THE NYSTROM DESK ATLAS

PAPERBACK ATLAS Deepen students’ understanding of the world they live in through a geographical exploration of the seven continents with the Nystrom World Atlas.

Contrasting colors make countries and U.

Students develop critical-thinking skills as they organize ideas about tourism into persuasive slogans.

The book divides the world into ten regions, then asks questions about such topics as maps, relative and absolute locations, landforms, populations, climate, countries and capitals, language, and nicknames.

Useful as mental warm-ups at the start of a class, time fillers at class’s end, transitions in the middle, all questions are geared to national geography standards and range from simple recall to questions that demand critical thought and research.

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Topics include empires, Catholic versus Protestant influences, monarchy, communism, democracy, ethnicity, NATO, national currencies, the European Union, contemporary issues, and the five themes of geography.

It features thousands of place names, finely detailed national boundaries, and mountains in raised relief.

The globe stands 34½ inches high on a walnut-finished wood pedestal supported by a metal base with antique brown finish.