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Table of Contents
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 World 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, 1500
Map 17 Economic Activities
Map 18 Urbanization
Map 19 Religions
Map 20 Transportation Patterns
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 Rates
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 Average Daily Per Capita Supply of Calories (Kilocalories)
Map 33 Illiteracy Rates
Map 34 Female/Male Inequality in Education and Employment
Map 35 Global Scourges: Major Infectious Diseases
Map 36 The Index of Human Development
Part IV Global Economic Patterns
Map 37 Rich and Poor Countries: Gross National Income
Map 38 Gross National Income Per Capita
Map 39 Economic Growth: GDP Change Per Capita
Map 40 Total Labor Force
Map 41 Employment by Economic Activity
Map 42 Economic Output Per Sector
Map 43 Agricultural Production Per Capita
Map 44 Exports of Primary Products
Map 45 Dependence on Trade
Map 46 The Indebtedness of States
Map 47 Global Flows of Investment Capital
Map 48 Central Government Expenditures Per Capita
Map 49 The Relative Wealth of Nations: Purchasing Power Parity
Map 50 Energy Production Per Capita
Map 51 Energy Consumption Per Capita
Map 52 Energy Dependency
Map 53 Flows of Oil
Part V Global Patterns of Environmental Disturbance
Map 54 Global Air Pollution: Sources and Wind Currents
Map 55 The Acid Deposition Problems: Air, Water, Soil
Map 56 Major Polluters and Common Pollutants
Map 57 Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Map 58 Potential Global Temperature Change
Map 59 Water Resources: Availability of Renewable Water Per Capita
Map 60 Water Resources: Annual Withdrawal Per Capita
Map 61 Pollution of the Oceans
Map 62 Food Supply from Marine and Freshwater Systems
Map 63 Cropland Per Capita: Changes, 1987-1997
Map 64 Annual Change in Forest Cover, 1990-1995
Map 65 The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Animal Species
Map 66 The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Plant Species
Map 67 Hotspots of Biodiversity
Map 68 The Risks of Desertification
Map 69 Soil Degradation
Map 70 The Degree of Human Disturbance
Part VI Global Political PatternsMap 71 Political Systems
Map 72 Sovereign States: Duration of Independence
Map 73 European Colonialism 1500–2000
Map 74 International Conflicts in the Post–World War II World
Map 75 Post–Cold War International Alliances
Map 76 Flashpoints 2004
Map 77 International Terrorism Incidents, 2000-2002
Map 78 Nations with Nuclear Weapons
Map 79 Distribution of Minority Populations
Map 80 Refugee Population
Map 81 Political and Civil Liberties, 2004
Part VII World RegionsMap 82 North America: Physical Features
Map 83 North America: Political Divisions
North American: Thematic FeaturesMap 84a Environment and Economy: The Use of Land
Map 84b Population Density
Map 84c Population Distribution: Clustering
Map 84d Deforestation in North and Middle America
Map 85 Canada
Map 86 United States
Map 87 Middle America
Map 88 The Caribbean
Map 89 South America: Physical Features
Map 90 South America: Political Divisions
South America: Thematic FeaturesMap 91a Environment and Economy
Map 91b Population Density
Map 91c Environmental Problems
Map 91d Protection of Natural Areas
Map 92 Northern South America
Map 93 Southern South America
Map 94 Europe: Physical Features
Map 95 Europe: Political Divisions
Europe: Thematic FeaturesMap 96a Environment and Economy: The Use of Land
Map 96b Population Density
Map 96c European Political Boundaries, 1914–1948
Map 96d Political Changes, 1989–2004
Map 97 Western Europe
Map 98 Eastern Europe
Map 99 Northern Europe
Map 100 Africa: Physical Features
Map 101 Africa: Political Divisions
Africa: Thematic FeaturesMap 102a Environment and Economy
Map 102b Population Density
Map 102c Colonial Patterns
Map 102d African Cropland and Dryland Degradation
Map 103 Northern Africa
Map 104 Southern Africa
Map 105 Asia: Physical Features
Map 106 Asia: Political Divisions Asia: Thematic Features
Map 107a Environment and Economy
Map 107b Population Density
Map 107c Asia: Industrialization and Resources
Map 107d South, South-East, and East Asian Deforestation
Map 108 Northern Asia
Map 109 Southwestern Asia
Map 109a The Middle East: Territorial Change, 1918–2004
Map 109b South-Central Eurasia: An Ethnolinguistic Crazy Quilt
Map 110 Southern Asia
Map 111 East Asia
Map 112 Southeast Asia
Map 113 Australasia: Physical Features
Map 114 Australasia: Political Divisions
Map 115a Environment and Economy
Map 115b Population Density
Map 115c Climatic Patterns
Map 116 The Pacific Rim
Map 117 The Atlantic Ocean
Map 118 The Indian Ocean
Map 119 The Arctic
Map 120 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