Geography Coloring Book  (English, Paperback, Kapit Wynn)

For introductory courses in Geography.

This unique educational tool introduces the countries of the world and the states of the United States to students. Each section begins with a plate containing a political map, a physical map, and regional maps. Through active participation, by coloring in countries, rivers, regions, etc. (and their respective names), students gain a broader understanding of the material and retain more information. A highly effective, but also enjoyable, way to learn.

Salient Features

• NEW - Functional and aesthetic improvements throughout-Includes the use of new, non-colorable font for chapter and subject headings, and revised presentation of the World Thematic Maps spreads.
• Provides visually dynamic identification of the material, as well as distinguishes the headings from the balloon titles to be colored in.
• Succinct, informative, and often fascinating text or captions-Accompanies all illustrations to be colored.
• Relates, wherever possible, the information to current events, and provides students with material that enhances their understanding of historical and current events.
• Geographical Dictionary-Each entry is followed by a brief explanation.
• Identifies the subject, describes its location, and often includes a significant fact.
• Systematic organization of maps according to Region-With each Region introduced by a political map and a physical map of the continent.
• Lends itself to a systematic study of the world, as well as enables students to go directly to any place of interest.
• Aids in recognizing countries by shape as well as location, and gaining a sense of the relative sizes of nations and states.
• Assists in visualizing the location of a nation in the context of its continent; knowing the names of the capitals and major cities; and identifying and locating important rivers, mountain ranges, and bodies of water.
• World Thematic Maps-Includes eleven global maps covering climate, rainfall, temperatures, prevailing winds, ocean currents, vegetation, land use, population, racial distribution, languages, and religions.
• Presents students with a “global” view of human activity.
• Flags and review of nations-Groups flags of the world according to continents, with the illustration of the flag placed close to the country of origin.
• Allows students to not only learn about the flags of each nation, but see certain similarities between flags of nations located physically close to each other, or which share a cultural or religious background.
• Eight historic land empires-Including the two Islamic, presented with an extensive history of their rise and fall.
• Asks students to color a historic empire superimposed over a modern-day map of the region, in order to provide them with an understanding of why nations have the cultures, languages, and religions that they do.

New to this Edition

• Functional and aesthetic improvements throughout-Includes the use of new, non-colorable font for chapter and subject headings, and revised presentation of the World Thematic Maps spreads.
• Provides visually dynamic identification of the material, as well as distinguishes the headings from the balloon titles to be colored in.