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Table of Contents:
Overview xi Acknowledgements xiii Unit 1 Democracy and Law in Action 1 1 Your rights and freedoms 3 1.1 Overview 3 1.2 How are our rights and freedoms protected? 4 1.3 How free is freedom of speech? 7 1.4 Some other democratic freedoms 11 1.5 Dissent in a democracy 14 1.6 SkillBuilder: Questioning and research 17 1.7 Review 18 2 Participating in an Australian democracy 20 2.1 Overview 20 2.2 Having an influence 21 2.3 What can my local member do? 26 2.4 Lobby groups and others 30 2.5 Taking direct action 34 2.6 SkillBuilder: Communication and reflection 37 2.7 Review 39 3 Where do our laws come from? 40 3.1 Overview 40 3.2 How do parliaments make laws? 41 3.3 How do courts make laws? 44 3.4 What is the difference between criminal law and civil law? 47 3.5 SkillBuilder: Group consensus 50 3.6 How is customary law used in Indigenous communities? 53 3.7 Review 56 4 Australia’s national identity 59 4.1 Overview 59 4.2 Australian identity — traditional v changing views 60 4.3 Reconciliation — contribution to national identity 63 4.4 Belonging to a new country — migrant experiences 66 4.5 SkillBuilder: Investigating national identity in another country 68 4.6 Review 69 Unit 2 Participation and Influences in the Marketplace 71 5 The market system and government 73 5.1 Overview 73 5.2 Who is involved in the market system? 74 5.3 Different types of markets 79 5.4 Key economic questions for business 84 5.5 Government involvement in the market 89 5.6 SkillBuilder: Contesting and debating ideas 93 5.7 Review 96 6 Rights and responsibilities in the marketplace 98 6.1 Overview 98 6.2 Legal protection of consumer rights 99 6.3 Business competition protects consumers 104 6.4 Keeping consumers safe 108 6.5 SkillBuilder: Questioning and research 112 6.6 Review 113 7 Business decisions 114 7.1 Overview 114 7.2 What are the three main ways in which a business can be owned? 115 7.3 Are there other ways to own or operate a business? 118 7.4 Opportunities for businesses 121 7.5 How can businesses respond to opportunities in the market? 125 7.6 SkillBuilder: Cost–benefit analysis 129 7.7 Review 132 8 The changing work environment 134 8.1 Overview 134 8.2 Influences on work today 135 8.3 The significance of technology 140 8.4 Changes to the workforce 143 8.5 Work in the future 150 8.6 SkillBuilder: Analysis and interpretation of data 156 8.7 Review 159 Unit 3 Landforms and Landscapes 161 9 Geography concepts 163 9.1 Overview 163 9.2 Geographical concepts 165 9.3 Review 175 10 Introducing landforms and landscapes 177 10.1 Overview 177 10.2 How are landscapes different? 178 10.3 What landforms make up Australia? 181 10.4 SkillBuilder: Recognising land features Online Only 10.5 What landforms are found in the Pacific? Online Only 10.6 What processes shape landscapes? 187 10.7 What is hidden underground? 190 10.8 What’s beneath our feet? 192 10.9 SkillBuilder: Using positional language Online Only 10.10 How do different cultures view landscapes? 195 10.11 How are landscapes preserved and managed? 198 10.12 Review Online Only 11 Coastal and riverine landscapes 202 11.1 Overview 202 11.2 Which landscapes are formed by water? 203 11.3 What is coastal erosion? 206 11.4 Which coastal landforms are created by deposition? 208 11.5 How are coasts changed? 211 11.6 What differences exist in coastal landforms between places? 213 11.7 How are coasts managed? 215 11.8 How do I undertake coastal fieldwork? 217 11.9 SkillBuilder: Constructing a field sketch Online Only 11.10 What’s in a rip? 221 11.11 How does water form river landscapes? 223 11.12 How are river landscapes managed? 228 11.13 Which landscapes are formed by ice? Online Only 11.14 Do all rivers flow to the sea? 230 11.15 SkillBuilder: Reading contour lines on a map Online only 11.16 Review Online Only 12 Desert landscapes 235 12.1 Overview 235 12.2 What is a desert? 236 12.3 SkillBuilder: Using latitude and longitude Online Only 12.4 What type of climate forms deserts? 240 12.5 What are the processes that shape desert landforms? 245 12.6 What are the characteristics of Australia’s deserts? 249 12.7 SkillBuilder: Calculating distance using scale Online Only 12.8 How did Lake Mungo become dry? 252 12.9 How do people use deserts? Online Only 12.10 Is Antarctica a desert? 255 12.11 How do people use Antarctica? 258 12.12 Review Online Only 13 Mountain landscapes 262 13.1 Overview 262 13.2 Where are the world’s mountains? 263 13.3 How do people use mountains? 266 13.4 What are the forces that form mountains? 270 13.5 How do different types of mountains form? 272 13.6 How do earthquakes and tsunamis occur? 277 13.7 What are the impacts of earthquakes and tsunamis? Online Only 13.8 How are volcanic mountains formed? 284 13.9 How did Mount Taranaki form? 287 13.10 SkillBuilder: Drawing simple cross-sections Online Only 13.11 What is the anatomy of a volcano? 291 13.12 SkillBuilder: Interpreting an aerial photo Online Only 13.13 How do volcanic eruptions affect people? Online Only 13.14 Review Online Only 14 Fieldwork inquiry: How does a waterway change from source to sea? 296 14.1 Overview 296 14.2 Process 296 14.3 Review 298 Unit 4 Changing Nations 299 15 Urbanisation and migration 301 15.1 Overview 301 15.2 Where do most Australians live? 302 15.3 Where have Australians lived in the past? 305 15.4 What is urbanisation? 308 15.5 Is Australia an urbanised country? 311 15.6 SkillBuilder: Understanding thematic maps Online Only 15.7 How urban are the United States and Australia? 314 15.8 SkillBuilder: Creating and reading pictographs Online Only 15.9 SkillBuilder: Comparing population profiles Online Only 15.10 How has international migration affected Australia? 319 15.11 Why are people on the move in Australia? 325 15.12 Why are people on the move in China? 327 15.13 Review Online Only 16 Geographical inquiry: Investigating an Asian megacity 332 16.1 Overview 332 16.2 Process 333 16.3 Review 334 Unit 5 The Ancient to the Modern World 335 17 From the ancient to the modern world 337 17.1 Overview 337 17.2 Examining the evidence 339 17.3 People on the move 341 17.4 Religions on the move 345 17.5 A different way of life 348 17.6 Rulers, religion and the changing map of medieval Europe 351 17.7 Migrations, invasions and empires in Asia 356 17.8 Population, cities and trade 360 17.9 Muslim traders and Africa 363 17.10 The emerging power of western Europe 366 17.11 Portuguese and Spanish voyages of discovery 369 17.12 Vasco da Gama opens the East 372 17.13 Consequences of the discoveries 375 17.14 SkillBuilder: Explaining different historical interpretations Online Only 17.15 Review Online Only Depth Study 1: Investigating medieval Europe (c. 590–c. 1500) 18 Investigating medieval Europe 380 18.1 Overview 380 18.2 How do we know about medieval Europe? 382 18.3 The impact of the ‘barbarian’ invasions 384 18.4 Early medieval Christianity 387 18.5 Spreading Christianity in the Early Middle Ages 390 18.6 The feudal system 392 18.7 Life on the manor 394 18.8 The miller and the watermill 397 18.9 The knight 399 18.10 Medieval warfare 401 18.11 Castles 404 18.12 The power of the medieval church 406 18.13 Monasteries and convents 408 18.14 The Crusades 410 18.15 The Age of Faith 413 18.16 Towns and trades 416 18.17 The Black Death 419 18.18 The Peasants’ Revolt 422 18.19 Joan of Arc 425 18.20 SkillBuilder: Interpreting medieval art as sources 428 18.21 The heritage of medieval Europe 430 18.22 Review 433 Depth Study 2: Investigating the Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa (14th century plague) 19 Investigating the Black Death in Asia, Europe and Africa 437 19.1 Overview 437 19.2 How do we know about the Black Death? 439 19.3 What was the Black Death? 441 19.4 Living conditions and medical science 443 19.5 Religious beliefs 447 19.6 Trade and the spread of disease 449 19.7 Responses to the Black Death 454 19.8 How did the Black Death change society? 457 19.9 Weakening the feudal system 459 19.10 SkillBuilder: Recognising different perspectives 462 19.11 Review 464 Glossary 467 Index 477


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780730349204
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Jacaranda Wiley, Australia
  • Height: 280 mm
  • No of Pages: 504
  • Weight: 1024 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0730349209
  • Publisher Date: 15 Dec 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 217 mm


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