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South africa Income Inequality

Article via CNN: South Africa is the world’s most unequal country. 25 years of freedom have failed to bridge the divide

South Africa is the world’s most unequal country. 25 years of freedom have failed to bridge the divide Excerpt: More than two decades have passed since South Africa overhauled a […]

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Article via theConversation: Is China worsening the developing world’s environmental crisis?

Is China worsening the developing world’s environmental crisis? Excerpt: The developing world is in the midst of an environmental crisis. Simply breathing the air is a leading cause of death. […]

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Natural Resources Thumb

Illustrated Text: Natural Resources

In this episode: Learn what FOSSIL FUELS, UNCHECK GROWTH, and NON-RENEWABLE ENERGIES have to to with global warming. What? There’s a correlation? Ack! Click to read!

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Africa Taxes, Electricity, Education

Article via Brookings: Africa’s 3 deadly deficits: Education, electricity, and taxes

Africa’s 3 deadly deficits: Education, electricity, and taxes Excerpt: In 2016, per capita income growth in sub-Saharan Africa turned negative for the first time in the 2000s. Thanks to the […]

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HDI Inequity

Article via UNNews: ‘Shadow’ of persistent inequality is growing, key UN human development report reveals

‘Shadow’ of persistent inequality is growing, key UN human development report reveals Excerpt: While health, education, and income levels have improved overall across the globe, “wide inequalities” both among and […]

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Big Mac Index

Video via Wendover Productions: Big Max Economies

Big Macs: delicious (kinda), cheap (kinda), and educational (absolutely). In this episode, we look at how the economist magazine used burger prices to teach about purchasing power parity.

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Which States Are Southern?

Video via It’s a Southern Thing: Which States are Southern? – Back Porch Bickerin’

On this week’s episode, Matt and Calli bicker about which states are considered to be “southern” states.

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Where Does the South Begin

Article via TheAtlantic: Where Does the South Begin?

Where Does the South Begin? Excerpt: The Post had an interesting article last weekend about how the Washington, D.C. region has lost most of its southern identity in recent decades […]

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American Belts

Article via BusinessInsider: The US is split into more than a dozen ‘belts’ defined by industry, weather, and even health

The US is split into more than a dozen ‘belts’ defined by industry, weather, and even health Excerpt: The United States can be divided and subdivided into countless regions, each […]

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Formal Region

Article via NewsScience: Formal Region: Definition And Types

Formal Region: Definition And Types Excerpt: Regions are categories, and like all categories, they exist to help us group things together and make sense of the world around us. A […]

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Functional Region

Article via Science Trends: Functional Region: Definition And Examples

Functional Region: Definition And Examples Excerpt: While studying geography, you may have heard the term functional region before. Yet what exactly is a functional region? Put simply, a functional region […]

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Netherlands Reclamation

Infographic via BrilliantMaps: Land Reclamation in the Netherlands 1300 Vs 2000

Land Reclamation in the Netherlands 1300 Vs 2000 The map comparison above shows what the land area of what makes up the Netherlands today, looked like in 1300 compared to […]

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Cities from Scratch

Article via TheGuardian: Cities from Scratch; Watch New Cities Rise from the Desert, Jungle and Sea

Cities from scratch; Watch new cities rise from the desert, jungle and sea Excerpt: “We’re in the midst of new cities fever,” says Prof Sarah Moser. The head of the new […]

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Pollution

Article via NPR: Oh Dear: Photos Show What Humans Have Done To The Planet

Oh Dear: Photos Show What Humans Have Done To The Planet Humans have made an indelible mark on the planet. Since the mid-20th century, we’ve accelerated the digging of mines, […]

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Airconditioning

Article via 99%Invisible: Thermal Delight

Thermal Delight Excerpt: In the summer of 1902, the Sackett and Wilhelms Lithography & Printing Company in Brooklyn, New York had a problem. They were trying to print an issue of […]

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Sad Placenames

Article via BigThink: The Joy of Sad Place Names

The Joy of Sad Place Names The scattered toponyms that delight us by their unvarnished expression of downheartedness, defeat and despond. Excerpt: Victors don’t just write the history books. They […]

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Five Themes

Article via WorldAtlas: The Five Themes In Geography

The Five Themes In Geography Definition and examples of the 5 themes in Geography. In 1994, a decade after the “five themes of geography” concept became highly popularized, the National […]

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Using_GIS_Land_Rights

Article via Geoawesomeness: Leveraging Geospatial Tools and Technology to Document the Land Rights of Vulnerable Communities

Leveraging Geospatial Tools and Technology to Document the Land Rights of Vulnerable Communities Making a positive difference to society through the use of geospatial technology Everyone deserves to be recognized […]

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Census

Article via PennStateNews: Why is the Census Important?

Probing Question: Why is the census important? Every ten years, the U.S. Census Bureau undertakes a mammoth task: tallying up all the people living in the United States and recording […]

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World Map Racist?

Article via Metrocosm: Your World Map is Hiding Something

Your World Map is Hiding Something There is also another point supporting the view that Mercator is culturally biased. Often the top and bottom of the map are clipped unevenly, giving more space to the […]

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mercator-true-size

Infographic via BrilliantMaps: Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country

Map Projections: Mercator Vs The True Size of Each Country November 11, 2018 While it’s well known that the mercator projection distorts the world, the maps here show very clearly […]

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Why we still need paper maps

Article via MotherNatureNews: Why we still need paper maps

Why we still need paper maps GPS may be handy, but there are some serious downsides. Whether you use a GPS device in your car or Google Maps on your […]

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The Epic Story of the map that game America its name

Article via BBC: The Epic Story of the Map that gave America its Name

Article via BBC: The Epic Story of the Map that gave America its Name   Excerpt:A few hundred years ago, when much of the world was mysterious and unknown, a […]

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Stimulus Bank Collaborative AP Human Exam

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Collaborative APHG Stimulus Bank

*Links to be included under the Facebook Group post. Collaborative APHG Stimulus Bank This is the brainchild of our creative master, and new teacher mentor Laura K. who gave me […]

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