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| A Note to the Student_iii | |
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| What's New in This Edition_v | |
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| About the Authors_vi | |
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| Acknowledgments_vi | |
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| Introduction: How to Read an Atlas_xi | |
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| The Contemporary World | |
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| World Political Boundaries | |
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| World Climate Regions | |
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| Vegetation Types | |
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| Soil Orders | |
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| World Topography | |
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| Plate Tectonics | |
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| World Ecological Regions | |
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| World Natural Hazards | |
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| Land Use Patterns of the World | |
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| Urbanization | |
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| Transportation Patterns | |
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| World Population Density | |
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| World Religions | |
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| World Languages | |
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| World External Migrations in Modern Times | |
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| States: The Geography of Politics and Political Systems | |
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| Political Boundary Types | |
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| Political Systems | |
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| The Emergence of the State | |
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| Organized States and Chiefdoms, A.D. 1500 | |
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| European Colonialism, 1500�2000 | |
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| Federal and Unitary States | |
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| Sovereign States: Duration of Independence | |
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| The United Nations | |
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| United Nations Regions and Sub-Regions | |
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| Political Realms: Regional Changes, 1945�2003 | |
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| European Boundaries, 1914�1949 | |
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| An Age of Bipolarity: The Cold War ca. 1970 | |
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| Europe: Political Changes, 1989�2009 | |
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| The European Union, 2009 | |
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| The Geopolitical World at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Democracy on the Rise | |
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| The Middle East: Territorial Changes, 1918�Present | |
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| Africa: Colonialism to Independence | |
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| South Africa: Black Homelands and Post-Apartheid Provinces | |
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| Asia: Colonialism to Independence, 1930�2007 | |
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| Global Distribution of Minority Groups | |
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| Linguistic Diversity | |
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| International Conflicts in the Post�World War II World | |
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| World Refugees: Country of Origin, 2009 | |
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| World Refugees: Host Country, 2009 | |
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| Internally Displaced Persons, 2009 | |
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| Post�Cold War International Alliances | |
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| Flashpoints, 2009 | |
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| International Terrorist Incidents, 2000�2006 | |
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| The Political Geography of a Global Religion: The Islamic World | |
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| Countries with Nuclear Weapons | |
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| Size of Armed Forces | |
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| Military Expenditures as a Percentage of Gross National Product | |
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| Abuse of Public Trust | |
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| The Perception of Corruption | |
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| Political and Civil Liberties | |
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| Human Rights Abuse | |
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| Women's Rights | |
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| Capital Punishment | |
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| Population, Health, and Human Development | |
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| Population Growth Rates | |
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| Infant Mortality Rate | |
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| Average Life Expectancy at Birth | |
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| Population by Age Group | |
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| International Migrant Populations | |
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| Urban Population | |
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| Illiteracy Rates | |
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| Primary School Education | |
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| The Gender Gap: Inequalities in Education and Employment | |
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| The Global Security Threat of Infectious Diseases | |
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| Global Scourges: Major Infectious Diseases | |
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| Adult Incidence of HIV/AIDS, 2007 | |
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| Undernourished Populations | |
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| The Index of Human Development | |
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| Demographic Stress: The Youth Bulge | |
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| Demographic Stress: Rapid Urban Growth | |
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| Demographic Stress: Competition for Cropland | |
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| Demographic Stress: Competition for Fresh Water | |
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| Demographic Stress: Death in the Prime of Life | |
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| Demographic Stress: Interactions of Demographic Stress Factors | |
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| The Global Economy | |
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| Membership in the World Trade Organization | |
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| Regional Trade Organizations | |
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| Relative Wealth of Nations: Purchasing Power Parity | |
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| Inequality of Income and Consumption | |
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| The World's Poorest | |
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| Economic Output Per Sector | |
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| Employment by Economic Activity | |
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| Unemployment by Economic Activity | |
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| Central Government Expenditures Per Capita | |
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| The Indebtedness of States | |
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| Global Flows of Investment Capital | |
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| Inflation Rates | |
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| Dependence on Trade | |
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| Trade with Neighboring Countries | |
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| Aiding Economic Development | |
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| The Cost of Consumption, 2008 | |
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| A Wired World: Internet Users | |
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| The Rise of the Personal Computer | |
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| Traditional Links: The Telephone | |
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| Food and Energy | |
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| The Value of Agriculture | |
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| Average Daily Per Capita Supply of Calories (Kilocalories) | |
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| Food Supply from Marine and Freshwater Systems | |
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| Cropland Per Capita: Changes, 1996�2007 | |
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| World Pastureland, 2005 | |
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| Fertilizer Use, 2007 | |
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| Energy Production Per Capita | |
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| Energy Consumption Per Capita | |
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| Energy Dependency | |
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| Flows of Oil | |
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| Environmental Conditions | |
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| Deforestation and Desertification | |
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| Forest Loss and Gain, 1990�2005 | |
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| Soil Degradation | |
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| Global Air Pollution: Sources and Wind Currents | |
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| The Acid Deposition Problem: Air, Water, Soil | |
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| Pollution of the Oceans | |
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| Water Resources: Availability of Renewable Water Per Capita | |
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| Water Resources: Annual Withdrawal Per Capita | |
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| Water Stress: Shortage, Abundance, and Population Density | |
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| Carbon Dioxide Emissions | |
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| Potential Global Temperature Change | |
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| The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Animal Species | |
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| The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Plant Species | |
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| Global Hotspots of Biodiversity | |
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| Degree of Human Disturbance | |
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| The Green and Not-So-Green World | |
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| Regions of the World | |
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| North America: Physical Features | |
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| North America: Political Divisions | |
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| North American Land Use | |
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| South America: Physical Features | |
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| South America: Political Divisions | |
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| South American Land Use | |
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| Europe: Physical Features | |
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| Europe: Political Divisions | |
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| European Land Use | |
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| Asia: Physical Features | |
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| Asia: Political Divisions | |
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| Asian Land Use | |
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| Africa: Physical Features | |
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| Africa: Political Divisions | |
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| African Land Use | |
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| Australia and Oceania: Physical Features | |
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| Australia and Oceania: Political Divisions | |
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| Australia and Oceania: Land Use | |
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| The World Ocean | |
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| The Arctic | |
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| Antarctica | |
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| Country and Dependency Profiles | |
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| Geographic Index | |
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| Sources | |