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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
Map 1 World Political Boundaries 2
Map 2 World Physical Features 4
Map 3 World Climate Regions 6
Map 4 Vegetation Types 7
Map 5 Soil Orders 8
Map 6 World Topography 9
Map 7 Plate Tectonics 10
Map 8 World Ecological Regions 11
Map 9 World Natural Hazards 12
Map 10 Land Use Patterns of the World 13
Map 11 Urbanization 14
Map 12 Transportation Patterns 15
Map 13 World Population Density 16
Map 14 World Religions 17
Map 15 World Languages 18
Map 16 World Migrations in Modern Times 19
Map 17 Political Boundary Types 23
Map 18 Political Systems 25
Map 19 The Emergence of the State 26
Map 20 Organized States and Chiefdoms, A.D. 1500 27
Map 21 European Colonialism, 1500–2000 28
Map 22 Federal and Unitary States 29
Map 23 Sovereign States: Duration of Independence 30
Map 24 The United Nations 31
Map 25 United Nations Regions and Sub-Regions 32
Map 26 Is It a Country? 33
Map 27 Political Realms: Regional Changes, 1945–2003 34
Map 28 European Boundaries, 1914–1949 35
Map 29 An Age of Bipolarity: The Cold War ca. 1970 37
Map 30 Europe: Political Changes, 1989–2012 38
Map 31 The European Union, 2011 39
Map 32 The Geopolitical World at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century 40
Map 33 Democracy on the Rise 41
Map 34 The Middle East: Territorial Changes, 1918–Present 42
Map 35 Africa: Colonialism to Independence 43
Map 36 South Africa: Black Homelands and Post-Apartheid Provinces 44
Map 37 Asia: Colonialism to Independence, 1930–2007 45
Map 38 Global Distribution of Minority Groups 46
Map 39 Linguistic Diversity 47
Map 40 International Conflicts in the Post-World War II World 48
Map 41 World Refugees: Country of Origin 50
Map 42 World Refugees: Host Country 51
Map 43 Internally Displaced Persons 52
Map 44 Post-Cold War International Alliances 53
Map 45 The Political Geography of a Global Religion: The Islamic World 54
Map 46 Countries with Nuclear Weapons 55
Map 47 Size of Armed Forces 56
Map 48 Military Expenditures as a Percentage of Gross National Product 57
Map 49 Abuse of Public Trust 58
Map 50 The Perception of Corruption 59
Map 51 Political and Civil Liberties 60
Map 52 Human Rights Abuse 61
Map 53 Women’s Rights 62
Map 54 Capital Punishment 63
Map 55 Human Trafficking 64
Map 56a Flashpoints 2012: Mexico 65
Map 56b Flashpoints 2012: Democratic Republic of the Congo 66
Map 56c Flashpoints 2012: Zimbabwe 66
Map 56d Flashpoints 2012: Sudan and the Darfur Region 67
Map 56e Flashpoints 2012: Somalia 67
Map 56f Flashpoints 2012: Uprisings of North Africa and Southwest Asia 68
Map 56g Flashpoints 2012: Côte d’Ivoire 69
Map 56h Flashpoints 2012: Israel and Its Neighbors 69
Map 56i Flashpoints 2012: Iraq 70
Map 56j Flashpoints 2012: Kurdistan 70
Map 56k Flashpoints 2012: Iran 71
Map 56l Flashpoints 2012: Afghanistan 71
Map 56m Flashpoints 2012: Pakistan 72
Map 56n Flashpoints 2012: Kashmir Region 72
Map 56o Flashpoints 2012: Kyrgyzstan 73
Map 56p Flashpoints 2012: Korean Peninsula 73
Map 57 Population Growth Rates 76
Map 58 International Migrant Populations 77
Map 59 Migration Rates 78
Map 60 Infant Mortality Rates 79
Map 61 Child Mortality Rates 80
Map 62 Average Life Expectancy at Birth 81
Map 63 Population by Age Group 82
Map 64 The Global Security Threat of Infectious Diseases 83
Map 65 Global Scourges: Major Infectious Diseases 85
Map 66 Adult Incidence of HIV/AIDS 86
Map 67 Undernourished Populations 87
Map 68 Child Malnutrition 88
Map 69 Illiteracy Rates 89
Map 70 Primary School Education 90
Map 71 The Gender Gap: Inequalities in Education and Employment 91
Map 72 The Index of Human Development 92
Map 73 Demographic Stress: The Youth Bulge 93
Map 74 Demographic Stress: Rapid Urban Growth 94
Map 75 Demographic Stress: Competition for Cropland 95
Map 76 Demographic Stress: Competition for Fresh Water 96
Map 77 Demographic Stress: Death in the Prime of Life 97
Map 78 Demographic Stress: Interactions of Demographic Stress Factors 98
Map 79 Membership in the World Trade Organization 100
Map 80 Regional Trade Organizations 101
Map 81 Relative Wealth of Nations: Purchasing Power Parity 102
Map 82 Inequality of Income and Consumption 103
Map 83 The World’s Poorest 104
Map 84 Total Labor Force 105
Map 85 Employment by Economic Activity 106
Map 86 Economic Output by Sector 107
Map 87 The Indebtedness of States 108
Map 88 Global Flows of Investment Capital 109
Map 89 Remittances as a Percentage of GDP 110
Map 90 Inflation Rates 111
Map 91 Dependence on Trade 112
Map 92 Trade with Neighboring Countries 113
Map 93 The Cost of Consumption, 2010 114
Map 94 A Wired World: Internet Users 115
Map 95 The Rise of the Personal Computer 116
Map 96 Traditional Links: The Telephone 117
Map 97 The Value of Agriculture 120
Map 98 Average Daily Per Capita Supply of Calories (Kilocalories) 121
Map 99 Food Supply from Marine and Freshwater Systems 122
Map 100 Cropland Per Capita: Changes, 1996–2007 123
Map 101 World Pastureland, 2005 124
Map 102 Fertilizer Use, 2007 125
Map 103 Energy Production Per Capita 126
Map 104 Energy Consumption Per Capita 127
Map 105 Energy Dependency 128
Map 106 Flows of Oil 129
Map 107 Deforestation and Desertification 132
Map 108 Forest Loss and Gain, 1990–2010 133
Map 109 Soil Degradation 134
Map 110 Global Air Pollution and Wind Currents 135
Map 111 The Acid Deposition Problem: Air, Water, Soil 136
Map 112 Pollution of the Oceans 137
Map 113 Water Resources: Availability of Renewable Water Per Capita 138
Map 114 Water Resources: Annual Water Withdrawal Per Capita 139
Map 115 Water Stress: Shortage, Abundance, and Population Density 140
Map 116 Carbon Dioxide Emissions 141
Map 117 Potential Global Temperature Change 142
Map 118 The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Animal Species 143
Map 119 The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Plant Species 144
Map 120 Global Hotspots of Biodiversity 145
Map 121 Degree of Human Disturbance 146
Map 122 The Green and Not-So-Green World 147
Map 123 North America: Physical Features 150
Map 124 North America: Political Divisions 151
Map 125 North America: Land Use 152
Map 126 South America: Physical Features 153
Map 127 South America: Political Divisions 154
Map 128 South America: Land Use 155
Map 129 Europe: Physical Features 156
Map 130 Europe: Political Divisions 157
Map 131 Europe: Land Use 158
Map 132 Asia: Physical Features 159
Map 133 Asia: Political Divisions 160
Map 134 Asia: Land Use 161
Map 135 Africa: Physical Features 162
Map 136 Africa: Political Divisions 163
Map 137 Africa: Land Use 164
Map 138 Australia and Oceania: Physical Features 165
Map 139 Australia and Oceania: Political Divisions 166
Map 140 Australia and Oceania: Land Use 167
Map 141 The Arctic 168
Map 142 Antarctica 168
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