INTRODUCTION - CHAPTER 1

1) www.usgs.gov

[under about usgs, click mission]
what is its mission?

[Click usgs on the web, click mapping, click national mapping program]
what are 3 of the things that the USGS does?

2) mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis

query database, find 4 geographic features that have names that interest you.

3) www.wtgonline.com/ (shortened web site address)

[Choose 4 countries, click on the business section for each country]
compare the economies of 4 countries

4) www.yahoo.com

5) www.esri.com

[under new to GIS?, click what is GIS?]
what is a GIS?
what are the components that make up a GIS?
 
[under GIS in action map gallery]
examine 2 of the applications of GIS and summarize them

6) www.odci.gov/cia/publications/pubs.html

[click on world factbook 96]
find out something new about 4 different countries

7) www.census.gov

8) www.wessex.com

9) www.nationalgeographic.com

[click resources, click map machine]
compare literacy and life expectancy for 4 countries.

10) fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html

examine the county maps for 4 states and describe differences in county
boundary lines and topographic relief.

11) www.library.nwu.edu/govpub/resource/internet

[click on foreign governments]
explore the official webpages of 4 nations and provide a nugget of
information from each one

12) www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

13) www.law.indiana.edu/glsj/glsj.html

[click on vol4, #1]
what are some of the issues discussed in the introduction by Aman?
What does he say about the papers by professors Sassen, Eisenstein and Ong?

14) www.law.indiana.edu/glsj/glsj.html

[click on any other fall issue]
summarize Aman's introduction and 3 of the papers discussed therein.

15) mapweb.parc.xerox.com/map/

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POPULATION/WORLD ECONOMY - CHAPTER 2

1) lcweb.loc.gov...
2) econwpa...
3) lambik...
4) www.geom...
5) www.worldbank.org
6) www.lib.virginia.edu/gic
7) maps.esri.com
8) www.census.gov/population/www/estimates/popest.html 

[click state, state population estimates]
compare growth between 1990 and 1997 for 4 states or 4 regions

9) www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/idbnew.html

10) www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation

Choose 4 countries, compare infant mortality, fertility rate, life expectancy
and population.

11) govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/usaco-stateis.html

[Choose area comparisons option]
compare SD county with another county in California using the following
categories: population, infant deaths, births, personal income

12) crime websites --- done in cities chapter
13) www.argusmap.com
14) tiger.census.gov
15) www.census.gov

[click current US population count icon, click US]
what is current US population?
How often is there a net gain of 1 person?

[click current US population count icon, click world]
what is the current population of the world?
What is the projected percent gain for july 1997 to july 1998?


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RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT - CHAPTER 3

1) ag.arizona.edu/OALS/ALN/ALNHome.html

[examine issue #40]
define desertification.
how much of the world's land area is affected by desertification?
How much is threatened in Kenya?

[examine issue #41]
how is desertification affecting California's Central Valley?


2) www.esri.com 

[click industries, environment]
read and summarize 4 of the 8 areas of  "GIS solutions for environmental
professionals"


3) www.nsf.gov

[choose geosciences, choose news]
in what ways can global climate change severly affect marine life? [Nov
24th, 1997 article]
what are smog levels like in rural Africa? [Dec 9th, 1997 article]
are vegetational changes due to global warming uniform or spatially grouped?
[Oct 30th, 1997 article]
plants in what part of the world are most important for reducing CO2 levels?
[Oct 30th, 1997 article]

4) www.voyagepub.com/publish

read and summarize an article from 4 of the 8 categories

5) ssda
6) ncss
7) psu.edu (web site under development)
8) lonely planet

9) www.epa.gov

[choose news and events, choose press releases]
read and summarize 1 news release

[choose projects and programs, choose industry partnerships, choose
commonsense initiative]
what did Carol Browner say about the commonsense initiative?

[Choose media programs, acid rain program]
what are the primary causes of acid rain?

[Choose media programs, office of air quality, planning and standards]
what does the office do?

10) geopedia
11)  enrm
12) ag

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TRANSPORTATION - CHAPTER 4

1) the trip

2) www.travelocity.com
become a member (it's free) and find out the cost to visit 4 places that
interest you.

3) www.infospaceinc.com

[under yellow pages, Choose maps and directions]
get driving directions from SD to a place you wouldlike to visit
bring up a map of a town in America and describe the major lines of
transportation
bring up a map of a rural city and a more developed city and compare their
transportation lines

4) mapquest/tripquest

5) traffic flow
6) etrade
7) atm locator
8) earthcam


9) www.randmcnally.com/home

[under travel guide, Choose destinations]
Choose 2 countries, what are some of the ways to get there?
What are the entry requirements?

10) hotbot
11) ualberta
12) general economics sites
13) prenhall
14) cybertime

15) www.knoledgetree.com/ata.html

[scroll down, click on what's so good about telecommuting]
summarize each of the 4 sections

16) www.smartbiz.com/sbs/arts/mos56.htm

read and summarize 4 of the 9 sections

17) tjobs

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AGRICULTURE, RURAL LAND USE - CHAPTER 5

1)  hammock.ifas.ufl.edu/txt/fairs/aa/31541.html

[choose farm and resource economics, farm management, rising budgets, table 1]
what are some of the items on the budget for the farm?

[Choose dairy cattle, click florida's dairy ind. adopts env. Mgmt. Practices]
what is the primary cause of the environmental problems?

[Choose forestry, forestry intro and terminology, forestry terminology]
define 2 terms.

2) www.econ.ag.gov/epubs/pdf/agout/ao.htm

read 4 of the article summaries and summarize them

3) ag resources

4) www.econ.ag.gov/epubs/pdf/foodrevw/foodrevw.htm

read 4 of the article summaries and summarize them

5) horticulture in virtual perspective
    www.hcs.ohio-state.edu/hcs/hcs.html (address changed)

[Choose gardening, fact sheet database]
use the search engine to learn something new about 4 fruits or vegetables

6) info services
7) inverizon
8) life on the farm

9) www.mapquest.com

bring up a map of a rural and a more developed state and compare their
transportation systems

10) NAL
11) rural conditions and trends

12) www.econ.ag.gov/epubs/pdf/rdp/rdp.htm

read 4 of the article summaries and summarize them

13) www.usda.gov

[Choose news and info, disaster assitance]
describe the emergency loan assistance program
describe the disaster reserve assistance program
describe the emergency conservation program
describe the non insured crop disaster assistance program

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URBAN LAND USE - CHAPTER 6

1) usacitylink.com

[click on the usacitylik icon]
learn something new about 4 cities.

2) 130.166.124.2/CApage1.html

describe the geographical distribution of 2 categories of data (Choose from
population and race, citizenship, income, poverty, adult educational
attainment) for Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento and San Diego. Compare.

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CITIES AS RETAIL AND SERVICE CENTERS - CHAPTER 7

1) sourcebook of criminal justice statistics
    www.albany.edu/sourcebook (new address)

compare the statistics on 4 crimes in SD county with those from another county

2) uniform crime reports

3) govinfo.kerr.orst.edu/usaco-stateis.html

[click on econ icon at bottom, Choose california, Choose appropriate counties]
compare SD/LA county in  terms of number of  stores in 4 categories
compare SD/Imperial county in the same manner

[click on any state, scroll down, find the metropolitan areas section]
compare Chicago, New York City and Los Angeles in the same manner
compare a smaller city (such as Eugene, OR) with a large city (such as LA)
in the same manner

4) geo.arc.nasa.gov/esdstaff/william/urban.html

what are some problems that metropolitan areas face?
Describe the spatial changes in urban extent for the 8 dates of data.

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INDUSTRIAL LOCATIONS: FIRMS - CHAPTER 8

1) www.census.gov/foreign-trade/www/balance.html

what are the top 10 countries?
What % of imports/exports do they account for?
For the top country, what were the trends over the past year?
For any other country, what were the trends over the past year?

2) www.census.gov/indicator/www/ustrade.html (site to be updated 21 jan 1998)

what types of goods saw the largest increase for exports?
what types of goods saw the largest increase for imports?
What was the trade deficit for 1995, 1996 , and 1997?
How did the goods deficit change for any geographic area?

3) www.census.gov/foreign-trade/sitc1/1997/c5170.htm

trace the changes in 4 categories of trade between the US and Saudi Arabia
from january to december of 1997

4) www.wto.org

[click development, trade and development read the article "participation of
developing countries in world trade"]
why did the share of developing countries in world trade peak in 1980?
What type of goods show a high correlation with export performance?
What type of products compromise the bulk of production and exports in
developing countries?
How does inflation figure into the success or lack thereof for developing
countries?

5) worldbank

6) www.doc.gov

[Choose info and business services, economic development administration,
mission statement]
where is assistance available?
What type of problems often lead to economic distress in communities?
[Choose info and business services, bureau of the census, subjects A-Z, U]
define urban and rural. 
Considering the population cutoff for an urban area, would a labour
intensive firm ever locate in a rural area? 

7)stats.bls.gov

[Choose regional info]
compare atleast 4 regions of the US using the regional economy option

8) econolink
9) webec

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INDUSTRIAL LOCATIONS: WORLD REGIONS - CHAPTER 9

1) www.odci.gov/cia/publications/pubs.html

[click on world factbook 1996]
summarize the economies of 4 countries

2) www.wto.org

[click on wto/worldbank website focusing on developing countries]
what issues still need attention in Africa?
What can the wto do for Africa?
What % of the GDP of Sub Saharan Africa does South Africa account for?
What were some of the achievements of the Uruguay Round negotiations?

3) www.worldbank.org

[Choose countries and regions, click on a region and read the overview for it]
compare recent developments for 4 of the 6 regions.

4) www.doc.gov

[Choose commerce web sites, international trade administration, regions and
countries, list of 1997 country commercial guides]
summarize the entry for 4 countries

5) stats.bls.gov

[Choose publications and research papers, news releases, international
programs, international comparisons of manufacturing productivity and labour
costs, 1996]
examine and summarize 4 of the tables

6)econolink
7) webec

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: DYNAMICS - CHAPTER 10

1) webec

2) www.wto.org

[Choose international trade]
what was the value for world goods exports for 1996?
By how much did fuel exports increase in 1996 and how did that affect the
Middle East?
Briefly summarize the overview for world trade for 1996
briefly summarize the outlook for 1997

3) www.worldbank.org

[Choose countries and regions, select a region, then a country]
summarize recent developments in 4 countries

4) www.doc.gov

[Choose business and trade, bureau of export administration, entity list]
why are certain end-users only allowed to receive goods if they have a license?
[Choose business and trade, bureau of export administration, regulations,
general explanation]
what are the provisions of the EAR designed to do?
[Choose business and trade, bureau of export administration, regulations,
FAQ, history]
summarize 2 notable occurances in the history of import/export controls

5) stats.bls.gov

[Choose surveys and programs, international programs, international price
indexes, glossary]
define 4 terms that are new to you

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: WORLD PATTERNS - CHAPTER 11

1) www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation

compare population, GDP, GDP per capita, and economically active population
for 4 countries 

2) census... (not enough on website for more questions)
3) world fact book (not enough on website for more questions)

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DEVELOPMENT/UNDERDEVELOPMENT - CHAPTER 12

1) south china morning post
    www.hongkong97.com.hk (new address)

[Choose news archive]
summarize 2 articles
[click on new era on the top of the screen, under business Choose economics]
summarize an article
[click on new era on the top of the screen, under business Choose commentary]
summarize an article

2) www.pbs.org/hongkong

[click on timeline]
what parties have coexisted over the years?
When was hong kong established as a colony?
[Click on discussions]
read and summarize 2 of the posts

3) www.geopedia.com

[Choose countries A-Z, continue]
compare the economy, primary products, major industries, main exports of a
developed and an underdeveloped country.