Student Atlas of World Politics

by Allen, John; Sutton, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9780073401485
• ISBN10: 007340148X
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-09
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin

Summary

TheStudent Atlasseries combines full-color maps and data sets to introduce students to the importance of the connections between geography and other areas of study such as world politics, environmental issues, and economic development. These thematic atlases will give students a clear picture of the recent agricultural, industrial, demographic, environmental, economic, and political changes in every world region.

Table of Contents

A Note to the Student_iii
What's New in This Edition_v
About the Authors_vi
Acknowledgments_vi
Introduction: How to Read an Atlas_xi
The Contemporary World	p. 1
World Political Boundaries	p. 2
World Climate Regions	p. 4
Vegetation Types	p. 5
Soil Orders	p. 6
World Topography	p. 7
Plate Tectonics	p. 8
World Ecological Regions	p. 9
World Natural Hazards	p. 10
Land Use Patterns of the World	p. 11
Urbanization	p. 12
Transportation Patterns	p. 13
World Population Density	p. 14
World Religions	p. 15
World Languages	p. 16
World External Migrations in Modern Times	p. 17
States: The Geography of Politics and Political Systems	p. 19
Political Boundary Types	p. 20
Political Systems	p. 22
The Emergence of the State	p. 23
Organized States and Chiefdoms, A.D. 1500	p. 24
European Colonialism, 1500Ð2000	p. 25
Federal and Unitary States	p. 26
Sovereign States: Duration of Independence	p. 27
The United Nations	p. 28
United Nations Regions and Sub-Regions	p. 29
Political Realms: Regional Changes, 1945Ð2003	p. 30
European Boundaries, 1914Ð1949	p. 31
An Age of Bipolarity: The Cold War ca. 1970	p. 33
Europe: Political Changes, 1989Ð2009	p. 34
The European Union, 2009	p. 35
The Geopolitical World at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century	p. 36
Democracy on the Rise	p. 37
The Middle East: Territorial Changes, 1918ÐPresent	p. 38
Africa: Colonialism to Independence	p. 39
South Africa: Black Homelands and Post-Apartheid Provinces	p. 40
Asia: Colonialism to Independence, 1930Ð2007	p. 41
Global Distribution of Minority Groups	p. 42
Linguistic Diversity	p. 43
International Conflicts in the PostÐWorld War II World	p. 44
World Refugees: Country of Origin, 2009	p. 46
World Refugees: Host Country, 2009	p. 47
Internally Displaced Persons, 2009	p. 48
PostÐCold War International Alliances	p. 49
Flashpoints, 2009	p. 50
International Terrorist Incidents, 2000Ð2006	p. 68
The Political Geography of a Global Religion: The Islamic World	p. 70
Countries with Nuclear Weapons	p. 71
Size of Armed Forces	p. 72
Military Expenditures as a Percentage of Gross National Product	p. 73
Abuse of Public Trust	p. 74
The Perception of Corruption	p. 75
Political and Civil Liberties	p. 76
Human Rights Abuse	p. 77
Women's Rights	p. 78
Capital Punishment	p. 79
Population, Health, and Human Development	p. 81
Population Growth Rates	p. 82
Infant Mortality Rate	p. 83
Average Life Expectancy at Birth	p. 84
Population by Age Group	p. 85
International Migrant Populations	p. 86
Urban Population	p. 87
Illiteracy Rates	p. 88
Primary School Education	p. 89
The Gender Gap: Inequalities in Education and Employment	p. 90
The Global Security Threat of Infectious Diseases	p. 91
Global Scourges: Major Infectious Diseases	p. 93
Adult Incidence of HIV/AIDS, 2007	p. 94
Undernourished Populations	p. 95
The Index of Human Development	p. 96
Demographic Stress: The Youth Bulge	p. 97
Demographic Stress: Rapid Urban Growth	p. 98
Demographic Stress: Competition for Cropland	p. 99
Demographic Stress: Competition for Fresh Water	p. 100
Demographic Stress: Death in the Prime of Life	p. 101
Demographic Stress: Interactions of Demographic Stress Factors	p. 102
The Global Economy	p. 103
Membership in the World Trade Organization	p. 104
Regional Trade Organizations	p. 105
Relative Wealth of Nations: Purchasing Power Parity	p. 106
Inequality of Income and Consumption	p. 107
The World's Poorest	p. 108
Economic Output Per Sector	p. 109
Employment by Economic Activity	p. 110
Unemployment by Economic Activity	p. 111
Central Government Expenditures Per Capita	p. 112
The Indebtedness of States	p. 113
Global Flows of Investment Capital	p. 114
Inflation Rates	p. 115
Dependence on Trade	p. 116
Trade with Neighboring Countries	p. 117
Aiding Economic Development	p. 118
The Cost of Consumption, 2008	p. 119
A Wired World: Internet Users	p. 120
The Rise of the Personal Computer	p. 121
Traditional Links: The Telephone	p. 122
Food and Energy	p. 123
The Value of Agriculture	p. 124
Average Daily Per Capita Supply of Calories (Kilocalories)	p. 125
Food Supply from Marine and Freshwater Systems	p. 126
Cropland Per Capita: Changes, 1996Ð2007	p. 127
World Pastureland, 2005	p. 128
Fertilizer Use, 2007	p. 129
Energy Production Per Capita	p. 130
Energy Consumption Per Capita	p. 131
Energy Dependency	p. 132
Flows of Oil	p. 133
Environmental Conditions	p. 135
Deforestation and Desertification	p. 136
Forest Loss and Gain, 1990Ð2005	p. 137
Soil Degradation	p. 138
Global Air Pollution: Sources and Wind Currents	p. 139
The Acid Deposition Problem: Air, Water, Soil	p. 140
Pollution of the Oceans	p. 141
Water Resources: Availability of Renewable Water Per Capita	p. 142
Water Resources: Annual Withdrawal Per Capita	p. 143
Water Stress: Shortage, Abundance, and Population Density	p. 144
Carbon Dioxide Emissions	p. 145
Potential Global Temperature Change	p. 146
The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Animal Species	p. 147
The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Plant Species	p. 148
Global Hotspots of Biodiversity	p. 149
Degree of Human Disturbance	p. 150
The Green and Not-So-Green World	p. 151
Regions of the World	p. 153
North America: Physical Features	p. 154
North America: Political Divisions	p. 155
North American Land Use	p. 156
South America: Physical Features	p. 157
South America: Political Divisions	p. 158
South American Land Use	p. 159
Europe: Physical Features	p. 160
Europe: Political Divisions	p. 161
European Land Use	p. 162
Asia: Physical Features	p. 163
Asia: Political Divisions	p. 164
Asian Land Use	p. 165
Africa: Physical Features	p. 166
Africa: Political Divisions	p. 167
African Land Use	p. 168
Australia and Oceania: Physical Features	p. 169
Australia and Oceania: Political Divisions	p. 170
Australia and Oceania: Land Use	p. 171
The World Ocean	p. 172
The Arctic	p. 173
Antarctica	p. 173
Country and Dependency Profiles	p. 175
Geographic Index	p. 203
Sources	p. 221
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