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The Trivia lover's guide to even more of the world : geography for the global generation / Gary Fuller.

By: Fuller, Gary.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015Description: xv, 205 p. : ill., color maps ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781442235656 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): Geography -- MiscellaneaDDC classification: 910
Contents:
Geographic ignorance still prevails -- Why can my students find Australia on a map -- Place names: pronunciations and translations -- Borders and boundaries -- Islands -- Battles -- Airports -- The British Empire -- Missionaries: agents of geographical change -- Nearest neighbors -- Explorers rescued from oblivion -- Diseases -- Population density -- Fleets -- Spice-seekers -- Principal (rare) products -- Pirates -- Imaginary/mythical/legendary places -- Deep in the heart of -- World population -- Other populations -- Dangerous watery places -- Forced migration -- Forbidden places -- Earthquakes and tsunamis -- Extreme points -- Minerals and mines -- Landscapes of fear.
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Includes index.

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Geographic ignorance still prevails -- Why can my students find Australia on a map -- Place names: pronunciations and translations -- Borders and boundaries -- Islands -- Battles -- Airports -- The British Empire -- Missionaries: agents of geographical change -- Nearest neighbors -- Explorers rescued from oblivion -- Diseases -- Population density -- Fleets -- Spice-seekers -- Principal (rare) products -- Pirates -- Imaginary/mythical/legendary places -- Deep in the heart of -- World population -- Other populations -- Dangerous watery places -- Forced migration -- Forbidden places -- Earthquakes and tsunamis -- Extreme points -- Minerals and mines -- Landscapes of fear.

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