The Trivia Lover's Guide to the World
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The Trivia Lover's Guide to the World

Geography for the Lost and Found

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Trivia Lover's Guide to the World

Geography for the Lost and Found

About this book

Gary Fuller's entertaining and engaging guide enhances geographic know-how with good, old-fashioned fun, using trivia to open up new worlds of knowledge for all readers. Often dismissed as unimportant, trivia here highlights issues that are far from trivial, pondering, for example, what peaceful country requires citizens to keep guns in their homes? what continent contains at least 75 percent of the world's fresh water? and why aren't New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia the capitals of their respective states? An inveterate traveler and geographer extraordinaire, Fuller provides extensive background, clear illustrations, and thorough explanations for each intriguing question, carefully grounding the text in practical geographic concepts. Both enjoyable and enlightening, this book challenges today's global generation to truly get to know their world.

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Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgments
  2. Introduction
  3. Chapter 1: The Effects of Geographic Ignorance on the Modern World
  4. Chapter 2: We Think Big, Sometimes Too Big
  5. Chapter 3: Maps Are Flat, the World Isn’t
  6. Chapter 4: Africa Bashing? What’s That?
  7. Chapter 5: Places Aren’t Always Where You Think They Should Be
  8. Chapter 6: State Capitals and American Politics
  9. Chapter 7: The Exception to Everything
  10. Chapter 8: Married to a Stranger
  11. Chapter 9: Why Old Maps Look Funny
  12. Chapter 10: Military Uses of Geography
  13. Chapter 11: Really Big Cities
  14. Chapter 12: Agriculture and Tourism
  15. Chapter 13: Geography and Religion
  16. Chapter 14: Geographic Pockets of Isolation
  17. Chapter 15: Geographic Incoherence
  18. Chapter 16: Countries Breaking Apart
  19. Chapter 17: Unity in Disunity
  20. Chapter 18: Maps Fool Us Again!
  21. Chapter 19: Culture Hearths
  22. Chapter 20: Population Decline
  23. Chapter 21: Geographic Differences and Civil War
  24. Chapter 22: New Agricultural Crops
  25. Chapter 23: Domestications
  26. Chapter 24: Continental Tidbits
  27. Chapter 25: Islands Divided
  28. Chapter 26: Oceans and Seas
  29. Chapter 27: Bridges
  30. Chapter 28: Rivers
  31. Chapter 29: Medical Geography
  32. Chapter 30: Border Issues
  33. Chapter 31: Geography of Sports
  34. Chapter 32: Geography and Religion Revisited
  35. Chapter 33: The North
  36. Chapter 34: Prison Islands
  37. Chapter 35: Canals
  38. Chapter 36: Land and Sea Battles
  39. Chapter 37: Buildings
  40. Chapter 38: Mountain Peaks
  41. Chapter 39: Lakes
  42. Chapter 40: Outliers
  43. Chapter 41: Cities
  44. Chapter 42: Whatever Happened to . . . ?
  45. Chapter 43: The Wild West
  46. Chapter 44: Spatial Diffusion
  47. Chapter 45: Parks
  48. Chapter 46: Climate and Weather
  49. About the Author