GEG 101 ONLINE! ATLAS

World Maps (organized by course themes)

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

• Climate
  • Figure G-8, pp. 14-15.
  • http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geogres/maps/worldgif/wwclimat.gif
  • http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm
  • http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007248179x/student_view0/chapter8/web_map_3.html
• Biomes
  • http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/B/Biomes.html
• Precipitation
  • Figure G-7, p. 13
  • http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geogres/maps/worldgif/wwprec.gif
  • http://encarta.msn.com/media_461562887_761571037_-1_1/World_Precipitation_and_Average_Rainfall.html
• Physical barriers at the realm boundaries (oceans, seas, mountains, deserts, dense forests)
  • location of the world's major deserts (Bw climates): http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geogres/maps/worldgif/wwclimb.gif
  • location of the world's major mountains (H climates): http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geogres/maps/worldgif/wwclimh.gif
  • location of the world's oceans and seas: http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geogres/maps/worldgif/wwout.gif
• Population Density (look for areas of sparse population at realm boundaries)
  • Figure G-9, pp. 18-19
  • http://soils.usda.gov/use/worldsoils/mapindex/popden.html
  • http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007248179x/student_view0/chapter8/web_map_3.html

CULTURAL GEOG RAPHY

• Religions
  • Figure 7-2, pp. 328-329.
  • http://www.wadsworth.com/religion_d/special_features/popups/maps/matthews_world/content/map_01.html
• Languages
  • http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/map/world-languages.html
• Politics
  • http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007248179x/student_view0/chapter6/web_map_2.html

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

• IMPORTANT: SEE TABLE G-1 (pp. 34-41)

• Human Development Index
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Development_Index
  • http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geogres/maps/worldgif/wwhdi.gif
  • http://www.nationmaster.com/red/graph/eco_hum_dev_ind-economy-human-development-index&b_map=1
  • http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007248179x/student_view0/chapter11/web_map_2.html
• Per capita income (GDP)
  • Figure G-11, pp. 22-23
  • http://www.mapsofworld.com/gni-per-capita.htm
  • http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007248179x/student_view0/chapter11/web_map_1.html
• Population growth rate
  • http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007248179x/student_view0/chapter14/web_map_2.html
  • http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geogres/maps/worldgif/wrpopgr.gif
• % urban population
  • http://www.mapsofworld.com/thematic-maps/world-urban-population.htm
  • http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geogres/maps/worldgif/wrurban.gif
• Life expectancy
  • http://www.worldpolicy.org/globalrights/econrights/maps-life.html
  • http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_lif_exp_at_bir_tot_pop-life-expectancy-birth-total-population
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Life_expectancy_world_map.PNG
• Agriculture
  • % GDP from: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007248179x/student_view0/chapter13/web_map_1.html
  • % labor in: http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geogres/maps/worldgif/wraglab.gif
• Other measures of development
  • illiteracy rates: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007248179x/student_view0/chapter8/web_map_5.html
  • Per Capita Water Availability: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007248179x/student_view0/chapter14/web_map_4.html
  • gender inequality: http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/007248179x/student_view0/chapter5/map_1.html
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HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY

• Colonization / Empires
  • World Map of European Colonization http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/89/Colonisation2.gif (animated map - watch the date as the map changes)
  • Colonial Empires 1914: http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/1907powr.htm
• Ancient Culture Hearths: http://www.harpercollege.edu/mhealy/geogres/maps/worldgif/wwhearth.gif