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Introduction: How to Read an Atlas
Unit I: The Contemporary World
Map 1: World Political Boundaries
Map 2: World Physical Features
Map 3: World Climate Regions
Map 4: Vegetation Types
Map 5: Soil Orders
Map 6: World Topography
Map 7: Plate Tectonics
Map 8: World Ecological Regions
Map 9: World Natural Hazards
Map 10: Land Use Patterns of the World
Map 11: Urbanization
Map 12: Transportation Patterns
Map 13: World Population Density
Map 14: World Religions
Map 15: World Languages
Map 16: World Migrations in Modern Times
Unit II: States: The Geography of Politics and Political Systems
Map 17: Political Boundary Types
Map 18: Political Systems
Map 19: The Emergence of the State
Map 20: Organized States and Chiefdoms, A.D. 1500
Map 21: European Colonialism, 1500-2000
Map 22: Federal and Unitary States
Map 23: Sovereign States: Duration of Independence
Map 24: The United Nations
Map 25: United Nations Regions and Sub-Regions
Map 26: Is It a Country?
Map 27: Political Realms: Regional Changes, 1945-2003
Map 28: European Boundaries, 1914-1949 35
Map 29: An Age of Bipolarity: The Cold War ca. 1970
Map 30: Europe: Political Changes, 1989-2012
Map 31: The European Union, 2011
Map 32: The Geopolitical World at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century
Map 33: Democracy on the Rise
Map 34: The Middle East: Territorial Changes, 1918-Present
Map 35: Africa: Colonialism to Independence
Map 36: South Africa: Black Homelands and Post-Apartheid Provinces
Map 37: Asia: Colonialism to Independence, 1930-2007
Map 38: Global Distribution of Minority Groups
Map 39: Linguistic Diversity
Map 40: International Conflicts in the Post-World War II World
Map 41: World Refugees: Country of Origin
Map 42: World Refugees: Host Country
Map 43: Internally Displaced Persons
Map 44: Post-Cold War International Alliances
Map 45: The Political Geography of a Global Religion: The Islamic World
Map 46: Countries with Nuclear Weapons
Map 47: Size of Armed Forces
Map 48: Military Expenditures as a Percentage of Gross National Product
Map 49: Abuse of Public Trust
Map 50: The Perception of Corruption
Map 51: Political and Civil Liberties
Map 52: Human Rights Abuse
Map 53: Women's Rights
Map 54: Capital Punishment
Map 55: Human Trafficking
Map 56a: Flashpoints 2012: Mexico
Map 56b: Flashpoints 2012: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Map 56c: Flashpoints 2012: Zimbabwe
Map 56d: Flashpoints 2012: Sudan and the Darfur Region
Map 56e: Flashpoints 2012: Somalia
Map 56f: Flashpoints 2012: Uprisings of North Africa and Southwest Asia
Map 56g: Flashpoints 2012: Cote d'Ivoire
Map 56h: Flashpoints 2012: Israel and Its Neighbors
Map 56i: Flashpoints 2012: Iraq
Map 56j: Flashpoints 2012: Kurdistan
Map 56k: Flashpoints 2012: Iran
Map 56l: Flashpoints 2012: Afghanistan
Map 56m: Flashpoints 2012: Pakistan
Map 56n: Flashpoints 2012: Kashmir Region
Map 56o: Flashpoints 2012: Kyrgyzstan
Map 56p: Flashpoints 2012: Korean Peninsula
Unit III: Population, Health, and Human Development
Map 57: Population Growth Rates
Map 58: International Migrant Populations
Map 59: Migration Rates
Map 60: Infant Mortality Rates
Map 61: Child Mortality Rates
Map 62: Average Life Expectancy at Birth
Map 63: Population by Age Group
Map 64: The Global Security Threat of Infectious Diseases
Map 65: Global Scourges: Major Infectious Diseases
Map 66: Adult Incidence of HIV/AIDS
Map 67: Undernourished Populations
Map 68: Child Malnutrition
Map 69: Illiteracy Rates
Map 70: Primary School Education
Map 71: The Gender Gap: Inequalities in Education and Employment
Map 72: The Index of Human Development
Map 73: Demographic Stress: The Youth Bulge
Map 74: Demographic Stress: Rapid Urban Growth
Map 75: Demographic Stress: Competition for Cropland
Map 76: Demographic Stress: Competition for Fresh Water
Map 77: Demographic Stress: Death in the Prime of Life
Map 78: Demographic Stress: Interactions of Demographic Stress Factors
Unit IV: The Global Economy
Map 79: Membership in the World Trade Organization
Map 80: Regional Trade Organizations
Map 81: Relative Wealth of Nations: Purchasing Power Parity
Map 82: Inequality of Income and Consumption
Map 83: The World's Poorest
Map 84: Total Labor Force
Map 85: Employment by Economic Activity
Map 86: Economic Output by Sector
Map 87: The Indebtedness of States
Map 88: Global Flows of Investment Capital
Map 89: Remittances as a Percentage of GDP
Map 90: Inflation Rates
Map 91: Dependence on Trade
Map 92: Trade with Neighboring Countries
Map 93: The Cost of Consumption, 2010
Map 94: A Wired World: Internet Users
Map 95: The Rise of the Personal Computer
Map 96: Traditional Links: The Telephone
Unit V: Food and Energy
Map 97: The Value of Agriculture
Map 98: Average Daily Per Capita Supply of Calories (Kilocalories)
Map 99: Food Supply from Marine and Freshwater Systems
Map 100: Cropland Per Capita: Changes, 1996-2007
Map 101: World Pastureland, 2005
Map 102: Fertilizer Use, 2007
Map 103: Energy Production Per Capita
Map 104: Energy Consumption Per Capita
Map 105: Energy Dependency
Map 106: Flows of Oil
Unit VI: Environmental Conditions
Map 107: Deforestation and Desertification
Map 108: Forest Loss and Gain, 1990-2010
Map 109: Soil Degradation
Map 110: Global Air Pollution and Wind Currents
Map 111: The Acid Deposition Problem: Air, Water, Soil
Map 112: Pollution of the Oceans
Map 113: Water Resources: Availability of Renewable Water Per Capita
Map 114: Water Resources: Annual Water Withdrawal Per Capita
Map 115: Water Stress: Shortage, Abundance, and Population Density
Map 116: Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Map 117: Potential Global Temperature Change
Map 118: The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Animal Species
Map 119: The Loss of Biodiversity: Globally Threatened Plant Species
Map 120: Global Hotspots of Biodiversity
Map 121: Degree of Human Disturbance
Map 122: The Green and Not-So-Green World
Unit VII: Regions of the World
Map 123: North America: Physical Features
Map 124: North America: Political Divisions
Map 125: North America: Land Use
Map 126: South America: Physical Features
Map 127: South America: Political Divisions
Map 128: South America: Land Use
Map 129: Europe: Physical Features
Map 130: Europe: Political Divisions
Map 131: Europe: Land Use
Map 132: Asia: Physical Features
Map 133: Asia: Political Divisions
Map 134: Asia: Land Use
Map 135: Africa: Physical Features
Map 136: Africa: Political Divisions
Map 137: Africa: Land Use
Map 138: Australia and Oceania: Physical Features
Map 139: Australia and Oceania: Political Divisions
Map 140: Australia and Oceania: Land Use
Map 141: The Arctic
Map 142: Antarctica
Unit VIII: Country and Dependency Profiles
Unit IX: Geographic Index
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