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| How to Use This Book | |
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| The Physical World | |
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| Moving Continents | |
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| Climate and Vegetation | |
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| World Population | |
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| The Political World | |
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| North America | |
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| Peoples of North America | |
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| Canada | |
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| United States of America | |
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| Mexico | |
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| Central and South America | |
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| Peoples of Central and South America | |
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| Central America and the Caribbean | |
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| Guatemala and Belize | |
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| Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua | |
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| Costa Rica and Panama | |
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| Cuba and Jamaica | |
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| The Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Haiti, and Dominican Republic | |
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| Lesser Antilles | |
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| Northern South America | |
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| Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana | |
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| Colombia and Ecuador | |
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| Peru and Bolivia | |
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| Brazil | |
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| Southern South America | |
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| Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile | |
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| Argentina | |
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| The Atlantic Ocean | |
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| Europe | |
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| Peoples of Europe | |
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| Scandinavia and Finland | |
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| Norway | |
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| Denmark and Sweden | |
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| Finland | |
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| The British Isles | |
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| United Kingdom | |
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| Ireland | |
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| The Low Countries | |
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| Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg | |
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| Germany | |
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| France | |
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| France, Monaco, and Andorra | |
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| Spain and Portugal | |
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| Spain | |
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| Portugal | |
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| Italy | |
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| Italy, Malta, Vatican City, and San Marino | |
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| Switzerland and Austria | |
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| Switzerland and Liechtenstein | |
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| Austria | |
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| Slovenia and Croatia | |
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| Belarus and the Baltic States | |
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| Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania | |
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| Central Europe | |
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| Poland and Czech Republic | |
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| Slovakia and Hungary | |
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| Ukraine, Moldova, and the Caucasian Republics | |
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| Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia | |
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| Southeast Europe | |
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| Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
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| Macedonia and Albania | |
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| Romania and Bulgaria | |
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| Greece | |
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| Asia | |
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| Peoples of Asia I | |
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| Peoples of Asia II | |
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| Russian Federation | |
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| Turkey and Cyprus | |
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| The Middle East I | |
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| Syria and Lebanon | |
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| Israel and Jordan | |
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| The Middle East II | |
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| Iraq and Iran | |
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| Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar | |
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| United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen | |
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| Central Asia | |
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| Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan | |
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| Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Afghanistan | |
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| The Indian Subcontinent | |
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| Pakistan and Bangladesh | |
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| India | |
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| Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bhutan | |
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| East Asia | |
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| China | |
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| Taiwan and Mongolia | |
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| North Korea and South Korea | |
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| Japan | |
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| Mainland Southeast Asia | |
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| Thailand and Myanmar (Burma) | |
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| Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos | |
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| Malaysia and Singapore | |
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| Maritime Southeast Asia | |
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| Indonesia, Brunei, and East Timor | |
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| The Philippines | |
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| The Indian Ocean | |
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| Africa | |
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| Peoples of Africa | |
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| Northwestern Africa | |
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| Morocco and Algeria | |
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| Tunisia and Libya | |
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| Northeastern Africa | |
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| Egypt and Sudan | |
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| Ethiopia, Somalia, Djibouti, and Eritrea | |
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| West Africa | |
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| Mauritania, Niger, and Mali | |
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| Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, and Guinea Bissau | |
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| Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ivory Coast | |
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| Ghana, Burkina, and Togo | |
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| Nigeria and Benin | |
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| Central Africa | |
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| Cameroon | |
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| Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Chad, and Sao Tome and Principe | |
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| Gabon, Congo, and the Democratic Republic of Congo | |
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| Central East Africa | |
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| Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi | |
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| Kenya and Tanzania | |
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| Malawi and Zambia | |
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| Southern Africa | |
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| Angola, Botswana, and Namibia | |
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| Zimbabwe and Mozambique | |
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| South Africa, Swaziland, and Lesotho | |
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| Australasia and Oceania | |
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| Peoples of Australasia and Oceania | |
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| Australia and Papua New Guinea | |
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| Australia | |
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| New Zealand | |
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| The Pacific Ocean | |
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| The Arctic | |
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| The Antarctic | |
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| Reference Section | |
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| Political Systems | |
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| Natural Disasters | |
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| World Religions | |
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| Health and Education | |
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| Rich and Poor | |
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| World Trade | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Gazetteer | |
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| Index | |
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| Picture Credits and Acknowledgments | |