This study guide and book of mapping exercises was designed to hone student skills in geographic analysis in the context of the main themes of each chapter. Mapping exercises are designed to help the students understand and explain geographic patterns through the use of skills geographers would use.

The study guide retains the exercises that have made it a useful pedagogical tool over three editions. Mapping exercises help the students understand and explain geographic patterns by employing the skills geographers themselves routinely use.

Discusses and illustrates how individuals are affected by economic, social, and political forces at global and regional levels.