From McGraw-Hill Contemporary Learning Series, the STUDENT ATLAS volumes combine 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.

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Part I Global Physical Patterns

Map 1 World Political Divisions

Map 2 World Physical Features

Map 3a Average Annual Precipitation

Map 3b Seasonal Average Precipitation, November Through April

Map 3c Seasonal Average Precipitation, May Through October

Map 3d Variation in Average Annual Precipitation

Map 4a Temperature Regions and Ocean Currents

Map 4b Average January Temperature

Map 4c Average July Temperature

Map 5a Atmospheric Pressure and Predominant Surface Winds, January

Map 5b Atmospheric Pressure and Predominant Surface Winds, July

Map 6 Climate Regions

Map 7 Vegetation Types

Map 8 Soil Orders

Map 9 Ecological Regions

Map 10 Plate Tectonics

Map 11 Topography

Map 12a Resources: Mineral Fuels

Map 12b Resources: Critical Metals

Map 13 Natural Hazards

Part II Global Human Patterns

Map 14 Past Population Distributions and Densities

Map 15 Population Density

Map 16 Land Use, AD 1500

Map 17 Economic Activities

Map 18 Urbanization

Map 19 Transportation Patterns

Map 20 Religions

Map 21 Languages

Map 22 Linguistic Diversity

Map 23 External Migrations in Modern Times

Part III Global Demographic Patterns

Map 24 Population Growth Rates

Map 25 Total Fertility Rates

Map 26 Infant Mortality Rate

Map 27 Child Mortality Rate

Map 28 Child Malnutrition

Map 29 Primary School Enrollment

Map 30 Average Life Expectancy at Birth

Map 31 Population by Age Group

Map 32 International Migrant Populations 2005

Map 33 World Daily Per Capita Supply of Calories (Kilocalories)

Map 34 Proportion of Daily Food Intake from Animal Products

Map 35 Illiteracy Rates

Map 36 Female/Male Inequality in Education and Employment

Map 37 Global Scourges: Major Infectious Diseases

Map 38 Adult HIV Prevalence 2004

Map 39 The Index of Human Development

Map 40 Demographic Stress: The Youth Bulge

Map 41 Demographic Stress: Rapid Urban Growth

Map 42 Demographic Stress: Competition for Cropland

Map 43 Demographic Stress: Competition for Fresh Water

Map 44 Demographic Stress: Death in the Prime of Life

Map 45 Demographic Stress: Interactions of Demographic Stress

Part IV Global Economic Patterns

Map 46 Rich and Poor Countries: Gross National Income

Map 47 Gross National Income Per Capita

Map 48 Economic Growth: GDP Change Per Capita

Map 49 Total Labor Force

Map 50 Employment by Economic Activity

Map 51 Economic Output Per Sector

Map 52 Agricultural Production Per Capita

Map 53 Exports of Primary Products

Map 54 Dependence on Trade

Map 55 The Indebtedness of States

Map 56 Global Flow of Investment Capital

Map 57 Central Government Expenditures Per Capita

Map 58 Purchasing Power Parity

Map 59 Private Per Capita Consumption 2003

Map 60 Energy Production Per Capita

Map 61 Energy Consumption Per Capita

Map 62 Energy Dependency

Map 63 Flows of Oil

Part V Global Patterns of Environmental Disturbance

Map 64 Global Air Pollution: Sources and Wind Currents

Map 65 The Acid Deposition Problem: Air, Water, Soil

Map 66 Major Polluters and Common Pollutants

Map 67 Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Map 68 Potential Global Temperature Change

Map 69 Water Resources: Availability of Renewable Water Per Capita

Map 70 Water Resources: Annual Withdrawal Per Capita

Map 71 Pollution of the Oceans

Map 72 Food Supply from Marine and Freshwater Systems

Map 73 Cropland Per Capita: Changes, 1996–2003

Map 74 World Pastureland 2005

Map 75 Fertilizer Use 2005

Map 76 Annual Deforestation Rates 1997-2003

Map 77 World Timber Production 2000

Map 78 The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Animal Species

Map 79 The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Plant Species

Map 80 Hotspots of Biodiversity

Map 81 The Risks of Desertification

Map 82 Soil Degradation

Map 83 The Degree of Human Disturbance

Part VI Global Political Patterns

Map 84 Political Systems

Map 85 Sovereign States: Duration of Independence

Map 86 The Emergence of the State

Map 87 Organized States and Chiefdoms, A.D. 1500

Map 88 European Colonialism 1500–2000

Map 89 Post–Cold War International Alliances

Map 90 International Conflicts in the Post–World War II World

Map 91 Political Realms: Regional Changes, 1945-2003

Map 92 The Geopolitical World at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century

Map 93 Flashpoints 2006

Map 94 Nations with Nuclear Weapons

Map 95 Military Power

Map 96 International Terrorist Incidents, 1998-2003

Map 97 Distribution of Minority Populations

Map 98 The Political Geography of a Global Religion: The Islamic World

Map 99 World Refugee Population

Map 100 Womens Rights

Map 101 Political and Civil Liberties 2004

Map 102 A Decade of Risks of Civil Conflict 2005-2015

Part VII World Regions

Map 103 North America: Physical Features

Map 104 North America: Political Divisions

North American: Thematic Features

Map 105a Environment and Economy: The Use of Land

Map 105b Population Density

Map 105c Population Distribution: Clustering

Map 105d Deforestation in The Americas

Map 106 Canada

Map 107 United States

Map 108 Middle America

Map 109 The Caribbean

Map 110 South America: Physical Features

Map 111 South America: Political Divisions

South America: Thematic Features

Map 112a Environment and Economy

Map 112b Population Density

Map 112c Environmental Problems

Map 112d Protection of Natural Areas

Map 113 Northern South America

Map 114 Southern South America

Map 115 Europe: Political Divisions

Map 116 Europe: Physical Features

Europe: Thematic Features

Map 117a Environment and Economy: The Use of Land

Map 117b Population Density

Map 117c European Political Boundaries, 1914–1948

Map 117d Political Changes, 1989–2004

Map 118 Western Europe

Map 119 Eastern Europe

Map 120 Northern Europe

Map 121 Africa: Political Divisions

Map 122 Africa: Physical Features

Africa: Thematic Features

Map 123a Environment and Economy

Map 123b Population Density

Map 123c Colonial Patterns

Map 123d African Cropland and Dryland Degradation

Map 124 Northern Africa

Map 125 Southern Africa

Map 126 Asia: Political Divisions

Map 127 Asia: Physical Features

Map 128a Environment and Economy

Map 128b Population Density

Map 128c Asia: Industrialization and Resources

Map 128d South, South-East, and East Asian Deforestation

Map 129 Northern Asia

Map 130 Southwestern Asia

Map 130a The Middle East: Territorial Change, 1918–2004

Map 130b South-Central Eurasia: An Ethnolinguistic Crazy Quilt

Map 131 East Asia

Map 132 Southeast Asia

Map 133 Australasia and Oceania: Political Divisions

Map 134 Australasia and Oceania: Physical Features

Australasia: Thematic Features

Map 135a Environment and Economy

Map 135b Population Density

Map 135c Climatic Patterns

Map 136 The Pacific Rim

Map 137 The Atlantic Ocean

Map 138 The Indian Ocean

Map 139 The Arctic

Map 140 Antarctica

Part VIII Tables

Table A World Countries: Area, Population, Population Density, 2003

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

Table C World Countries: Basic Economic Indicators

Table D World Countries: Population Growth, 1950–2025

Table E World Countries: Basic Demographic Data, 1975–2001

Table F World Countries: Mortality, Health, and Nutrition

Table G World Countries: Education and Literacy, 1990–2002

Table H World Countries: Agricultural Operations, 1996–2002

Table I World Countries: Land Use and Deforestation, 1980–2000

Table J World Countries: Energy Production and Use, 1980–2000

Table K World Countries: Energy Efficiency and Emissions, 1980–1999

Table L World Countries: Power and Transportation

Table M World Countries: Communications, Information, and Science and Technology

Table N World Countries: Water Resources

Table O World Countries: Globally Threatened Plant and Animal Species

Part IX Geographic Index