guide 5-1 The Land..................................................................................................................44 Study Guide 5-2 Climate and Vegetation ..........................................................................................48 Study Guide 6-1 Population Patterns.................................................................................................52 Study Guide 6-2 History and Government .......................................................................................55 Study Guide 6-3 Cultures and Lifestyles...........................................................................................59 Study Guide 7-1 Living in the United States and Canada ..............................................................62 Study Guide 7-2 People and Their Environment ..............................................................................66 Study Guide 8-1 The Land..................................................................................................................69 Study Guide 8-2 Climate and Vegetation ..........................................................................................73 Study Guide 9-1 Population Patterns.................................................................................................76 Study Guide 9-2 History and Government .......................................................................................79 Study Guide 9-3 Cultures and Lifestyles...........................................................................................83 Study Guide 10-1 Living in Latin America..........................................................................................86 Study Guide 10-2 People and Their Environment ..............................................................................90 Study Guide 11-1 The Land..................................................................................................................93 Study Guide 11-2 Climate and Vegetation ..........................................................................................97 Study Guide 12-1 Population Patterns...............................................................................................100 Study Guide 12-2 History and Government .....................................................................................103 Study Guide 12-3 Cultures and Lifestyles.........................................................................................107 Study Guide 13-1 Living in Europe ...................................................................................................111 Study Guide 13-2 People and Their Environment ............................................................................115 Study Guide 14-1 The Land................................................................................................................119 Study Guide 14-2 Climate and Vegetation ........................................................................................123 Study Guide 15-1 Population Patterns...............................................................................................126 Study Guide 15-2 History and Government .....................................................................................129 Study Guide 15-3 Cultures and Lifestyles.........................................................................................133 Study Guide 16-1 Living in Russia.....................................................................................................137 Study Guide 16-2 People and Their Environment ............................................................................141 Study Guide 17-1 The Land................................................................................................................144 Study Guide 17-2 Climate and Vegetation ........................................................................................148 iii Study Guide 18-1 Population Patterns...............................................................................................151 Study Guide 18-2 History and Government .....................................................................................154 Study Guide 18-3 Cultures and Lifestyles.........................................................................................159 Study Guide 19-1 Living in North Africa, Southwest Asia, and Central Asia................................163 Study Guide 19-2 People and Their Environment ............................................................................167 Study Guide 20-1 The Land................................................................................................................170 Study Guide 20-2 Climate and Vegetation ........................................................................................174 Study Guide 21-1 Population Patterns...............................................................................................177 Study Guide 21-2 People and Their Environment ............................................................................180 Study Guide 21-3 Cultures and Lifestyles.........................................................................................184 Study Guide 22-1 Living in Africa South of the Sahara...................................................................188 Study Guide 22-2 People and Their Environment ............................................................................192 Study Guide 23-1 The Land................................................................................................................195 Study Guide 23-2 Climate and Vegetation ........................................................................................199 Study Guide 24-1 Population Patterns...............................................................................................202 Study Guide 24-2 History and Government .....................................................................................205 Study Guide 24-3 Cultures and Lifestyles.........................................................................................209 Study Guide 25-1 Living in South Asia .............................................................................................213 Study Guide 25-2 People and Their Environment ............................................................................217