Student Atlas of World Geography

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ISBN: 9780072425475 | 0072425474
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Copyright: 11/20/2000

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The "Student Atlas of World Geography provides full-color maps and data sets to give your students a clear picture of the recent economic, political, and environmental demographic changes in every world region.

To the Student

New to This Edition/About the Author

Acknowledgments

vii

How to Read an Atlas

xii

Part I. Global Physical Patterns

(22)

World Countries

(2)

World Physical Map

(2)

Average Annual Precipitation

(1)

Seasonal Average Precipitation-November through April

(1)

Seasonal Precipitation-May through October

(1)

Variation of Annual Precipitation

(1)

Temperature Regions and Ocean Currents

(1)

Average July Temperature

(1)

Average January Temperature

(1)

Atmospheric Pressure and Predominant Surface Winds-January

(1)

Atmospheric Pressure and Predominant Surface Winds-July

(1)

World Climate Regions

(1)

Vegetation Types

(1)

World Soil Orders

(1)

World Ecological Regions

(2)

Plate Tectonics

(1)

World Topography

(1)

World Resources: Mineral Fuels

(1)

World Resources: Critical Metals

(1)

World Natural Hazards

(1)

Part II. The Human Environment: Global Patterns

(8)

World Population Density

(1)

World Economic Activity

(1)

World Urbanization

(1)

World Transportation Patterns

(1)

World Religions

(1)

World Languages

(1)

World External Migrations in Modern Times

(1)

Part III. Global Demographic Patterns

(12)

Population Growth Rates

(1)

Total Fertility Rate

(1)

Infant Mortality Rate

(1)

Average Life Expectancy at Birth

(1)

Population by Age Group

(1)

World Daily per Capita Food Supply

(1)

Illiteracy Rate

(1)

Female/Male Inequality in Education and Employment

(1)

Global Scourges: Major Infectious Diseases

(1)

Quality of Life-Human Development Index

(2)

Part IV. Global Economic Patterns

(14)

Rich and Poor Countries-Gross National Product

(1)

Gross National Product Per Capita

(1)

Economic Growth-GNP Change Per Capita

(1)

Total Labor Force

(1)

Employment by Sector

(1)

Agricultural Production Per Capita

(1)

Exports of Primary Products

(1)

Dependence on Trade

(1)

International Flows of Capital

(1)

Central Government Expenditures Per Capita

(1)

Purchasing Power Parity

(1)

Energy Production

(1)

Energy Consumption Per Capita

(1)

Part V. Global Patterns of Environmental Disturbance

(18)

Global Air Pollution: Sources and Wind Currents

(1)

The Acid Deposition Problem: Air, Water, Soil

(1)

Major Polluters and Common Pollutants

(1)

Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions

(1)

Potential Global Temperature Change

(1)

World Water Resources: Availability of Renewable Water Per Capita

(1)

World Water Resources: Annual Withdrawal Per Capita

(1)

Pollution of the Oceans

(1)

Food Supply from the World's Marine and Freshwater Systems

(1)

Cropland Per Capita: Changes, 1985-1995

(1)

Annual Change in Forest Cover, 1981-1995

(1)

The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Animal Species

(1)

The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Plant Species

(1)

The Risks of Desertification

(1)

Global Soil Degradation

(1)

Degree of Human Disturbance

(2)

Part VI. Global Political Patterns

(8)

Political Systems

(1)

Sovereign States

(1)

Post-Cold War International Alliances

(1)

International Conflicts in the Post-World War II World

(1)

Global Distribution of Minority Groups

(1)

World Refugee Population

(2)

Part VII. World Regions

(46)

North America

North America Political Map

(1)

North America Physical Map

(1)

North America Thematic Maps

(1)

Environment and Economy: The Use of Land

(1)

Population Density

(1)

Population Distribution

(1)

Canada

(1)

United States

(1)

Middle America

(1)

The Caribbean

(1)

South America

South America Political Map

(1)

South America Physical Map

(1)

South America Thematic Maps

(1)

Environment and Economy

(1)

Population Density

(1)

Environmental Problems

(1)

Northern South America

100

(1)

Southern South America

101

(1)

Europe

Europe Political Map

102

(1)

Europe Physical Map

103

(1)

Europe Thematic Maps

104

(1)

Environment and Economy: The Use of Land

104

(1)

Population Density

105

(1)

Political Changes in the 1990s

106

(1)

Western Europe

107

(1)

Eastern Europe

108

(1)

Northern Europe

109

(1)

Africa

Africa Political Map

110

(1)

Africa Physical Map

111

(1)

Africa Thematic Maps

112

(1)

Environment and Economy

112

(1)

Population Density

112

(1)

Colonialism to Independence: 1910 to 1998

113

(1)

Northern Africa

114

(1)

Southern Africa

115

(1)

Asia

Asia Political Map

116

(1)

Asia Physical Map

117

(1)

Asia Thematic Maps

118

(1)

Environment and Economy

118

(1)

Population Density

119

(1)

Industrialization: Manufacturing and Resources

119

(1)

Northern Asia

120

(1)

Southwestern Asia

121

(1)

Southern Asia

122

(1)

East Asia

123

(1)

Southeast Asia

124

(1)

Australasia

Australasia Political Map

125

(1)

Australasia Physical Map

126

(1)

Australasia Thematic Maps

127

(1)

Environment and Economy

127

(1)

Population Density

128

(1)

Climatic Patterns

128

(1)

World Oceans, Arctic, and Antarctica

The Pacific Ocean

129

(1)

The Atlantic Ocean

130

(1)

The Indian Ocean

131

(1)

The Arctic

132

(1)

Antarctica

132

(1)

Part VIII. World Countries: Data Tables

133

(54)

Table A World Countries: Area, Population and Population Density, 1998

134

(3)

Table B World Countries: Form of Government, Capital City, Major Languages

137

(3)

Table C World Countries: Basic Economic Indicators

140

(4)

Table D World Countries: Population Growth, 1950-2050

144

(3)

Table E World Countries: Basic Demographic Data, 1975-2000

147

(4)

Table F World Countries: Mortality, Health, and Nutrition, 1970-1997

151

(4)

Table G World Countries: Illiteracy and Education

155

(4)

Table H Land Use and Agricultural Productivity, 1998

159

(3)

Table I World Countries: Energy Production and Consumption

162

(5)

Table J World Countries: Land Use and Change

167

(4)

Table K Power and Transportation

171

(4)

Table L Communications, Information, and Science and Technology

175

(4)

Table M World Countries: Globally Threatened Plant and Animal Species-1996

179

(4)

Table N World Countries: Water Resources

183

(4)

Part IX. Geographic Index

187

Sources

205

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