Brief Review in Global History and Geography

Book excerpt: This book has been written to help you ... review your two-year global history and geography course. Its purposes are to: help you focus on the key facts, themes, and concepts that you need to know to succeed on the Regents Examination in global history and geography; allow you to become familiar with the format of the Regents Examination; provide you with the test-taking skills you will need to apply your social studies knowledge to the Regents Examination. In this book, the ninth- and tenth-grade global history and geography curriculum is presented chronologically. In other words, it is presented in time order, from earliest times to the present ... The book highlights the key themes and concepts that are woven throughout the global history and geography curriculum. [This book covers] four overall themes -- history; geography; economics; and civics, citizenship, and government ...-About this book.