World Geography and Culture has been updated and enhanced throughout the past year, increasing the educational value of this award-winning resource.
Recent Updates and Additions:
- Country entries: Fully revised and updated 930 entries for 21 countries, including:
- Austria
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Haiti
- Iceland
- Iran
- Libya
- North Korea
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Puerto Rico
- Saudi Arabia
- Slovakia
- South Africa
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Zimbabwe
- Videos: Added a brand-new video feature to the product, along with 2,438 video clips from more than 200 full-length videos, all with searchable, printable transcripts, a brief overview of the video, and clear descriptions of each segment. These engaging and informative video titles from top producers provide up-close explorations of U.S. states and countries all around the world, including:
- A Poverty-Free World from Films for the Humanities & Sciences
- Absorption of Diverse Immigration from Annenberg Learner
- Continent 7: Antarctica, a five-part series by National Geographic
- Could Agriculture Bloom in the Desert? by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions
- Melting Ice, Rising Seas by the American Museum of Natural History
- Rise of the Continents, a four-part co-production by BBC/Science Channel
- Rivers and Life, a six-part series by Parthenon Entertainment
- Images: Added 548 new images with comprehensive captions on countries such as Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Finland, Guatemala, Hungary, and Singapore, among many others.
- Maps: Replaced more than 150 statistical maps with new and updated maps.
- Timelines: Updated.
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