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World Cultures

by: Ahmad, Iftikhar; Brodsky, Herbert; Crofts, Marylee S.; Ellis, Elisabeth Gaynor

World Cultures

by: Ahmad, Iftikhar; Brodsky, Herbert; Crofts, Marylee S.; Ellis, Elisabeth Gaynor

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9780130501912
ISBN 10:
0130501913
Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 05/01/2000
Publisher: PRENTICE HALL SCHOOL GROUP

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Unit 1 Introduction

(55)

The Global Environment

(24)

Exploring the World Around Us

(5)

Geographic Connection Brasilia---A City Built From Scratch

(2)

Understanding the Physical World

(5)

The Meaning of Culture

(6)

How Cultures Change

(7)

Up Close A Way of Life Changes

(5)

The World Today

(30)

Patterns of Early Civilizations

(6)

Shaping the Industrial World

(4)

The Developing World

(5)

Growing Interdependence

(14)

Up Close Bringing Hope to the Poor

(3)

Science and Technology Satellites Link the World

(2)

Reading a Map: The Pacific Rim

(1)

Making Generalizations: The Quality of Life

(1)

The All-American Slurp

(2)

A Culture of Cultures

(2)

Review

(2)

Unit 2 Africa

(102)

Geography and Early History of Africa

(20)

The Shape of the Land

(5)

Geographic Connection the Great Rift Valley

(3)

Climate and Diversity

(7)

Early Civilization of Africa

(7)

Up Close The Gift of the Nile

(4)

Heritage of Africa

(28)

Trading States and Kingdoms

(6)

Patterns of Life

(8)

Up Close Old Ways of Learning Together

(4)

The Slave Trade

(4)

Age of European Imperialism

(5)

Builders and Shapers Shaka: King of the Zulu Nation

101

(1)

Effects of European Rule

102

(4)

African in Transition

106

(26)

Winning Independence

107

(4)

Steps Toward Development

111

(6)

Changing Patterns of Life

117

(5)

Up Close A Long Trek to Work

117

(5)

Nigeria

122

(4)

Zimbabwe

126

(6)

Tradition and Change Linda Mutondoro, Guerrilla Commander

128

(4)

African in the World Today

132

(26)

Regional and Global Issues

133

(6)

Science and Technology Trapping the Tsetse Fly

138

(1)

The Republic of South Africa

139

(4)

Literature and the Arts

143

(15)

Up Close Kane Kwei: Carpenter Artist

147

(3)

Reading a Time Line: Events From Modern African History

150

(1)

Recognizing Facts and Opinions: Lifting Sanctions Against South Africa

151

(1)

The Gentlemen of the Jungle

152

(2)

Africa and Modern Art

154

(2)

Review

156

(2)

Unit 3 South Asia: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

158

(88)

Geography and Early History of South Asia

160

(16)

The Shape of the Land

161

(4)

Climate and Resources

165

(5)

Up Close Waves As High As Mountains

167

(3)

Early Civilizations of India

170

(6)

Geographic Connection Digging in the Indus Valley

172

(4)

Heritage of South Asia

176

(24)

Religious Traditions

177

(6)

Powerful Empires

183

(6)

Builders and Shapers Akbar the Great: Champion of Religious Toleration

187

(2)

Patterns of Life

189

(4)

Up Close A Traditional Marriage

192

(1)

India Under British Rule

193

(7)

South Asia in Transition

200

(22)

Freedom---and Partition

201

(4)

Political Challenges

205

(4)

Tradition and Change The Untouchables: Turning From the Past

207

(2)

Economic Development

209

(5)

Changing Patterns of Life

214

(3)

Up Close The ``Village Indira''

216

(1)

Other Nations of South Asia

217

(5)

South Asia in the World Today

222

(24)

Regional and Global Issues

223

(4)

Looking to the Future

227

(5)

Science and Technology Nuclear Power in India

228

(3)

Up Close Building a Better Life

231

(1)

Art and Literature

232

(14)

Reading a Graph: Average Rainfall in Calcutta

238

(1)

Analyzing Fiction: Learning About Indian Culture

239

(1)

We Crown Thee King

240

(2)

Champions of Nonviolence

242

(2)

Review

244

(2)

Unit 4 Southeast Asia, Australia, and Oceania

246

(74)

Geography and Heritage of Southeast Asia

248

(16)

The Shape of the Land

249

(4)

Early Traditions

253

(5)

Geographic Connection The Strait of Malacca

256

(2)

Patterns of Life

258

(6)

Up Close Two Kinds of Healing

261

(3)

Southeast Asia in Transition

264

(18)

European Influence

265

(6)

Builders and Shapers Emilio Aguinaldo, Freedom Fighter

269

(2)

A New Political Map

271

(4)

War in Southeast Asia

275

(7)

Up Close Escape From the Killing Fields

279

(3)

Southeast Asia in the World Today

282

(16)

Economic Development

283

(5)

Up Close Making Ends Meet in Klong Toey

286

(2)

Two Nations of Southeast Asia

288

(3)

Literature and the Arts

291

(7)

Tradition and Change Shadow Theater of Indonesia

295

(3)

Australia and Oceania

298

(22)

Geography of Australia and New Zealand

299

(3)

Growth of Australia and New Zeland

302

(5)

Up Close Condemned to Transportation

304

(2)

Science and Technology Scanning the Stars From the Land ``Down Under''

306

(1)

Oceania---Islands of the Pacific

307

(13)

Using a Primary Source: Life Under the Khmer Rouge

312

(1)

Reading a Thematic Map: Religions of Southeast Asia

313

(1)

Thoughts Hanoi

314

(2)

Pepper Fever

316

(2)

Review

318

(2)

Unit 5 East Asia: China, Korea, Japan

320

(116)

Geography and Heritage of China

322

(28)

Geographic Setting

323

(4)

Enduring Traditions

327

(6)

Patterns of Life

333

(4)

Powerful Empires

337

(6)

Geographic Connection The Silk Road

338

(1)

Up Close Exam Time

339

(4)

Roots of Revolution

343

(7)

China Today

350

(24)

The People's Republic of China

351

(3)

Economic Development

354

(5)

Up Close A Doctor's Story

356

(3)

Changing Patterns of Life

359

(5)

Tradition and Change Chinese Marriage Customs

362

(2)

China and the World

364

(4)

Literature and the Arts

368

(6)

Korea

374

(14)

Geographic Setting

375

(3)

Dynamics of Change

378

(4)

Builders and Shapers King Sejong, Father of the Korean Alphabet

380

(1)

Up Close Lost Names

381

(1)

The Two Koreas

382

(6)

Geography and Heritage of Japan

388

(22)

A World Apart

389

(4)

Geographic Connection Crowded in Tokyo

392

(1)

Early History

393

(5)

Japanese Traditions

398

(3)

Japan Becomes a World Power

401

(9)

Up Close A Visit to the ``Western Barbarians''

402

(8)

Japan Today

410

(26)

Government and Society

411

(4)

Up Close Life of an ``Office Lady''

413

(2)

Economic Growth

415

(3)

Science and Technology Japan's Robots Come to Life

417

(1)

Japan and the World

418

(4)

Literature and the Arts

422

(14)

Analyzing a Painting: Chinese Art and the Cultural Revolution

428

(1)

Synthesizing Information: The Japanese Economy

429

(1)

The Pillow Book

430

(2)

Japanese Architecture

432

(2)

Review

434

(2)

Unit 6 Latin America and Canada

436

(112)

Geography and Early History of Latin America

438

(18)

The Shape of the Land

439

(4)

Climates and People

443

(4)

Geographic Connection El Nino Strikes

444

(3)

Early Civilizations

447

(9)

Up Close The Efficient Incas

452

(4)

Heritage of Latin America

456

(24)

Europe's Colonies in the Americas

457

(7)

Patterns of Life

464

(5)

Up Close Life in a Maroon Colony

468

(1)

Winning Independence

469

(5)

The New Republics

474

(6)

Builders and Shapers Benito Juarez: Mexican Hero

477

(3)

Latin America in Transition

480

(24)

Political and Economic Development

481

(5)

Changing Patterns of Life

486

(6)

Up Close Elvia Alvarado---Peasant Organizer

488

(3)

Tradition and Change Carnival!

491

(1)

Mexico

492

(4)

Argentina

496

(3)

Brazil

499

(5)

Latin America in the World Today

504

(18)

Latin America and the United States

505

(6)

Regional and Global Issues

511

(4)

Science and Technology Medicines From the Rain Forest

512

(3)

Literature and the Arts

515

(7)

Up Close Frida Kahlo: Reflections of Mexico

518

(4)

Canada

522

(26)

Geographic Setting

523

(5)

Dynamics of Change

528

(5)

Canada Today

533

(15)

Builders and Shapers Emily Murphy, Crusader for Women's Rights

534

(1)

Up Close Canada's Cultural Mosaic

535

(5)

Analyzing a Political Cartoon: A View From the Third World

540

(1)

Analyzing a Poem: The Life of an Argentinian Cowboy

541

(1)

The House of the Spirits

542

(2)

The Tuneful Influence of Latin America

544

(2)

Review

546

(2)

Unit 7 The Middle East

548

(88)

Geography and Early History of the Middle East

550

(18)

The Land and the People

551

(5)

Geographic Connection Clash Over the Euphrates

554

(2)

Early Civilizations

556

(7)

Up Close Zoroaster and the Forces of Good and Evil

560

(3)

Judaism and Christianity

563

(5)

Heritage of the Middle East

568

(22)

The World of Islam

569

(6)

Builders and Shapers Muhammad al-Razi, Islamic Physician

574

(1)

Centuries of Turmoil

575

(5)

Up Close Saladin: A Noble Warrior

577

(3)

Patterns of Life

580

(3)

Imperialism and Nationalism

583

(7)

The Middle East in Transition

590

(20)

Political Directions

591

(4)

Tradition and Change A Pilgrimage to Mecca

594

(1)

Changing Economic and Social Patterns

595

(7)

Up Close Pioneering Change

600

(2)

Three Nations on the Road to Modernization

602

(8)

The Middle East in the World Today

610

(26)

Regional and Global Issues

611

(4)

Science and Technology Fresh Water From Salty Seas

613

(2)

The Arab-Israeli Conflict

615

(7)

Up Close The Unknown Peacemakers

620

(2)

Literature and the Arts

622

(14)

Understanding Causes and Effects: The Arab-Israeli Conflict

628

(1)

Comparing Points of View: Economic Sanctions Against Iraq

629

(1)

The Storm

630

(2)

Medicine of the Muslim World

632

(2)

Review

634

(2)

Unit 8 Europe and The Former Soviet Union

636

(138)

Geography and Early History of Western Europe

638

(20)

Geographic Setting

639

(5)

Geographic Connection The Lost Language

643

(1)

Heritage of Greece and Rome

644

(6)

Western Europe in the Middle Ages

650

(8)

Up Close ``The End of the World''

655

(3)

Western Europe in Transition

658

(26)

The Renaissance and Reformation

659

(5)

Builders and Shapers Michelangelo: Renaissance Ideal

661

(3)

Growth of Modern Nations

664

(6)

The Industrial Revolution

670

(5)

Up Close Evils of Child Labor

673

(2)

Europe in Two World Wars

675

(9)

Western Europe in the World Today

684

(22)

Political Directions

685

(6)

Up Close The ``Nasty Girl''

689

(2)

Economic and Social Patterns

691

(5)

Science and Technology Building ``Chunnel''

693

(3)

Regional and Global Issues

696

(4)

Literature and the Arts

700

(6)

Geography and Heritage of Russia and Eastern Europe

706

(22)

Geographic Setting

707

(6)

Geographic Connection Can Siberia Be Saved?

711

(2)

Early Traditions

713

(3)

Patterns of Life

716

(2)

Dynamics of Change

718

(4)

Up Close ``Bloody Sunday''

721

(1)

Growth of Nations in Eastern Europe

722

(6)

The Soviet Era

728

(16)

The Russian Revolution

729

(4)

A Totalitarian State

733

(5)

Up Close Life Under Siege

735

(3)

Life Under Communism

738

(6)

Builders and Shapers Andrei Sakharov: Voice of Dissent

739

(5)

Russia and Eastern Europe in the World Today

744

(30)

Collapse of the Soviet Union

745

(5)

Tradition and Change Religious Revival

749

(1)

Soviet Foreign Policy

750

(5)

Revolution in Eastern Europe

755

(5)

Up Close Refugees From Terror

758

(2)

Literature and the Arts

760

(14)

Reading an Organizational Chart: The European Union

766

(1)

Identifying Cultural Bias: An Englishman Looks at the Russian People

767

(1)

The One Great Heart

768

(2)

Theater in Europe and America

770

(2)

Review

772

(2)

REFERENCE SECTION

774

(2)

Atlas

776

(7)

World Data Bank

783

(3)

Stop the Presses

786

(1)

Gazetteer

787

(7)

Glossary

794

(10)

Connections With Literature

804

(5)

Index

809

(17)

Credits

826

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