World economic geography
World transport and communication
Concepts to cover
- Modes of transport and their comparative advantages
- Trans-continental railways: Trans-Siberian, Trans-Canadian, Union and Central Pacific, Australian Trans-Continental, Orient Express
- Highways: Pan-American, Trans-Canadian, Alaskan, Trans-Continental Stuart Highway
- Ocean routes: North Atlantic, Mediterranean-Indian Ocean, Cape of Good Hope, North Pacific, South Atlantic; Panama and Suez
- Inland waterways: Rhine, Danube, Volga, Great Lakes-St Lawrence, Mississippi
- Pipelines (Big Inch, Trans-Alaskan, TAPI proposal) and air transport; communication and cyberspace
Where to study
Fundamentals of Human Geography, Class XII, chapter 7: Transport and Communication (Reprint 2026-27)
- ch. 7, Transport and Communication, p. 1-16 (book pages 54-69)
- ch. 7, Land Transport, p. 2 (book page 55)
- ch. 7, Modes of Transportation, p. 1-2 (book pages 54-55)
- ch. 7, Trans–Continental Railways, p. 5 (book page 58)
- ch. 7, Trans–Siberian Railway, p. 5-7 (book pages 58-60)
- ch. 7, Highways, p. 3 (book page 56)
- ch. 7, The Cape of Good Hope Sea Route, p. 9 (book page 62)
- ch. 7, The North Pacific Sea Route, p. 10 (book page 63)
- ch. 7, Inland Waterways, p. 11 (book page 64)
- ch. 7, The Rhine Waterways, p. 12 (book page 65)
- ch. 7, Pipelines, p. 13-14 (book pages 66-67)
- ch. 7, Inter-Continental Air Routes, p. 13 (book page 66)