DK Encyclopedia: People & Places
- + PHYSICAL WORLD
- + POLITICAL WORLD
- + POPULATION
- + MAPPING
- + NORTH AMERICA
- + CANADA, ALASKA, AND GREENLAND
- + EASTERN US
- + WESTERN US
- + MEXICO, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND THE CARIBBEAN
- WHAT REMAINS OF MAYA AND AZTEC CIVILIZATIONS?
- WHAT IS THE DAY OF THE DEAD?
- DO NATIVE PEOPLES STILL LIVE IN CENTRAL AMERICA?
- WHAT ARE THE CARIBBEAN’S BIGGEST EXPORTS?
- WHY ARE THERE SO MANY ISLANDS IN THE CARIBBEAN?
- WHY ARE MANY CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES POOR?
- WHAT IS LIFE LIKE IN MEXICO CITY?
- FACTFILE: NORTH AMERICA
- FACTFILE: CENTRAL AMERICA
- FACTFILE: CARIBBEAN ISLANDS
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- + SOUTH AMERICA
- + NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA
- WHAT IS LATIN AMERICA?
- HOW DO PEOPLE MAKE A LIVING IN THE ANDES?
- HAVE NATURAL RESOURCES HELPED NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA?
- ARE ECUADOR’S MANGROVE SWAMPS IN DANGER?
- WHAT IS HAPPENING TO SOUTH AMERICA’S RAINFORESTS?
- WHAT REMAINS OF THE INCA CIVILIZATION IN SOUTH AMERICA?
- WHAT ARE THE LOST WORLDS OF VENEZUELA?
- HOW DO THE OTAVALO INDIANS MAKE A LIVING?
- FACTFILE: NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA
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- + SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA
- HOW LONG IS THE AMAZON RIVER?
- WHAT ARE THE PAMPAS?
- WHAT ARE FAVELAS?
- DO NATIVE INDIANS STILL LIVE IN THE RAINFORESTS?
- WHAT IS SOUTH AMERICA’S MOST SOUTHERLY TOWN?
- WHY HAVE SO MANY EUROPEANS SETTLED IN ARGENTINA?
- WHAT IS THE NATIONAL DANCE OF ARGENTINA?
- FACTFILE: SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA
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- + AFRICA
- + NORTH AND WEST AFRICA
- + EAST AND CENTRAL AFRICA
- HOW CAN THE ANIMALS BE PROTECTED?
- WHAT IS THREATENING AFRICA’S WILDLIFE?
- HOW DOES THE EQUATOR AFFECT THE LANDSCAPE?
- RIFT VALLEY
- IS NIGERIA RICH?
- WHAT WORK DO PEOPLE DO IN THIS REGION?
- WHAT DO LOCAL PEOPLE CALL THE CONGO RIVER?
- WHY DOES FAMINE KEEP OCCURRING?
- FACTFILE: EAST & CENTRAL AFRICA
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- + SOUTHERN AFRICA
- + EUROPE
- + FEEDING
- + SCANDINAVIA AND ICELAND
- NORWEGIAN FJORD
- WHERE DO MOST SCANDINAVIANS LIVE?
- WHY IS TIMBER SO IMPORTANT TO FINLAND?
- DO SCANDINAVIANS HAVE A GOOD STANDARD OF LIVING?
- DO SCANDINAVIANS PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT?
- WHERE IS THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN?
- WHAT IS LAPLAND?
- HOW DOES ICELAND USE ITS ACTIVE VOLCANOES?
- FACTFILE: SCANDINAVIA & ICELAND
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- + BRITISH ISLES
- WHY IS LONDON A LEADING FINANCIAL CENTER?
- WHY IS IRELAND KNOWN AS THE EMERALD ISLE?
- IS THE UK A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY?
- WHAT IS GREAT BRITAIN?
- WHY DO SO MANY TOURISTS COME HERE?
- HOW HAS THE DECLINE IN NORTH SEA OIL AFFECTED JOBS IN SCOTLAND?
- HOW DO THE WELSH CELEBRATE THEIR CULTURAL HERITAGE?
- FACTFILE: BRITISH ISLES
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- + WESTERN EUROPE
- WHY DO TOURISTS FLOCK TO THE REGION’S BEACHES?
- WHAT DO FARMERS GROW IN ITALY?
- WHY IS FRANCE FAMOUS FOR FOOD AND WINE?
- WHY IS SWITZERLAND ONE OF THE WORLD’S WEALTHIEST COUNTRIES?
- WHY DOES THE SMALL ISLAND OF MALTA HAVE AN IMPORTANT SEAPORT?
- WHAT IS THE WORLD’S SMALLEST INDEPENDENT STATE?
- FACTFILE: WESTERN EUROPE
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- + CENTRAL EUROPE
- HOW DOES SKIING IN THE ALPS DAMAGE THE ENVIRONMENT?
- WHY IS LUXEMBOURG VITAL TO THE EUROPEAN UNION?
- WHICH COUNTRIES ARE KNOWN AS THE LOW COUNTRIES?
- WHICH COUNTRY IS EUROPE’S LARGEST FLOWER PRODUCER?
- HOW HAS REUNIFICATION AFFECTED GERMANY?
- WHICH COUNTRIES ARE HEAVILY INDUSTRIALIZED?
- WHY IS THE RHINE RIVER SO IMPORTANT TO EUROPE?
- FACTFILE: CENTRAL EUROPE
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- + SOUTHEAST EUROPE
- HOW DID THE RECENT CIVIL WAR IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AFFECT THIS REGION?
- WHY WAS ALBANIA CUT OFF FROM THE WORLD FOR 50 YEARS?
- WHERE IS THE VALLEY OF THE ROSES?
- WHICH SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN COUNTRY IS FAMOUS FOR ITS HOT SPRINGS?
- WHY ARE CARS OFTEN BANNED FROM ATHENS?
- WHICH TWO COUNTRIES ARE SEPARATED BY THE DANUBE RIVER?
- WHICH COUNTRY IS MADE UP OF 1,400 SCATTERED ISLANDS?
- FACTFILE: SOUTHEAST EUROPE
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- + EASTERN EUROPE
- WHAT ARE THE BALTIC STATES?
- WHY WAS THE UKRAINE ONCE KNOWN AS A “BREADBASKET†?
- WHY DO MOST PEOPLE LIVE IN THE EUROPEAN PART OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION (RUSSIA)?
- IS RUSSIA RICH IN NATURAL RESOURCES?
- WHICH PRECIOUS MATERIAL IS FOUND ALONG THE BALTIC COAST?
- WHICH CROPS ARE GROWN IN MOLDOVA’S FERTILE FARMLAND?
- WHY DO PEOPLE VISIT THE CRIMEA IN THE UKRAINE?
- WHERE ARE EUROPE’S LARGEST MARSHLANDS?
- FACTFILE: EASTERN EUROPE
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- + ASIA
- + GROWING UP
- + RUSSIAN FEDERATION AND CENTRAL ASIA
- WHICH ANCIENT CITY IN UZBEKISTAN IS ON THE SILK ROAD?
- HOW DO PEOPLE LIVE IN CENTRAL ASIA?
- WHERE IS THE WORLD’S LONGEST RAILROAD?
- DO MANY PEOPLE LIVE IN SIBERIA?
- WHY IS THE ARAL SEA SHRINKING?
- FACTFILE: RUSSIAN FEDERATION & CENTRAL ASIA
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- + WESTERN ASIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST
- + SOUTHERN ASIA
- WHY DO HINDU PILGRIMS GATHER AT VARANASI?
- HOW ARE HIKERS DAMAGING THE HIMALAYAS?
- WHY IS BANGLADESH PRONE TO FLOODING?
- WHICH ISOLATED COUNTRY IS RULED BY THE DRAGON KING?
- WHAT IS CITY LIFE LIKE IN INDIA?
- WHICH CROP IS IMPORTANT TO SRI LANKA?
- HOW DID GREAT BRITAIN INFLUENCE INDIA?
- FACTFILE: SOUTHERN ASIA
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- + HERDING DINOSAURS
- + NESTING COLONIES
- + EASTERN ASIA
- HOW LONG IS THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA?
- WHEN WAS HONG KONG A BRITISH COLONY?
- WHERE DO CHINA’S 1.3 BILLION PEOPLE LIVE?
- WHY ARE FISH IMPORTANT TO THE JAPANESE?
- WHAT IS UNUSUAL ABOUT THE GOBI DESERT?
- WHICH STAPLE FOOD IS GROWN IN THE REGION?
- WHY ARE THERE TWO KOREAS?
- FACTFILE: EASTERN ASIA
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- + SOUTHEAST ASIA
- HOW DOES DEFORESTATION AFFECT THE REGION?
- HOW IS RICE FARMING CHANGING IN THE REGION?
- WHICH COUNTRY IS MADE UP OF 13,677 ISLANDS?
- WHAT IS THE MAIN RELIGION ON THE MAINLAND?
- WHERE IS THE RING OF FIRE?
- WHY DOES SOUTHEAST ASIA HAVE A RICH TRADITION OF PERFORMING ARTS?
- WHO ARE THE LITTLE TIGERS?
- FACTFILE: SOUTHEAST ASIA
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- + AUSTRALASIA AND OCEANIA
- + AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
- WHICH SPORTS ARE POPULAR IN AUSTRALIA?
- WHO LIVES IN AUSTRALIA?
- WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT AUSTRALIA’S WILDLIFE?
- WHICH GIANT DESERT ROCK IS A SACRED SITE?
- WHY IS THE GREAT BARRIER REEF UNDER THREAT?
- WHY ARE THERE SO MANY SHEEP IN THE REGION?
- WHO WERE THE FIRST PEOPLE IN NEW ZEALAND?
- WHAT SIGHTS CAN YOU SEE IN NEW ZEALAND’S NATIONAL PARKS?
- FACTFILE: AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
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- + ANTARCTICA
