Biographies of individuals in history help put a human face on the big themes and events. Featured in every chapter, these new portraits include Trung Trac, a Vietnamese woman who resisted Chinese domination in the first century; Zheng He, a fifteenth-century Chinese sea captain and explorer; and Rachel Carson, the iconic twentieth-century environmentalist. More on gender, the environment, and Latin America gives students expanded coverage of important topics. This book encourages student understanding of the construction and meaning of gender in and across cultures. Discussions of the environment include the impact of industrialization, the advances of science, and the emergence of a global environmental movement in the twentieth century. Expanded coverage of Latin America throughout the book further underscores the truly global approach of this text. More pedagogy helps students get the "big picture." New "Seeking the Main Point" questions and chapter-opening chronologies help students focus on the reading. New "Summing Up" questions ask students to consider larger themes or questions raised in the reading. "Looking Back" questions at the end of each chapter encourage students to make connections across chapters. Now integrated with LearningCurve. Students receive access to Bedford's new online adaptive quizzing when they purchase a new copy of Ways of the World. Cross-references in the book to assignable game-like quizzes allow instructors to ensure that students have read the book's narrative and rehearsed the content before class. Digital resources save you time and help students learn. Whether you’re interested in presentation materials, free online student quizzing, an array of test questions, free primary sources — or all of the above — we have a wide variety of resources available in several formats. And if you want it all in one customizable course space, check out HistoryClass at yourhistoryclass.com.