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ALB. ALBANIA
BELG. BELGIUM Tasmania
B. & H. BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
FRENCH SOUTHERN
CZ. REP. CZECH REPUBLIC Prince Edward Islands & ANTARCTIC TERRITORIES
EQ. GUINEA EQUATORIAL GUINEA (to South Africa) (to France)
LIECH. LIECHTENSTEIN
LUX. LUXEMBOURG
NETH. NETHERLANDS HEARD & MCDONALD ISLANDS
(to Australia)
NETH. ANT. NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
RUSS. FED. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
S. M. SAN MARINO
MONT. MONTENEGRO
SWITZ. SWITZERLAND S O U T H E R N O C E A N
U.A.E. UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
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A R C T I C
Queen Elizabeth Islands
O C E A N GREENLAND
(to Denmark)
Baffin Island
ALASKA
(to U.S.)
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Aleutian Islands (to U
Kurile Islands
(to Russ. Fed.)
ST. PIERRE
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(to France)
P A C I F I C
U N I T E D S T A T E S A T L A N T I C
O C E A N
O F A M E R I C A O C E A N
BERMUDA
(to U.K.)
PUERTO RICO (to U.S.)
MIDWAY ISLANDS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS (to U.K.)
(to U.S.)
Guadelupe
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(to Mexico) TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS (to U.K.) VIRGIN ISLANDS (to U.S.)
CAYMAN ISLANDS ANGUILLA (to U.K.)
E (to U.K.) BAHAMAS ST. KITTS & NEVIS
X HONDURAS ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
Hawaii
I BELIZE CUBA MONTSERRAT (to U.K.)
Revillagigedo C
WAKE ISLAND (to U.S.) Islands O GUADELOUPE (to France)
JAMAICA
(to U.S.) (to Mexico) HAITI DOMINICA
NAVASSA I.
JOHNSTON ATOLL (to U.S.) (to U.S.) CURAÇAO MARTINIQUE (to France)
GUATEMALA (to Neth.)
ST. LUCIA
MARSHALL EL SALVADOR ARUBA
CLIPPERTON ISLAND (to Neth.) BARBADOS
ISLANDS WALLIS & FUTUNA NICARAGUA ST. VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
KINGMAN REEF (to U.S.) (to French Polynesia)
(to France) COSTA RICA VENEZUELA GRENADA
A PALMYRA ATOLL (to U.S.) TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
BAKER & PANAMA
HOWLAND FRENCH GUIANA
ISLANDS Galapagos Islands COLOMBIA (to France)
NAURU (to U.S.) JARVIS ISLAND (to Ecuador)
(to U.S.) GUYANA
ECUADOR SURINAME
K I R I B A T I
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TOKELAU B R A Z I L
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(to N.Z.)
ISLANDS P A C I F I C
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(to N.Z.)
B OL I V I A
NEW FRENCH POLYNESIA
FIJI TONGA (to France)
CALEDONIA PARAGUAY
(to France)
NIUE (to N.Z.) PITCAIRN San Felix Island
CORAL SEA ISLANDS ISLANDS (to Chile)
(to Australia) AMERICAN
SAMOA (to U.K.) San Ambrosia
NORFOLK ISLAND Easter Island Sala y Gomez
(to U.S.) Island
(to Chile) CHILE
A
(to Chile)
NEW
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ZEALAND
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Chatham Island
(to N.Z.)
Continental key
Bounty Island EUROPE
(to N.Z.)
NORTH AMERICA
Campbell Island pages 2-23 pages 46-73 FALKLAND ISLANDS
(to N.Z.) (to U.K.)
Macquarie Island (to Australia) SOUTH AMERICA ASIA CHILE
pages 24-33 pages 74-99
SOUTH GEORGIA &
AFRICA AUSTRALASIA SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
(to U.K.)
pages 34-45 & OCEANIA
pages 100-109
ANTARCTICA
CHILDREN’S
WORLD
ATLAS
Consultant
Written by
Simon Adams • Mary Atkinson • Sarah Phillips • John Woodward
THIS EDITION
Editor Jessamy Wood NORTH AMERICA 2
Art editors Mark Lloyd, Katie Knutton
Senior editor Rob Houston WESTERN CANADA AND ALASKA 4
Senior art editor Carol Davis EASTERN CANADA 6
Managing editor Linda Esposito
Managing art editor Jim Green
USA: NORTHEAST 8
Picture research Myriam Mégharbi USA: SOUTH 10
Production editor Marc Staples USA: MIDWEST 12
Print production Charlotte Oliver
Senior cartographic editor Simon Mumford
USA: WEST 14
Satellite images Ed Merritt USA: SOUTHWEST 16
3D Globes Planetary Visions Ltd., London MEXICO 18
US editor Stephanie Pliakas
CENTRAL AMERICA 20
First published in the United States in 2003. THE CARIBBEAN 22
This revised edition published in the United States in 2011 by
DK Publishing, 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014.
Copyright © 2003, 2008, 2011 Dorling Kindersley Limited
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ASIA 74
TURKEY AND THE CAUCASUS 76
RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN 78
THE NEAR EAST 80
THE MIDDLE EAST 82
CENTRAL ASIA 84
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT 86
WESTERN CHINA AND MONGOLIA 88
EASTERN CHINA AND KOREA 90
JAPAN 92
AFRICA 34 MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA 94
NORTHWEST AFRICA 36 MARITIME SOUTHEAST ASIA 96
NORTHEAST AFRICA 38 INDIAN OCEAN 98
WEST AFRICA 40
CENTRAL AFRICA 42
SOUTHERN AFRICA 44
This changes with the seasons and from place to Crust, 5–45 miles
(8–70 km) thick
place, creating an enormous range of climates and Solid inner
Mantle, 1,800 miles core,
habitats for the most dynamic element of all—life. (2,900 km) thick Liquid outer 1,515 miles
core, 1,400 miles (2,440 km)
(2,250 km) thick across
WHERE MOVING PLATES MEET 1 Continental crust, much 5 Oceanic crust formed from Hot-spot volcano erupting
9
The boundaries between the plates are thicker than oceanic crust heavy basalt rock over mantle plume
volcanic earthquake zones. The plates
move very slowly, pulling apart at divergent 2 Broad basin formed near 6 Upper mantle, mostly solid 10 Ocean trench marking
boundaries. This allows hot rock below to uplifted area but very hot convergent plate boundary
melt, erupt, and cool to form new crust –
3 Ancient converging 7 Mantle, solid but mobile 11 Volcano erupting over
especially at the spreading rifts that form
mid-ocean ridges. Meanwhile, at boundary, now inactive owing to heat currents convergent boundary
convergent boundaries, one plate slides 4 Mountains created when 8 Spreading rift forming 12 Earthquake zone—one plate
beneath another, pushing up mountain plate boundary was active a mid-ocean ridge grinding under another
ranges and making volcanoes erupt. Other
volcanoes erupt over hot spots in the 13 Plates pulling apart, creating
mantle below the crust. a rift valley
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ACTIVE PLANET
North Pole
THE SEASONS
Earth spins on a tilted axis, so as it orbits the Sun once a December is
year, the North Pole points toward the Sun in June and the southern
March is the
away from it in December. This means that in summer and
northern spring
regions north of the Tropics it is summer in June northern winter
but winter in December—and the opposite is
true to the south of the tropics. Near the
Equator it is always warm and there are
annual wet and dry seasons. Arctic Circle,
South Pole where Sun’s rays
are dispersed
Tropic of
Cancer
Tropic of
Capricorn
RAINFALL
Some parts of the world get much more rain than others. Key to map
The wettest regions are mostly rainforest zones, where
year-round rain and warmth promote lush plant growth. Less than 20 cm (50 in)
Rising Regions of moderate rainfall are naturally forests and
warm, grasslands, although most of this land is now used for 20–79 in (50–200 cm)
moist air farming. The driest regions may be too dry for many
near plants to grow, creating deserts—but they also include More than 79 in (200 cm)
Equator some northern forest zones and polar tundra.
Atacama Desert,
Chile
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PLANET PEOPLE
Planet People
POPULATION IN BILLIONS
10
In 2050, there are expected
8 to be almost 9 billion people
6
The number of people on the planet has quadrupled since 4
1900. A lot of this growth has taken place in the developing world,
which is now home to more than 80 percent of the population. 2
Many of these people are very poor and do not enjoy the living
1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000
conditions that most citizens of the developed world take for YEAR
granted. This is changing, however, especially in nations such as
China, India, and Brazil. Here, new technology and international POPULATION INCREASE
For centuries, the number of people on the planet stayed
trade are fueling rapid economic growth that is transforming how the same, at roughly 300 million. But since the 1750s, better
living conditions and health care have allowed more babies to
people live. But as more of the planet’s people demand more of its survive, causing a population explosion. In only 60 years from
scarce resources, there may be some difficult challenges ahead. 1950, the population soared from 2.5 billion to 6.8 billion. It
will keep growing, but probably not quite so fast.
Russia
POPULATION DENSITY
On this map the area of each United Kingdom
part of the world is adjusted to
Canada China
reflect the number of people who
live there. For example, Japan’s EUROPE
Japan
population of 128 million is much ASIA
bigger than that of Australia, with NORTH
22 million, so it is shown much AMERICA United
larger here despite being a smaller States
country. More people live in
Nigeria—153 million—than in all Philippines
of Russia. But the nations with the India
biggest populations by far are
AFRICA
India and China, each with far SOUTH Pakistan
more than 1 billion citizens. AMERICA
Nigeria
Indonesia
AUSTRALASIA
FAMILY SIZE
All over the world, some women have more
children than others, but the average varies from AFRICA ASIA SOUTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICA AUSTRALASIA EUROPE
continent to continent. European women have
1.5 children on average, so two families may have
three children between them. This is much fewer
than in Africa, where the population is growing
faster despite higher death rates among children.
Worldwide, the average is 2.6—more than
enough to replace both parents. 4.6 children 2.3 children 2.2 children 2 children 1.8 children 1.5 children
per woman per woman per woman per woman per woman per woman
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PLANET PEOPLE
34,000,000
CITY POPULATIONS
As populations grow, people
tend to move from the country
to a city to find work. Today
one third of the world’s people
live in cities, which grow bigger 23,400,000
every year. Some are colossal, 22,200,000
like Tokyo, Japan—the largest 20,900,000
city in Asia. The other cities
shown here are the most
populous on each continent. 15,200,000
They are vibrant centErs of 12,400,000
civilization, but some cities
are fringed by sprawling
shantytowns, where poor
people live in makeshift 4,475,000
shacks with no public health
services or clean water.
TOKYO MEXICO CITY NEW YORK CITY SÃO PAULO CAIRO LONDON SYDNEY
LANGUAGES
These are the 10 most common languages worldwide,
sized in proportion to the number of native speakers.
Chinese outstrips the others because China has such a
HINDI ARABIC SPANISH
CHINESE
huge population. But Spanish comes next because it is
the main language of many Latin American countries,
such as Mexico. English is almost as common, thanks
mostly to it being the language of the United States.
It is also used as an international language for trade.
Christianity
2.1 billion
Islam
ENGLISH PORTUGUESE
BENGALI JAPANESE GERMAN
RUSSIAN
1.5 billion
Others
Sikhism 23 million
Juche 19 million
Hinduism Spiritism 15 million
900 million Judaism 14 million
Baha’i 7 million
Jainism 4.2 million
Shinto 4 million
Cao Ðái 4 million
Chinese Zoroastrianism 2.6 million
traditional Buddhism Tenrikyo 2 million
394 million 376 million Neo-Paganism 1 million
Indigenous
Unitarian
300 million African traditional Others Universalism 800,000
100 million 97.7 million Rastafarianism 600,000
Scientology 500,000
% of population
using the
ONLINE ACCESS Internet
Over the 10 years, the Internet has become a vital tool ASIA 21.5% CENTRAL AMERICA 24.9%
for global business, education, and politics, so the more
people who can use it, the better. These charts show the
percentage of people with Internet access both worldwide % of population
and in particular regions. North America, Australia, and not using the
Europe lead the field, but the number of Internet users is Internet
growing fastest in the Middle East and Africa. AUSTRALIA 61.3% NORTH AMERICA 77.4% WORLDWIDE 28.7%
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PLANET PEOPLE
WEALTH
A country’s wealth is usually measured in terms of the
money it earns divided by the number of its citizens
living both at home and overseas. This is called its
gross national product (GNP) per capita. Qatar in the
Middle East has huge wealth generated by exports
of oil and natural gas, and since it has a small
population, its GNP per capita is very high. Burundi
in east Africa has only one thirtieth of the income of
Qatar divided between seven times as many people,
so its GNP per capita is very low.
BUSIEST AIRPORTS
Air travel has expanded hugely since the
1950s, when international air travel was
a luxury enjoyed by a few wealthy people
known as the “jet set.” Today, flying is often
the most economical way to travel, as well
as the quickest. This is reflected in the vast
number of passengers who pass through the
world’s airports as they travel for business or
pleasure. The busiest airport is Hartsfield-
Jackson International Airport in Atlanta,
Georgia, with more than 90 million people
arriving and departing each year.
KINGSFORD SMITH,
67,056,379
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
66,754,829
GUARULHOS, SÃO TAMBO,
PAULO, BRAZIL JO’BURG,
RSA
32,900,000
20,400,304
18,400,000
TRADE
Although air freight is an important part
of international trade, about 80 percent of
cargo by weight is transported by sea.
This adds up to around 8.8 billion tons
of freight. A lot of this is transported in
containers carried by more than 4,700
container ships. The busiest shipping
routes link Europe and North America
with the Middle East and Far East, with
ports such as Singapore, Shanghai
(China), Dubai (U.A.E.), and Rotterdam
(Netherlands) handling most of the trade.
400+
300–400
200–300
100–200
20–100
10–20
5–10
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continental section has a different in the west and south to cold, high mountain ranges in the east.
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LOCAL WEALTH
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Meymaneh
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Baghlán K u s h TAJIKS
FESTIVALS IN AFGHANISTAN Bálá Morgháb Pol-e Khomrí d u The majority of people of Tajikistan are Iranian in
6 Tor ke sta n n origin and speak Tajik, which is related to Farsi. 6
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Despite the horrors of recent years, Afghans still Serhetabat Moun i
and ice
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celebrate important Islamic festivals, notably Eid al-Fitr, Towraghoudí ye Morgháb t ai n
which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Sels
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Ka Turkish) nomads. This division has led to ethnic
People visit friends and family and eat a festive meal el eh- á - ye Cháríkár Maímúd-e Ráqí
together. The art of storytelling still flourishes in ye Saf ary tension between the two groups. Civil war
íd Kúh Harírúd
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Asadábád between the government and Islamic rebels
Afghanistan, as does the attan, the national dance. -e Báb á KABUL (KÁBOL)
Ghúríán Herát Kú h Mehtar Lám in the east of the country during the 1990s
An Afghan refugee carries bread with Maydán Shahr led to an exodus of Uzbeks and Russians,
which to break the Ramadan fast. Jalálábád who had moved into the country when it
7 Children in Kabul,
AFGHAN ISTAN Khyber Pass
3543ft (1080m)
was part of the Soviet Union.
7
Gardíz
Afghanistan, made Shíndand Ghazní
homeless by war
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8 there are not enough orphanages to cope Lashkar Gáh Islamic religious school in 8
with the increasing number of Hámún-e Kandahár Samarqand, Uzbekistan
Chakhánsúr
children made homeless by war. fláberí Zaranj ow
rg
Má Spín Búldak
Dasht-e Kúchnay THE SILK ROAD
Darweyshán
0 km 100 200
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g the Middle East to Europe. Many cities were built along
Rí its route, including Buxoro (Bukhara, Uzbekistan),
0 km 100 200
an important place of pilgrimage for Muslims, and
Chágai Hills
FOREIGN NAMES 9
PAKISTAN
0 miles 100 200
Samarqand, which contains some of the finest Islamic
architecture in the world. Many of these cities are
now UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites.
9
1
NORTH AMERICA
The North American continent extends from the frozen wastes of Arctic Canada to
the Caribbean islands and the tropical jungles of Panama. It is politically dominated
by the United States, the richest nation on Earth, yet life in countries such as Mexico and
Nicaragua is still a struggle. The data below is arranged in order of each nation’s size.
United States
of America Nicaragua
Dominican
Cuba Panama Republic
Guatemala Haiti
2
El Salvador Dominica
Antigua and
Bahamas St. Lucia Barbuda
Jamaica Grenada
3
NORTH AMERICA
B C D E F G H
in the south, such as Vancouver, Calgary, and Winnipeg. Felled trees transported down
The Prairies—once a vast expanse of grassland—are now a river near Vancouver
mostly used for growing wheat on huge mechanized
farms. Oil and natural gas are found there, too. These Chukchi Se ARCTIC Prince Patrick
natural resources are also important in Alaska, a Island
3 Wevok Point Lay
Near
Islands
a part of the United States. The Ber
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Islands Deering Banks
industries. Nort
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their clan histories. Each carved and Kodiak Island 19,551 ft
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a real or mythical event Whitehorse
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animals that the
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clan has a close Alaska Great Slave
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I J K L M N O P
0 km 200 400
NATIVE PEOPLES
0 miles 200 400 1
The native peoples of Alaska are
the Aleut, and those in northern
Canada are the Inuit. Native
peoples are often called “First
Nations” because they were
Ell
the first to live in North
America. Most of their
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k
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of 34 million people, but only
t
Dubawn
Reliance
Lutselk’e
(Snowdrift) Arviat H u d s o n about 30 percent of them live
B a y in western Canada, and most
Fort Smith
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Lake Athabasca
Reindeer
Islands live near the U.S. border.
Lake
Southern
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son
Buffalo Thompson
Narrows
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B C D E G H
Maple sap
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Sev
high-tech businesses are attracting Peawanuk
4
younger workers, although many
James
people still migrate to the bustling Bay
cities farther west.
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TORONTO 2100ft (640m)
Foleyet Rouyn-Noranda
Toronto is Canada’s most Wawa
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Lake
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important economic center. r Lake
Located on Lake Ontario, close
to the U.S. border, it is not only
an industrial and commercial
centre but is also home to a Sault Ste. Marie North
7
wide diversity of ethnic and Sudbury Bay
cultural groups. The Canadian ICE HOCKEY
National (CN) tower, which Sports and leisure are important to Gatineau
Ge Pembroke
dominates the Toronto Canadians. A popular sport is ice hockey, Manitoulin o Hull
skyline, is the world’s Island B
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Island ATLANTIC PROVINCES 1
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Hu Resolution Brunswick, Prince Edward
dso Island
n Strai
Island, and Newfoundland
t and Labrador attract
Button Islands tourists for their landscape,
Akpatok wildlife, and quaint seaside
Island villages. Icebergs are a
regular sight off the coast
of Newfoundland and
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south from the Arctic.
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St. John’s Québec province is the main
Mistassini ti Sept-Îles
Corner Brook Newfoundland French-speaking part of Canada.
n With a different language and
re cultural traditions from other parts
Chibougamau u Gaspé Gulf of Channel-Port of the country, there have been calls
a Baie-Comeau ce St. Lawrence aux Basques Cape Race in the past for Québec to become
LLac wr
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Chicoutimi it & MIQUELON
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Jonquière Bathurst PRINCE (to France)
Rivière-du-Loup EDWARD
Edmundston Glace Bay
La Tuque ISLAND Sydney
NEW Charlottetown
Charlesbourg BRUNSWICK Cape Breton
Moncton Amherst Island
Québec New Glasgow
Trois-Rivières Oromocto
St.-Georges Truro
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Stretching far inland, the
ATLAN
from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
A series of huge locks descends from Lake
Ontario to sea level, allowing oceangoing ships
to transport their cargo as far inland as Lake
Superior. Large amounts of iron ore, for
example, are transported inland from Labrador
0 km 100 200 to Ontario for processing. Corn, soy, and other
agricultural products move in the opposite
0 miles 100 200 direction, from the prairies east to
the markets of the world. 9
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B C D E F G H
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State College
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Capitol building,
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the seat of Indiana o
government M Reading Trenton
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Harrisburg
Philadelphia
n
Washington
Bedford Carlisle Lancaster NEW
ia
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Cumberland
la
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Baltimore
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a
VIRGINIA
p
Annapolis DELAWARE
p
WASHINGTON, D.C.
A
VIRGINIA
Cambridge Ocean
City
9 MARYLAND Salisbury
Chesapeake
Bay
8 A B C D E F G H
K L M N O P
MAINE
Madawaska
Although Maine is a large state,
it is relatively sparsely populated. 1
N EW
Early settlers were attracted to its
Presque Isle coastline, and fishing communities
gradually developed. To this day,
B RU N
Mars Hill fishing remains an important
activity, while colorful foliage
attracts tourists in the fall.
SWICK
s
Houlton
Mount Katahdin
CRANBERRIES 5266ft (1605m)
i n
The northeast U.S. is a major 2
cranberry-growing region.
Cranberries grow in flooded bogs, Moosehead
and once harvested—often with Lake
er
t a
scot Riv
high-tech equipment (above)—they
Jackman Calais
can be eaten in pies and sauces. Lincoln
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New Bedford HIGHER EDUCATION
Hartford
Kingston Bristol Warwick Martha's Vineyard A large number of universities are located in this
6
CONNECTICUT RHODE Nantucket Nantucket Island
region, including two of the most famous—Harvard
Waterbury ISLAND (above) and Yale. As well as studying, students
Groton enjoy a full campus life, including taking
IC
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New York
Island Tourists can take an
Newark
Middletown
AT elevator to the top of
the Statue of Liberty
7
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B C D E F G H
U.S.A.: South 0 km 50
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100 150 200
The southern states of the U.S.A. have a varied landscape and an interesting Cincinnati
mix of people, both culturally and economically. Some areas of the region are poor,
Newport
especially the Appalachian Mountain communities, while other parts, such as the
Florida coast, are wealthy and attract many people from other states and countries. I N D I A N A
Louisville Frankfort
2 The cultural mix includes people of Latin American origin, African-Americans, Cajuns Evansville
(French-Canadians), and European Americans, giving rise to diverse music styles, Lexington
Henderson
Owensboro
dialects, pastimes, and food. While coal mining in the Appalachian Mountains Elizabethtown Richmond
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important, as are tourism and industry. Tourism I S S O U R I Hopkinsville
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Kentucky Bowling
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3 New Orleans, Louisiana, Lake Home Union
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Fayetteville City Cookeville
Nashville
near the mouth Walnut Ridge
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Camden
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r
El Dorado Greenville Tuscaloosa Birmingham
important for the
economy of the Bastrop MISSISSIPPI Alexander City
region and is grown Shreveport Yazoo City Griffin
Ruston
in large fields and Monroe Canton A L A B A M A Opelika
Bossier City Clinton Demopolis
5 harvested with huge Tallulah Meridian
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Prattville Phenix City
Tombigbee Riv
machinery. Cotton
LOUISIANA
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Montgomery Columbus
has many uses,
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North America and Bourbon Street,
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Delta
the third largest in Chef holding CAJUN CULTURE
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U.S.A.: SOUTH
I J K L M N O P
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KENTUCKY DERBY
VIRGINIA
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Petersburg
Pikeville Bluefield Kentucky Derby takes place in
M
Roanoke Newport News Norfolk Louisville. This horse race and the
Pulaski Virginia Beach festivities based around it mark
London Portsmouth
Roa the beginning of spring for people
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n
Greensboro
ve
North Charleston
Milledgeville Busch Gardens, Tampa
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Alta Martin Luther King, Jr., (left) was born in Atlanta in 1929.
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A
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to the vibrant city of Miami, where many
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NORTH AMERICA
B C D E F G H
U.S.A.: Midwest C A N A D
The American Midwest is dominated by the Great SASKATCH
EWAN
Plains, once the home of cattle ranches, cowboys, and M A N I T O
B A Lake
Native American peoples. However, the discovery of gold of the
in South Dakota brought a rush of settlers to the area. Woods
Red Riv e r
Minot
2 This, combined with a decline in buffalo numbers, led to Williston Grafton
A
International
Devils Lake Thief River Falls
the eventual displacement of the Native Americans from
T A N
East Falls Upper
n d s
the Plains. The area is prone to dramatic weather— N O R T H Grand Forks
Red Lake
Lake Grand Lower
Crookston Red Lake
tornadoes, blizzards, and hot summers. To the west, vast Belfield
Sakakawea
Carrington Forks
Dickinson
l a
areas of farmland generate more wheat and corn than Bemidji
Leech Grand
M O N
Jamestown Valley City
Fargo
anywhere else in the world. East of the Mississippi Mandan Lake Rapids
a d
Bismarck
er
Detroit Lakes
ouri Riv
West Fargo
3 River, the landscape varies and, although farming is D A K O T A Moorhead
B
important, this is the industrial center of the country. Fergus Falls Brainerd
Wahpeton
i ss
Mille Lacs Lake
Cities such as Chicago (Illinois), Detroit (Michigan), and
eM
Buffalo Alexandria Little
ttl
Li Falls
Cleveland (Ohio) are major manufacturing centers. Moreau River Lake
Selby
Aberdeen MINNESOTA
Oahe Morris Saint Cloud
Spearfish S O U T H Coon Rapids
G
BUFFALO ON THE PLAINS Watertown Montevideo
Up to 100 million buffalo once grazed on the Great Plains. Sturgis Minneapolis
James Rive
B i g Si ver
Riv e r
M I N
Bloomington
Bl
4 They provided local Native Americans with food for the Rapid e Pierre
nn
ac
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family, and skin for clothes and tepees. The Dakota people
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animal’s bladder was made into a bag for carrying water. Ri Madison
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But overhunting and the destruction of the buffalo’s hi Owatonna
W Lake Worthington Fairmont
habitat by early European settlers drastically reduced
Francis Sioux Falls
r
the number of animals. The buffalo is now a protected Albert Lea
Case
species and lives in reserves. Chadron Spencer
Sheldon Mason
Yankton
e
Ni City
obra
Sand r a R iv er Algona
5 Alliance Vermillion Fort Cedar
a
Sioux Falls
Scottsbluff South Sioux City City Dodge
Gering Hills Webster City
No Norfolk
t
rth Denison Ames
Pla
tte
N E B R A S K A Harlan I O W
R ive Columbus Fremont Ankeny
Sidney r Ogallala Des Moines
er
North p Riv
P
u
er Omaha Indianola
Lo
Platte
Grand Island Riv Council Bluffs
t e Papillion
Lexington at York
l a Pl Bellevue Creston
6 Kearney Lincoln
Hastings Nebraska City Clarinda Lamoni
McCook
R A D O
Beatrice
M i iv e
Maryville
i n
R
s so r
Colby Saint Joseph
ur
Concordia
i
Goodland Atchison Excelsior
Buffalo herd on a reserve, Manhattan Springs
South Dakota Hays Junction City Kansas City
s
C O L O
Salina Rive r
Scott sas Ka n Topeka Independence
7 City K A N S A S Ottawa
Great Bend McPherson
MOUNT RUSHMORE Garden City Hutchinson Emporia
Mount Rushmore, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, was created as a Newton
tribute to the American presidency. Four of the United States’ greatest Dodge Pratt Iola M I S
presidents—(left to right) George Washington, Thomas City Wichita El Dorado
Chanute Fort Scott
Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln—
Liberal Wellington Pittsburg
were carved into the granite cliff between 1927 and Parsons Springfield
1941. Teams of workers hung from saddles Arkansas City Carthage
anchored to the mountain to complete O K L A H Joplin
8 the work, often enduring harsh Each carved face is about O M A Aurora
winds or blazing sun. Today, it 60 ft (18 m) high
r k
Oza
is a popular tourist attraction.
TORNADO ALLEY
Dramatic tornadoes, or “twisters,” regularly tear
through the states of Kansas and Missouri along
a path known as Tornado Alley. Tornadoes occur
when warm and cold air masses meet. As the warm
air rises, it cools, and under the right conditions,
9 it can suck in more and more air until a whirling
twister develops. The more air that is pulled in,
the greater the power of the tornado.
12 A B C D E F G H
I J K L M N O P
RURAL U.S.
Although most Americans today live in cities and
large towns, there are still many small towns 1
with populations of less than 10,000 people.
These towns are often in farming
A communities and are where people go to
shop or attend church. Children, such as
these boys from Iowa (left), often have to be
taken to and from school by special bus.
O contain one-fifth
N
T
Chisholm
Isle Royale A
R of Earth’s fresh
e Superio
Lak
Virginia
Eveleth r water.
I
Hibbing Keweenaw
Apostle Peninsula
O
Duluth Islands Houghton
g
e
Superior an Marquette 3
ic R
G o ge b
Cloquet Ashland Sault Sainte Marie
Ironwood
ix Ri
ver Iron M Saint Ignace
t Cro Woodruff Mountain Cheboygan
n
ai Rice Lake Rhinelander Escanaba
S
L
Petoskey
I
ak
y
Ladysmith
Ba
Door Alpena
e
C
en
Wausau
Gre
ron
Red Wing Stevens Beulah Roscommon on the shores of the Great Lakes,
Bay
a
Point Cadillac ay
wB including Chicago on Lake Michigan.
Michig
La
r
PENNSYLVA
Iowa City
Rock Island Valparaiso Bowling
Oskaloosa
Muscatine Fort Green Findlay Akron
Ottawa
ois River Wayne Youngstown
Mount Pleasant Kankakee llin Van I Mansfield
Ottumwa Galesburg Wabash Wert Canton
6
Burlington Peoria INDIANA Marion O H I O
Keokuk Fort Madison Lafayette Kokomo Delaware Wheeling
er
Pekin Bloomington
Macomb Anderson Muncie Sidney Cambridge
iv
Kirksville Champaign
sR
ILLINOIS Columbus
in
Dayton
ve
Macon
Ill
IA
Decatur Indianapolis
Springfield Wilmington
Ri
IN
Hannibal Kettering Oh
io
Jacksonville Terre Haute
RG
Columbia 7
W
Saint Louis The first official game of football was played between Princeton
r
ive
Kirkwood East Saint Louis Vincennes Huntington and Rutgers universities in New Jersey on November 6, 1869.
R
M Belleville C Since then, college and professional teams have been founded
S O U R I i ssi
Wab
ss Mount U all over the country, and playing and watching football have
Farmington ip
Evansville become some of Americans’ favorite pastimes.
Vernon T
Rolla
pi
Lebanon
R ive
Perryville
K E
er
au Cape Ohi
o
Jackson
te Girardeau
0 miles 100 200
la Dexter Alton 8
P Poplar Bluff Sikeston
Malden
Kennett AGRICULTURE
E
SE
I J K L M N O P 13
NORTH AMERICA
B C D E F G H
U.S.A.: West V
an
co
Str
ai
uv
to
er
G
f
eo
Is
ia
Strait o ISH
la
de Fu f Juan Bellingham COLUMBIA
nd
the coastal region from the drier ca
Anacortes ive
r r
Ri
ve
Skag i t R
inland states. Fast-growing Oak Harbor
a
lumbi
Pug Mount Vernon
Port Angeles et
cities in California, such as Everett Libby
Soun
Olympic
Co
Mountains
Seattle Sandpoint
2 San Francisco, Los Angeles,
d
Lake Pend
e
Bremerton
Bellevue Spokane Oreille
and San Diego, hug the Pacific Olympia Auburn Wenatchee Coeur
g
Aberdeen Tacoma d'Alene
coast and have attracted Ellensburg S a in
t Joe
n
Centralia Riv
many migrants because of W A S H I N G T O N Moscow
er
Yakima Pullman
a
Kelso
good job opportunities. Inland, Longview Richland Pasco Lewiston
R
Walla Clearwater
blazing deserts and towering Portland
Vancouver Kennewick
Col u mbia R iver Walla Mountains
Hermiston
mountains provide some of the Newberg
R
3 The Dalles
McMinnville Gresham Pendleton
most dramatic landscapes in the La Grande
er
o
Salem Woodburn
Riv
Riv c h utes
Jo h
S almon
C
e
Albany
country. National parks, such as n D River
ake
Lebanon
c k
R i v er
o
ay
er
NORTHERN FORESTS Corvallis Baker
Des
l u
Sn
Yellowstone in northwestern Wyoming
d
The coastal areas of Oregon
Eugene
m
and Washington contain large Salmon River
Bend
and Montana, and Yosemite in central
a
Mountains
y
b i
forests. These produce
C
Springfield O R E G O N
California, protect some of these economically important timber, Coos Bay
a
c
but a lot of land is also left in its Burns
o
wilderness areas. Farther east, the Caldwell Boise
s
natural state and is popular Roseburg
r P l
4 Cape Blanco Summer
ve
with hikers. Most people here Nampa
foothills of the Rockies give way to vast Ri
a
Grants Upper Lake
a
Harney
a t
live in large cities like Seattle,
hee
Pass Klamath Basin
plains grazed by large herds of cattle. Washington, and in the fertile Lake na
S a
s
e
C
Ow
ke Ri r
inland valleys. Medford Klamath Falls u ve
P A C I
Ashland Goose
t
Lake
Crescent City
Yreka
Klamath
sert
Mountains Independence
R
Arcata Mountains
De
5 Eureka
k
Winnemucca Wells
a
Redding
oc
R
The Native
Sacramento V a l l e
k
er
ins
Susanville ac
iv
Bl
tR
nta
ver
old
Honey Pyramid
Ree s e Ri
American name
mb
Mo u
C e
Lake Lake
Cr e e k Ran ge
Chico
F I C
Hu
S a cr a ment o Ri
Ruby
Reno Sparks
for Death Valley Carson
n t
Yuba
Ukiah Great
e
City Sink
CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE Lake Carson City
r a
California is warm, fertile, and well N E V A D A
is Tomesha, Tahoe
s
l
ver
Citrus Heights
S ch e ll
are an important crop north of Walker
6
which means Napa Sacramento Lake Basin
S i e
San Francisco in the Napa Valley. Fairfield
Farther south, citrus crops such as Berkeley Mono Hawthorne
Stockton
oranges also flourish. Premium farming “land where the San Francisco Oakland
Lake
r r
land is under threat, however, as the Yosemite Tonopah
Palo Alto Modesto
population expands. ground is on fire.” Sunnyvale San Jose
a
V a National
Park
O C
Fresno 14,495ft
a d
Sa Ra
7 Visalia (4418m)
Las
nta nge
Jo
Dea
Hanford
aq
-282ft Vegas
Lu
a
E A
ui
Porterville (-86m)
c ia
th
n
le
al
le
l
San Luis Obispo y
y Bakersfield
Santa Maria
San C A L I F O R MN I A
Lompoc oja
N
Raf ve D
a e l M Lancaster ese
ts. Barstow rt
Santa Barbara Oxnard
Pasadena
8 Los Angeles San Bernardino o
Rivorad
Riverside er
Col
14 A B C D E F G H
U.S.A.: WEST
I J K L M N O P
Eureka
Le
Milk
Whitefish Shelby Havre Riv
Malta
wi
er
D A K O T A
s R
Baldy Mountain 2
N O R T H
Kalispell 6624ft Fort Peck ouri River
Miss
ange
ne
Yello w s t o Miles City
ri River
Boulder
rn Riv er
u ri River
Anaconda iv er
Butte Billings 3
R
Pioneer Bozeman
Bit
er
Laurel
gho
Mountains Livingston
wd
o
ter
D A K O T A
iss
Bi
Po
S O U T H
M
Dillon Bi
ro
gh ttl
e
Li
ot
Sheridan
A bs ar
or
Lem
Ra
Cody Powell
n
Gillette
M
ng
Cloud Peak
hi
oka
o un
e
Ra
13,166ft (4013m)
ge
n
Rexburg
Ra
in
e
I D A H O Idaho Falls U.S. is Death Valley,
W Y O M I N G which also holds the
er
iv
temperature in
Twin Falls American Falls Lander Casper L
ar North America
Burley Reservoir a of 135°F (57°C).
Bear Wheatland
m
Although seemingly
ie
Lake Torrington
Mo
Green River
n t a i n s
COLORADO
Lakewood Aurora The Rocky Mountains
Mount Elbert Littleton Englewood
Price Grand cut through this region.
14,432ft (4399m)
Junction
G r e en River
gre
ve
overseas visitors.
do
Gran
Trinidad
to M
Lake
Co
hydrothermal activity.
de
OKLAHOMA
tains
I J K L M N O P 15
NORTH AMERICA
B C D E F G H
The Southwest is an area of huge contrasts. A lot of many people have a swimming pool in
their garden so they can cool off.
Oklahoma and Texas consists of flat, rolling grasslands and
huge farms, while both Arizona and New Mexico are hot, arid,
and mountainous, with vast canyons and river valleys carving
2 their way through the land. Since the discovery of oil in 1901,
Texas has become the country’s top oil producer Suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona
with Houston as the center of the billion-dollar U T A H
San Ju
Sa
industry. Tourism is also important to the Lake Powell a n River C O L
n
Ju
southwest, with visitors flocking to see the Page
C h Shiprock Aztec
an
Wheeler Peak
Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert, N E V A D A Lake y o n u s Farmington
M
n k 13,159ft
a a Bloomfield
and other natural wonders. Buildings Mead dC
ou
(4011m)
3 a n C o l o r a d o
Gr
nt
Tuba City
here reflect the mix of Hispanic,
ou
ai
Coconino
Plateau
ns
ntai
Plateau
Pa
Native American, European American, Los Alamos Espanola
in
ns
and modern American cultures.
ted
Kingman
Humphreys Peak
12,365ft (3851m)
Gallup R o c k y Santa Fe
De
Hualapai Sanders Corrales
ser
DESERT LIFE
CALI
t
The saguaro cactus can 8419ft (2566m) Sedona Grants
reach up to 50 ft (15 m)
4 tall, grow as many as
Lake Havasu
City
Prescott Holbrook
M o u n t a in s Vaughn
FORNIA
M o u nm e n t o
d
R ang
tains
ran
Signal Peak Mesa
Col
Rio G
4879ft San Carlos
animals, including the Butte
(1487m) Casa
deadly rattlesnake. Yuma Reservoir
Sacra
Black
5 Grande Clifton
Somerton G il a Ri v e r Eloy Alamogordo
Sonoran Safford
Desert Ajo
Las Cruces Organ Peak
Saguaro cacti in the Tucson Willcox 8871ft (2704m)
Sonoran Desert Deming
Benson
Sierra
0 km 50 100 150 200 Vista
Bisbee El Paso
Nogales
6 0 miles 50 100 150 200
Douglas
M E Fabens
X
THE GRAND CANYON
I
The Grand Canyon in northern Arizona is one of the natural wonders of
the world. This incredibly deep gorge was slowly cut out of the rock, beginning NATIVE-AMERICAN CULTURES C
6 million years ago, by the Colorado River. People can hike around its edge or Native Americans, including Navajo, Hopi,
venture down into the canyon to camp for the night. and Apache, used to live across the Southwest
O
but are now concentrated in reservations set up
by the U.S. government. The largest of these is in
7 Arizona and New Mexico and is home to the
Navajo people. The Navajo farm the land and
produce crafts, such as the woven blanket
wrapped around these Navajo children.
16 A B C D E F G H
I J K L M N O P
M IS S O U R
O R A D O K A N S A S
Miami
A rk
I
Beaver Riv Alva Ponca City Bartlesville
er ns Vinita
a
Raton
S a ng
Boise City as
Guymon Woodward Enid R iv Claremore
er
re de
Perryton
Sand Springs Tulsa 3
Clayton Broken Arrow
Stillwater Sapulpa
Taloga Tahlequah
Cr i st o M
Dalhart Muskogee
Dumas The Village Okmulgee
Lake Borger Clinton Oklahoma City Warner
ARK
El Reno NASA
o u n t ai n s
ANSAS
Tucumcari Florida, its journey is controlled by
Canyon O K L A H O M A
Altus the National Aeronautics and Space
Hereford Lawton 4
Red Duncan Lake Administration (NASA) in Houston.
Clovis R Texoma
Tulia Childress ve Ardmore Hugo Astronauts are also trained at the
i
LOU
Carlsbad Andrews Big Spring Colorado
Stephenville
Corsicana Jacksonville (1.6 km)
Tri
City Toledo
nit
Reservoir
ISIAN
Guadalupe Peak Odessa Midland Ballinger i
Waco
ve
Br
San Angelo
os
Killeen ver
Riv
Neches 6
Pecos Copperas Cove
km) wide,
i
Van
er
Temple
Sabine R
Brady Livingston
Riv
Huntsville
S E Buchanan Taylor
and 217
Pe
ds Austin Color
P late au a do Baytown Port Arthur
Vie
ea San Marcos
u Braunfels Pasadena
Schertz Seguin Rosenberg Texas City
Amistad Alvin 7
Reservoir San Antonio Guadal El Campo Angleton Galveston
Emory Peak Hondo Lake Jackson
up
an Edna
S
Uvalde
An
to er Bay Freeport Gulf of
v
Pearsall City
ni
R iver Victoria
o
Kenedy
Eagle Pass
Beeville
Port Lavaca
Port O’Connor
Mexico
io
R
G SPANISH INFLUENCE
Portland
Robstown Close to Mexico and Central America, the southwestern
ra n
8
Alice states have long been settled by Hispanic people,
de
I J K L M N O P 17
NORTH AMERICA
B C D E F G H
Mexico
ALONG THE BORDER
In 1994, Mexico signed the
North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA), which effectively bound its
economy to that of the U.S. A large
Once home to the great Aztec and Mayan civilizations industrial area has developed along
the Mexican border with the U.S.,
and then the focus of Spanish conquistadors who came in and many American companies have
relocated south of the border to
search of wealth, Mexico today reflects its colorful past benefit from the lower labor costs.
through its culture and architecture. The majority of Mexicans
2 is mestizo (mixed race)—of Spanish
and native Indian descent. Mexicali
Mexico City, the site of the San Luis U N I T E D S T A T E S
r
ive
Tijuana O F
Colorado R
Des
ancient Aztec capital, is Rosarito iert
od Ciudad Juárez
eA Ri
today one of the largest Ensenada lt Ri
oG
ra
Ped
Sier Már
de o Br nd
cities in the world, with
ar
Agua Prieta Samalayuca e
Nogales lNo av
rte o
ro
ra S ti r
3
a population of more than Cananea
Río Bavisp
16 million. Despite oil and natural
an
Caborca Magdalena
Nuevo
gas reserves and a plentiful supply Cumpas Casas Grandes El Sueco Ojinaga
of labor, large numbers of Mexicans B
e
Isla Ángel
os
are still poor, especially in rural areas de la Guarda a San Pedro El Sáuz
ch
de la Cueva
j
on
Río C
and urban slums. Bahía Hermosillo a
Chihuahua
Río
Seb
astí
Isla Guadalupe an C
Yaqui
4 Vi
zc a Isla
Cuauhtémoc
Delicias
Tiburón
Si
l
aí
Empalme
no
er
f Esperanza
Guerrero Negro o Jiménez
San Francisco
ra
Ciudad Navojoa Hidalgo
r
del Oro
u
San Ignacio Obregón del Parral
n
lf
Santa Barbara
M
Huatabampo
i
DAY OF THE DEAD
a
One of the biggest festivals in
ad
Gómez Palacio
Sie
5 Mexico is the Day of the Dead. San Blas
f
rra
re
C
the souls of the dead can come
de
Loreto
a
back and visit their loved ones. Guasave
la G
li
M E
O
In celebration of this, special Guamúchil
Culiacán
igan
cc
food is prepared to welcome
r
o
Bahía
the souls, and offerings of n
ta
Navolato
P
de La
id
flowers, candles, and incense Isla Magdalena Paz ia Durango
A
e
6 IF Isla Santa Margarita
La Paz
ta
LIFE IN THE CITY The volcano IC l
Mexico City is the political, economic, and cultural Tropic of Cancer Mazatlán
Popocatépetl is Miraflores
hub of the country and is home to some 16 million the highest peak Santa Genoveva Escuinapa
people. Its location, in a basin surrounded by around the city O 7894ft (2406m)
mountains, means that expansion is difficult. Air CE Acaponeta
pollution from factories and cars cannot escape,
so on most days a thick layer of smog builds AN Tuxpan
up over the city. Attempts to deal with
7
the pollution, including banning Tepic
cars from some areas, have had I s las
limited success. Marías
Puerto Vallarta
WORKING ON THE LAND
Agriculture employs 6.5 million people—about
one eighth of Mexico’s work force. However,
only 12 percent of the land is suitable for
farming because it is so mountainous
8 Mexico City and dry. The peasant communities of Manzanillo
is contained the south rely on farming for their
within a ring food, while communities
of mountains in the north are more
industrialized. Here, the
agave plant is being
harvested near the
town of Tequila.
18 A B C D E F G H
MEXICO
I J K L M N O P
extended families live together in one The Aztecs ruled a large part of this
Piedras Negras region from about 1428 until 1521,
house, with the mother at the center of
Ri
Juan Aldama
Miguel Asua
Río Grande
main producer Rio Lagartos Cancún
of silver, which is Tizimín
6
adr
bbean Sea
Aguascalientes Laguna de Oxkutzcab
rie
Yahualica
Hidalgo Tuxpán
Poza Rica
Gulf of Y u ca tá n
al
Cari
Hidalgo Veracruz Frontera
Carmen
E
Tlaxcala
Ciudad Guzmán
(MÉXICO) Alvarado Comalcalco L IZ
Morelia Toluca Puebla
Zapotiltic
Tuxpan Popocatépetl 17,887ft (5452m)
Córdoba Coatzacoalcos Villahermosa BE
Uruapan Cuernavaca Cuautla Tehuacán
San
Teapa
Macuspana
Colima Andrés Río
Taxco Zacatepec Minatitlán Us 8
Aguililla
Tuxtepec Tuxtla Palenque um
aci
Río Balsas
Iguala nt a
Tecomán
I s t m o d e T e h u a n t e p e c Tuxtla San Cristóbal
A
Huajuapan
AL
de Las Casas
Chilpancingo Oaxaca Ocozocuautla
Lázaro Cárdenas Chiapa de
M
Ixtapa Tecpan
Tehuantepec Arriaga Presa de la
Juchitán
A
I J K L M N O P 19
NORTH AMERICA
B C D E F G H
ze
i
2 civil war. In more recent years, however, Santa Elena
Bel sharks.
San Ignacio BELMOPAN
peace and economic recovery have offered Rí
oU Flores Dangriga
hope, and education is now free in all sum San Benito
ac
in La Libertad
BELIZE
countries. Remains of the ancient Mayan t ya s ahía
Ma tain Monkey River
la B
a
Dolores n Town e
civilization that flourished until the 1500s, Mo
u d
as
s Roatán
Sayaxché la
Is
ur
San Antonio
when the Spanish invaded, can be seen San Luis n d
Trujillo
Iriona
Punta Gorda Ho
3 throughout the region. Large numbers Gulf
f
o Puerto Cortés
La Ceiba
Limón
of the native population died Barillas Chisec
Puerto Barrios San Pedro Tela Tocoa
after the invasion, mostly from Jacaltenango Sula Savá
G UChajul AT E M A LLagoAde Morales El Progreso San Esteban
disease. Today, Spanish is the ie
S
Cobán Gualaco
Huehuetenango r r Nebaj Izabal La Unión
a ua Los Amates Yoro
main language of the region. M Rabinal Salamá
Mo
ta g
Gualán Catacamas
ad Río
Santa Cruz del Quiché re
Quezaltenango
Zacapa H O Siguatepeque
NDURAS Juticalpa
San Marcos Santa Rosa
Chiquimula Campamento
4 de Copán Guaimaca Bocay
GUATEMALA CITY Comayagua
La Esperanza
Jutiapa
Metapán TEGUCIGALPA Danlí
Escuintla
Santa Ana
eca
Chalatenango Jalapa
lu t
Ahuachapán SAN SALVADOR Ocotal
ho
San José C
San Vicente Somoto
o
Sonsonate
Rí
FAUNA AND FLORA San Miguel Condega
5
Ecotourism, which encourages visitors
but aims to protect and preserve the
EL SALVADOR Usulután aCholuteca Estelí
Jinotega
lf
Chinandega
Gu
barrier reef, and there are wildlife hikes to many
forest areas. Animals include jaguars, howler Corinto Lago de Managua
León
monkeys, and butterflies.
PA Tipitapa
Juigalpa
MANAGUA Masaya
C Granada
6
TEMPLE PYRAMIDS
Between 250–900 CE, the Maya IF Jinotepe
Nandaime Isla de
designed ceremonial centers filled Ometepe
Belén
with temples, courts, and plazas.
IC
Without metal, they shaped Rivas
DECORATED CHURCHES
tools from the solid lava The Spanish colonizers of the 1500s,
of volcanoes to carve the La Cruz
O
and the missionaries who came with
limestone buildings. One them, converted the native population and Golfo de
C
of the largest sites is at established Roman Catholicism throughout Papagayo
Tikal (left), Guatemala, Liberia
EA
Central America. They also built many
where temple remains
7 beautifully decorated churches. Filadelfia
lie in a huge area of The one shown here, El Merced,
tropical rainforest. Nicoya
N
is built in a low, squat style to
resist the ever-present threat
of earthquakes. The majority Península
of people still follow the de Nicoya
Roman Catholic faith.
D E F G H
CENTRAL AMERICA
I J K L M N O P
Brus
Laguna
BANANA INDUSTRY 3
Laguna de Caratasca
The hot, wet climate of Honduras is perfect
ca
tu
Puerto Lempira
are often grown on huge plantations,
o
Rí
COFFEE BEANS
Barra de
Costa Rica was the first
La Sirena
Río Grande 5
country in Central America
to grow coffee and today
Laguna de Perlas
produces more than
AG UA 100,000 tons each
year. Coffee is harvested
El Rama from the fruit of the
Bluefields coffee bush. Once
picked, the beans are
left to dry in the sun.
This worker is raking 6
Lago de Punta the beans as they dry.
Gorda
Nicaragua
San Carlos
San Juan
del Norte
Upala Rí
oS
an Juan
Puerto
Bagaces
Cañas
Viejo
Quesada
COSTA
Siquirres
RICA 7
Istmo de Panamá
Alajuela Heredia El Porvenir
Limón Portobelo
SAN JOSÉ Caribbean Aligandí
Puntarenas Colón llera de San B
Cartago Guabito Cordi las Gulf of
Co Sea Cristóbal
oya
Buenos Aires
Bahía Capira CITY
ía n
ar
o
Cortés
ié
d e Chi ri quí Guarumal Las Tablas Jaqué sharing the canal with the
o f Pa n a m a
L
I J K L M N O P 21
NORTH AMERICA
B C D E F G H
Freeport
Marsh Harbour
i d en ce C
han nel
Cuba in the west to Trinidad and Tobago in the southeast. European Berry rthe
ast P
N o
colonists wanted control of the islands in the 1500s, but the diseases Islands
they brought wiped out most of the local Carib and Arawak peoples. Nicholls NASSAU Eleuthera Island
a
id
Town New
2 African slaves, imported to work on plantations, replaced local Rock Sound
or
l Providence
F Andros Town
peoples, and today most of the population are descended from
Ex oun
of Cat Island
S
um d
s Exuma
those Africans. English, Spanish, and i t
a
a Cays San Salvador
Str Andros Island
French are spoken in different Tropic of Cancer
Anguilla Cays
BAHAMAS
countries, depending on HAVANA Rum Cay
(LA HABANA) Guanabacoa George Town
which European power Artemisa Great Exuma Island Long Island
Cárdenas e
Pinar Matanzas ss ag
claimed the territory. Sagua la Grande Clarence P a Crooked
del Río
C h a na t á n
3 Archipiélago d
l
Town n
Consolación la
ne
na
Range Island
Ba
of employment. Cayo Largo Sancti ua
Isla de Ciego de Ávila ag ag
hía
e
Spíritus May s
la Juventud Pas
C U B A
d
os
Archipiélago de los Canarre
eC
ch Nuevitas
o
in Camagüey
os
Lake Rosa
4 Archipiélago de Las Tunas Holguín Matthew
los Jardines de la Reina Town
ge
Bayamo
ssa
Manzanillo
Pa
Cayman
Guantánamo
Palma Soriano
Brac
d
Santiago de Cuba
ar
Little Cayman
dw
Guantánamo Bay in
GEORGE
TOWN Grand Cayman
G (to U.S.) W
CAYMAN ISLANDS
r Île de la Gonâve
5
(to U.K.)
e NAVASSA ISLAND
(to U.S.) Jérémie
Montego Bay a am
t
J
ai Cayes
Spanish Town ca
CUBA e Ch
ann
Cuba is the largest island and the only communist country in JAMAICA KINGSTON r el
the region. It was supported by the communist superpower,
Car
the U.S.S.R., until the U.S.S.R. collapsed in 1991, at which
ibbea A
6
time many Cubans suffered great conomic hardship. The
Cuban government invested its money in improving social
services. The people benefit from good health care and a high Cuba specializes in
n Sea
literacy rate. Children who complete pre-college education making top-quality cigars
are awarded the Bachillerato. 0 km 50 100 150 200
JAMAICA
The Rastafarian religion began in Kingston,
Jamaica, in the 1930s. Followers worship
The most 0 miles 50 100 150 200
Rastafarian, whose
Haile Selassie, the former emperor of
Ethiopia (Ras Tafari), and believe that God
densely populated CARIBBEAN CROPS
The semitropical climate here creates ideal conditions
7
religion forbids him
from cutting his hair
will lead black people back to Ethiopia, the
Promised Land. Jamaica is also home
country in the for many crops, especially sugar. The growing and
processing of sugar is an important industry in Cuba,
to reggae music, a rhythmic
blend of African, European, Caribbean is Jamaica, and many of the Lesser Antilles, providing
jobs and income for the region. Fermented cane sugar
and South American
styles that can be heard Barbados. is used to make rum and is a major export.
across the island. Sugar cane
The lyrics often tell
of hardship and Plantain
political struggle. Breadfruit
Sweet potato
8
Papaya
Okra
9
22 A B C D E F G H
THE CARIBBEAN
I J K L M N O P
HURRICANES
The Caribbean islands can
be devastated by hurricanes 1
between May and October
each year. These powerful
and damaging storms occur
when a normal storm builds
up energy as it moves
across the Atlantic Ocean.
Eventually, violent winds
and torrential rain are
released on the islands.
2
O
Sint Maarten 5
ge
ra
BARBUDA
C
AMALIE
Pa
E
a
A
PUERTO RICO SAINT KITTS & NEVIS PLYMOUTH
GUADELOUPE
N
Isla Beata (to U.S.)
s L e MONTSERRAT Grande Terre (to France)
n t i l l e ss (to U.K.) Pointe-à-Pitre
6
er BASSE-TERRE
Basse-Terre
Marie-Galante
HAITI DOMINICA
Haiti was the first ROSEAU
A
Caribbean country to M a r t i n i q ue P a ss a g e
n
Is lands
become independent.
ti
Vincen
poor and, as a result, life t P as s a g e
expectancy is low. Saint Vincent
BRIDGETOWN
SAINT VINCENT &
KINGSTOWN
ard
THE GRENADINES
The Grenadines
dw
(to Netherlands)
CURAÇAO
(to Netherlands)
W
ORANJESTAD
BONAIRE
(to Netherlands) A TIME TO CELEBRATE
The celebration of Diwali (Hindu), Eid al-Fitr Tobago
WILLEMSTAD
B IA (Muslim), and Christmas (Christian) reflect the TRINIDAD &
varied religions of people in Trinidad and Tobago.
M The woman above is dressed for Carnival in
PORT-OF-SPAIN TOBAGO
LO Port of Spain to mark the beginning of the
Trinidad
O Christian season of Lent. Gulf of
San Fernando
9
C
Paria
V E NE Z U E LA
I J K L M N O P 23
SOUTH AMERICA
Although South America is much poorer than its northern neighbor, it is rich in natural
resources. Its mineral wealth led to its invasion by the Portuguese and Spanish in the 1500s,
and their languages and culture still shape the lives of the people here. The nations below
are listed in order of area, headed by Brazil—the world’s fifth-largest country.
Brazil Venezuela
Bolivia Chile
Colombia Suriname
24
Hidden high up
in the Andes, the
ruined city of Machu
Picchu is a spectacular
symbol of the Inca
Empire of Peru that
was destroyed by
Spanish invaders.
25
B C D E F G H I
1
Northwest
2
South America 2
High mountains and plateaus, dense tropical rainforests,
and coastal swamps are found in this region. In the 1500s, promises
of untold riches attracted the Spanish to the countries here. They
found the vast empire of the Inca, which stretched from what is
now Peru into northern Colombia. To the north and east, other
colonizers—Dutch, English, and French—arrived. Today, although
3 the countries are independent—with the exception of French 3
A
El Vigía Guanare still used today.
la Pascua El Tigre
5
Aguachica s co Ciudad Guayana 5
uc a
Mérida Barinas San Fernando o Río Orino
Caucasia Ca Cúcuta n Upata Matthews A T
Río
a Ciudad Embalse
San Cristóbal e
u r l Ridge Charity L
p L Bolívar de Guri
Dabeiba Yarumal Bucaramanga Río A u ca El Callao
a Aurora GEORGETOWN
O C A N T
R ío A r
Bello Barrancabermeja A New E A
ta N I C
V E N E Z U E LEl Dorado
N
Medellín Río Me Peters Mine Amsterdam PARAMARIBO
I F
Puerto Carreño Angel
A I C
Sogamoso Falls Linden
ral
C
Quibdó Tunja
Nuquí eta Puerto R Totness Sinnamary
Kamarang
ío
E
Yopal ío St.-Laurent- Kourou
A
Manizales Ayacucho GUYANA
R
Río Caur
Orealla
Car
C
du-Maroni
a
Pereira Zipaquira
P
G
Cent
ins Apoera
í a
on
6 CAYENNE 6
í
Armenia nta
O
u
BOGOTÁ Kurupukari
n
Mou Grand-Santi Ouanary
Río Orinoco
o
Villavicencio Puerto Inírida a SURINAME FRENCH St.-Georges
z
Buenaventura
Ess
Palmira n Lethem
a
(Venezuela claims all GUIANA
Co
Essequibo River)
ra
Neiva
n
Tum uc
A
H -Humac Mountai n s
le
-
tyn
Garzón
l
e
Río
Popayán
equibo Rive
a
i g
Tumaco rino
di
co
í
Pitalito Guaviare
r
(claimed by
h l
o u
IL
Rí
o
Tumbes Loja a zo
n
Nauta
ri
Sullana n
Chulucanas ñó
ra
a
i
Yava
M
Piura l
ay a ANGEL FALLS
A
Rio
Río
Uc Each year, thousands of
9 9
Río
Ferreñafe Chachapoyas 0 km 100 200 300 400
tourists visit the spectacular
Tarapoto Angel Falls on the Churún
Chiclayo Cajamarca River in eastern Venezuela.
0 miles 100 200 300 400 They were spotted by an
n
San Pedro
Río
de Lloc American pilot, Jimmy Angel,
Hua
P E R U in 1935 and were later
ll a
Trujillo Pucallpa named after him. The water
ga
Chimbote drops for 807 m (2,648 ft),
d
Aguaytía making Angel Falls the
Huaraz Abunã
10 Rio highest uninterrupted 10
Huarmey Fortaleza
Huánuco waterfall in the world.
Chiquián
e
Cerro de Pasco
Huacho Cobija Riberalta
ni
D ios
Be
de
B
Callao Huancayo dre R
Puerto a
Río
M
s
Maldonado ío
AZ
R
LIMA Ri
C
IL
Quillabamba oG
uap
or
oré
11 11
di
Pisco Ayacucho Magdalena
R í o Ma
ll
Ica e r a Cusco Reyes
moré
O
c A Ayaviri B O L I V I A
Nazca c i Nevado Pupuya
de
Juliaca 19,088ft (5818m) Trinidad
Río
Lomas nt
al Lake
San
Nevado Ampato n Titicaca
M
20,702ft (6310m) Puno Copacabana
ig
ue
Camaná LA PAZ l San Matías
12
Arequipa 12
P Montero
A Moquegua Cochabamba Buena Vista San José
d
C Nevado Oruro The railroad
I Tacna Sajama Santa Cruz
F 21,391ft Lago Aiquile
A
Uncía Puerto from Lima climbs
I (6520m) Poopó
l
Suárez
C
Sabaya
C
SUCRE
e
15,807 ft (4,818 m)
H
Potosí
i p
Monteagudo
O
Villa Uyuni into the Andes and
l
13 Martin 13
I L
AY
GU
C E
is the highest in
E
A
a n
Tupiza
R
MACHU PICCHU
o Tarija the world.
PA
The conquering Spaniards never found the remains of this important Villazón
A N
Inca city—it stayed a secret until Hiram Bingham, an American
archaeologist and explorer, discovered its ruins hidden in the forest ARGENTINA
in 1911. Situated on a high ridge northwest of Cusco, Peru, this Tropic of Capricorn THE INCA
magnificent ruined city covers 5 sq miles (13 sq km), and has small The Inca first lived in the mountainous
14 houses, temples, and staircases built around a central square. area near Cusco in Peru. By the time of 14
Quechua the Spanish invasion, the Inca Empire
woman in extended north into southern Colombia
MINERALS LAKE TITICACA and south through Bolivia and into
Many countries in this area At 12,507 ft (3,812 m), Peru
Argentina and Chile. The Quechua
have extensive reserves of Lake Titicaca is the highest Indians were the most powerful group
gold, silver, copper, and gems. navigable lake in the world. It in the empire, and Quechua was
Colombia produces more than is also South America’s largest the official language. The Quechua
half the world’s emeralds. The lake. The Uru people live here and Aymara peoples now live on
Inca made good use of these in houses built on huge the high plains of the Andes.
15 resources and created many floating reed islands. They 15
beautiful golden objects, such grow potatoes, hunt birds,
LIFE ON THE HIGH PLAINS
as this llama. and catch fish, using
boats made from tightly The Altiplano is a cold plateau at high altitude between two ranges
bundled reeds. of the Andes Mountains in southwest Bolivia and southern Peru. The
native peoples who live here graze sheep and llamas on the windy
plains. They have usually retained their own language and customs.
16 16
27
NORTHWEST SOUTH AMERICA
A B C D E F G H I
SOUTH AMERICA
B C D F G H
GUYANA
VENEZUELA
Brazil
G
A u Uraricoera
ia
BI na
Boa Vista
LO
its fusion of music and dance—reflects the ghl
Ror ands
CO
rich mix of its ethnic groups. The country Pico da Neblina aima
Equator
9888ft (3014m)
also boasts immense natural resources with COFFEE Represa
Ri Balbina
2 well-developed mining and manufacturing Brazil produces about one fourth
of the world’s coffee, which is
oN
egr
Rio Jap u r á o
industries. Brazil grows all of its own food grown on large plantations in the
states of Paraná and São Paulo.
and exports large quantities of coffee, However, because world coffee Rio Içá Manaus
sugar cane, soybeans, oranges, and cotton. prices go up and down so much, A
ma
zo n
Brazilians are now growing other Tefé
However, the wealth is not evenly
ruá
crops for export, too. ra
Coari
distributed, with some people living in
ei
Ju
ad
io
s
ri
M
luxury, most struggling with poverty. ava R
ru
o
3 ioJ Rio P u Ri
R
São Paulo is home to almost 10 million
people, but poverty and lack of housing
Amazon Basin
means that many live in shantytowns Humaitá
Japiim
without running water or sanitation. Brazil Feijó
B R
PE
was colonized in the 1500s by the Portuguese,
who established their language and Roman A c r Porto
e Abunã
Rio Velho
R
4
Catholic faith. It remains a deeply Catholic R
U
country with a strong emphasis on family life. on
dô
nia
Cha
B Guap a d a
p
Rio Juruena
AMAZON RAINFOREST O oré d o Vilhena
Covering more than one third of LI s
Pa
Brazil, the rainforest is home to a VIA
re
ci
huge variety of animal and plant life.
s
5 At one time, more than 5 million
native Indians also lived here, but
now only about 200,000 remain. Over
the years, vast areas of forest have
been cut down to provide timber for
export, make way for farmland, or
mine minerals such as gold, silver,
and iron. The Kaxinawa Indians
(left) still cultivate root vegetables
as a food crop.
6
BRASÍLIA
Brazilian morpho butterfly Brasília replaced Rio de Janeiro as Brazil’s capital
7 with brilliant blue wings, in 1960 as part of a program to develop the interior
lives in rainforests from of the country. Situated on land that was once
Brazil to Venezuela. rainforest, the city is laid out in the shape of an
airplane. Government buildings are in the “cockpit,”
and residential areas are in the “wings.”
PEOPLE OF BRAZIL
8
Brazilians come from a variety
of different ethnic groups,
including descendants of
the original native Indians,
Portuguese colonizers,
African slaves brought
over to work in the
SOCCER FANS
sugar plantations,
Brazilians are passionate about football,
and European
which is played everywhere from beaches
9 migrants.
to shantytowns. There is fervent support for the
national team, which has won the World Cup more
times than any other country, most recently in 2002.
28 A B C D E F G H
I J K L M N O P
FRENCH
GUIANA 0 km 200 400
(to France)
SURINAME 1
0 miles 200 400
Tum
u c - Hum ac ths o
f
T
A
M o u n tains Mou mazon
the A L
Amapá Ilha Caviana de Fora A
N Equator
Macapá
Ilha Baía de Marajó TI
Belém C 2
azon
de Marajó de
ía arco
s OC
Alenquer Am
Ba o M EAN
Sã
Santarém Parnaíba
Altamira
São Camocim
Itaituba Represa de Luís Fortaleza
Tucuruí Piripiri AMAZON TRANSPORT
Bacabal
R i o Xin
Açu
Maranh
gu
C ac í Campina Grande
au
ant
A him bo
Z I L Pi
ús
ambuco
Pern
Rio Toc
Al
da
Juazeiro
Gra
oS
Maceió 4
sa
Palmas
ão
sco
mo
a
Ma
do Tocantis
dos
nsi
ad na
ap nti
For
nuel
Barreiras
Serra
m
Serra
Feira de
ia
at
Taguatinga
Santana
o
G
ia
ro
agua
ss B a h i a Salvador B aí a d s
o s o s S a e To do RIO CARNIVAL
i á
r
n to s 5
Rio A
era Caravelas
Mato Grosso Araguari is São Paulo has the world’s
ta
do Sul Governador 6
na
l
Campo
Uberlândia
Uberaba Valadares Espírito
Santo
largest Japanese community
Aquidauana
Grande
São José
Divinópolis
Belo Horizonte outside of Japan.
do Rio Preto Vitória
Presidente Epitácio Ribeirão Preto
Juiz de Fora Campos
Marília
PA Londrina lo Campinas Nova
au
Rio de Janeiro 7
oP
Tropic of Capricorn
Paraná Santos
A
Represa
G
Ponta Grossa
IC
de Itaipú
U
R i o Iguaçu Curitiba
AY
Saltos do
C NT
Iguaçu Joinville
N
Blumenau
a Catarina
EA
Sant Florianópolis
LA
Passo Fundo 8
Rio Grand e
T
O
Canoas
Wide, sandy beaches along the
do Sul Porto Alegre eastern coast of Brazil provide
playgrounds for large numbers of
U Bagé Lagoa dos Patos Brazilians who come here to relax,
RU meet friends, and play volleyball or
G Rio Grande soccer. By far the most popular beach
UA Mirim Lagoon
is Copacabana (right) in Rio de Janeiro. 9
Y Only the strongest swimmers brave
the strong tides of the Atlantic.
I J K L M N O P 29
B C D E F G I
Mix of Colonial
1
Spanish, Italian,
and Art Deco styles
Southern South America of architecture
shows Montevideo’s
SOUTH AMERICA
Co
The enormous Itaipú Dam on the
rd
are mestizo—of mixed Spanish and Arica
Paraná River in Paraguay is one
ill
3
native Indian descent—except for of the world’s largest hydroelectric LIVIA o 3
era
Argentina, where up to 97 percent projects. It can generate BO
90 percent of the electricity that Capitán
c
Occ
are descended from Europeans. Paraguay needs, as well as Pablo Lagerenza
large amounts for export. General Eugenio
Iquique
a
A.Garay
ATACAMA DESERT Fuerte Olimpo URUGUAY’S CAPITAL
Lagunas
idental
Sandwiched between the high Andes and the ocean, the The capital of Uruguay, Montevideo, is
h
Atacama Desert in northern Chile is one of the hottest and Mariscal home to almost half the country’s
driest areas in the world. Rain hardly ever falls here. This Tocopilla Estigarribia population. It is also the main
4
Chuquicamata La 4
C
harsh landscape, however, is rich in copper deposits. Pedro Juan port and economic center.
Calama Quiaca
D e s e r t
San Ramón de la Caballero This lively capital lies on the
Mejillones Nueva Orán PARAGUAY east bank of the Río de la
Plata and is a
Antofagasta Concepción
n
E
Nevado de Chañi
lco
m rn
20,341ft (6200m)
San Salvador ay resort because
de Jujuy o
Par
of its white
m a
Río
B Las Lomitas Rosario sandy beaches.
Salta
r
a
erm
aguay
ejo
L
5 5
G
I
21,654ft (6600m)
A t a c
á
e s
San Miguel de Tucumán Yuty Eldorado
an
H
6 Añatuya 6
del Valle de
Vallenar Santo Tomé
n
Frías
R ío
Catamarca y
S
Domeyko al Reconquista ua
ug
L
ad Mercedes
o
Ur
Vera Goya
C La Rioja I
La Serena
A
Z
Deán Funes Laguna A
Coquimbo Mar Chiquita Monte Caseros Artigas R
Monte Patria
Ovalle
ná
Jesús María B
ra
7 Rafaela Rivera 7
Pa
r
Pehuajó
de
Parral Linares Trenque la
Pl a
Pla te
Santa Rosa Lauquen ta)
Talcahuano Dolores
Chillán Olavarría Azul
9 Concepción Tandil 9
Rí A R G E N T I N A
oB
Balcarce
R
ío Los Ángeles ío
Lebu B ío Co
lor Tres Arroyos Mar del
ad o
Bahía Blanca Plata
Temuco Zapala Cipolletti Coronel Necochea
Neuquén Punta Alta Dorrego
Loncoche Choele Choel Bah
ía Blanca
Valdivia Río
Ne
10 San Antonio gro 10
Lago Oeste IC
Nahuel Huapí Viedma T
Osorno
s
Puerto Varas N N
San Carlos Maquinchao
A
de Bariloche
Golfo San Matías A
Puerto Montt
E
L
Ancud Peninsula
e
Valdés
do
Castro Go
Esquel
O
AT
lfo N
Isla de Chiloé Trelew u ev o
11 WINES FROM CHILE 11
rc ova
About 90 percent of Chileans live in Rí
o C h ub ut
Rawson
Co
the central region, where the rich soil
d
a
o Paso
is ideal for a wide range of agriculture. G olf
de Indios
o
Vines were brought to Chile by the
i
hic
Spaniards, and the country now has Lago
DANCING THE TANGO
oC
C
an important winemaking industry Musters Rí Popular around the world today, the tango
os
that exports wine all over the world. Puerto Aisén Comodoro
n
Sarmiento originated in the slums of Buenos Aires in
Coihaique Rivadavia
the late 1800s. This passionate dance with its
o n
Cho n
Lago Golfo San Jorge
12 Buenos Aires characteristic rhythm is accompanied by music 12
l os i pi él a g o
0 km 200 400
A
e
Chile Chico on a type of accordion known as a bandoneón,
H
Caleta Olivia
d rc h
Cerro Perito together with the piano and violin.
R
San Valentín Moreno ío
A
0 miles 200 400 De
13,314ft
s
sea
a
d
o
na (4058m) Cochrane Puerto
I
Pe Deseado
o de Chile has a large
G ol f Cerro
ANDES WEATHER Mellizo Sur
The Andes stretch the entire length of 10,007ft (3050m)
concentration of
South America, and this has a major Rí
L
oC
13 effect on the weather. As westerly air from hi Puerto San Julián astronomical 13
co BUENOS AIRES
P a t
the Pacific Ocean rises over the mountains, Isla
Wellington More than one third of Argentina’s population
its moisture can fall as rain and snow. By the aC ruz lives in or around the capital, Buenos Aires. A observatories
time it reaches the eastern side, the air is Río Sa nt
thriving port on the River Plate estuary, it is the
E
much drier and the landscape is more arid. El Calafate Bahía largest city in Argentina. The colorful La Boca because of its
Cerro Paine Grande neighborhood, with its painted walls, is home
8760ft (2670m) to the descendants of Italian immigrants. exceptionally
Río Gallegos
Puerto Natales
clear skies.
PA
14 14
Strait of Magellan
C IF
Punta Arenas Porvenir
I C
Ti Gaucho herding
err
a de Isla cattle in the
l Fueg de los Estados Pampas region
Ushuaia o
O
C
15 E Beagle Channel 15
A Cape Horn
N (Cabo de Hornos)
PAMPAS
Vast treeless plains called the Pampas—
which means “flat” in Spanish—cover
most of southern and western Argentina. The
16 Pampas are used to grow grain and raise 16
cattle. Gauchos—Argentinian cowboys—
work on large ranches, or estancias.
31
A B C D E G H I
ATLANTIC OCEAN
B C D E F G H
The world’s second-largest ocean, the Atlantic southwest coast. Mostly Inuit,
with some Danish-Norwegian
separates the Americas from Europe and Africa. The influences, they make their
living by seal hunting, fishing,
Atlantic is the world’s youngest ocean, starting to form and fur trapping.
about 180 million years ago, as the continental plates
2 began to separate. This movement continues today, NORTH
as the oceanic plates that meet at the TOURISM AME RIC A
Mid-Atlantic Ridge continue to pull apart. The volcanic islands and black
beaches of the eastern Atlantic,
The Atlantic is a major source of fish but, especially the Canaries (left),
due to overfishing, stocks are now low. Madeira, and the Azores, are BERMUDA
popular with tourists, who are (to U.K.)
Many shipping routes cross the Atlantic, attracted to the scenery and
Pla eras
3 and pollution is an international problem subtropical climate.
in
tt
Ha
Gulf of
as ships dump chemicals and waste. There Mexico
are substantial reserves of oil and gas in
the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of west Gr
ea Pu e r t o R
ter T r e nc h ico
Africa, and in the north Atlantic. Ant
illes
Caribbean Sea
es
Colombian
ill
4 nt
Basin rA
Guatemala Le ss e
WARM CURRENTS Mid-Atlantic Tristan da
Cunha island Basin
The Gulf Stream flows up the Ridge
east coast of North America
and across the Atlantic. It brings Panama
warm water and a mild climate to Basin
northern Europe, which would Galápagos Islands
otherwise be cooler. (to Ecuador)
At the
5
center of
the ridge
Peru-
is a valley
at least 10 miles
(16 km) wide SOUTH
Ch
Pe
ile
ru
UNDERWATER MOUNTAINS
Tr
Ba
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a huge
A
en
underwater mountain chain that runs
sin
n
ch
6
the entire length of the Atlantic. It was
formed by magma that oozed up from the
sea bed, cooled to create solid rock, and PACIFIC
d
gradually built up to form a ridge. Some
peaks are so high that they break the
e
surface to form volcanic islands, such OCEAN
Peru
as the country of Iceland.
s
Chile
-Chi
ATLANTIC FISHING INDUSTRY
The Atlantic Ocean contains more than half of the
7
Basin
le T
Humpback whale world’s total stock of fish. Herring, anchovy, sardine,
breaching cod, flounder, and tuna are among the most important
WHALES
ren
fish found here. However, overfishing, especially of cod
Many whales and tuna, has caused a significant decline in numbers. Ch
ch
live in the Atlantic, ile
migrating from Ri
summer feeding se
grounds in the cold polar
regions to warmer waters
in the Caribbean for the
8 winter. They give
birth and mate
again before
returning FALKLANDS
north. Set in the windy south Atlantic
off the coast of Argentina,
the Falkland Islands belong
to the U.K. but are also
claimed by Argentina.
Fishing and sheep farming
9 are important. The land is
rocky, mountainous, boggy,
and almost treeless.
32 A B C D E H
I J K L M N O P
GREE N L AN D ait
Str 1
Labrador (to Denmark) rk
ma ICELAND
Sea en
D
REYKJAVIK FAEROE ISLANDS
Reykjanes
a
(to Denmark)
Labrador
e
Iceland
cS
Basin
nk
Basin Basin a British North
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lti
Charlie-Gibbs Fractu
re Zone c k al Isles Sea Ba
Ro EUROPE
g e
Newfoundland
s
Grand Bank
s of Bay of l p Mineral-rich waters
in the Blue Lagoon,
nd Biscay A 2
Newfoundla
Newfoundland id Iceland, are said to
be beneficial to
R
Basin Azores Med people’s health
(to Portugal) it
Zone
er
c
s nea
ntain
Sohm
an
n Sea
m
u
e
Madeira o
Ber
ICELAND
Plain l (to Portugal)
a sM
t Great Meteor Canary Islands At
l Iceland is situated in the north Atlantic on
A Tablemount (to Spain)
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. As a result, it has at
Sargasso Madeira least 20 active volcanoes and suffers from
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3
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ATLANTIC AFRICA
Dem
Pla erar
in a
Doldrums Fractur
e Zone Sierra The Atlantic
Leone Sierra
Rise Leone covers one fifth
Amazon
OCEAN Basin
Guinea Gulf of of Earth’s
Fan
M Basin
Ce a
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Guinea
surface. 5
rá Zon
Pl
a Pernambuco r act ure
on F
Ascensi
Fernando de
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in
Noronha Plain
(to Brazil) ICEBERGS
AMERICA ASCENSION ISLAND
A t
Trindade
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s R
Santos
O ra nge Fan
vi
Plateau
al
Cape
W
Rio Grande
g e
7
Rise Basin
Cape of
TRISTAN DA CUNHA Good Hope
(to St. Helena)
Argentine e Gough Island
Gulf of San Matías u re Zon (to Tristan da Cunha)
Fract
Basin Gough
Gulf of San Jorge
FALKLAND ISLANDS Za p io l a R id ge BOUVET 8
(to U.K.) Scotia SOUTH SANDWICH ISLAND
Sea ISLANDS (to Norway)
(to U.K.)
Cape SOUTH GEORGIA
Horn
ke P
assa ge (to U.K.)
SOUTHERN OCEAN
Dra
East Scotia
Basin
I J K L M
AFRICA
Covering one fifth of the world’s land area, Africa has a rapidly growing
population. Many of its 52 nations—listed below in order of size—are
desperately poor. This is partly due to hostile climates, especially in and
around the vast Sahara desert, but also because of a history of political
turmoil, ethnic tennsion or conflict and, in some countries, war. Despite
this, African culture is among the most vibrant on Earth.
967,500 sq miles 495,755 sq miles 426,373 sq miles 318,261 sq miles 226,658 sq miles 150,872 sq miles
2,505,813 sq km 1,284,000 sq km 1,104,300 sq km 824,292 sq km 587,041 sq km 390,757 sq km
42,300,000 11,200,000 82,800,000 2,170,000 19,600,000 12,500,000
Khartoum N’Djamena Addis Ababa Windhoek Antananarivo Harare
Arabic, Dinka, Nuer, French, Sara, Arabic, Maba Amharic, Tigrinya, Galla, Ovambo, Kavango, English, Malagasy, French Shona, isiNdebele, English
Nubian, Beja, Zande, Bari, Fur, Sidamo, Somali, English, Bergdama, German, Afrikaans
Shilluk, Lotuko Arabic (Oromu)
Ivory
Algeria Niger Mauritania Mozambique Botswana Coast
919,595 sq miles 489,191 sq miles 397,955 sq miles 308,642 sq miles 224,607 sq miles 124,504 sq miles
2,381,741 sq km 1,267,000 sq km 1,030,700 sq km 799,380 sq km 581,730 sq km 322,463 sq km
34,900,000 15,300,000 3,290,000 22,900,000 1,950,000 21,100,000
Algiers Niamey Nouakchott Maputo Gaborone Yamoussoukro
Arabic, Tamazight (Berber: Hausa, Djerma, Fula, Hassaniyah Arabic, Wolof, Makua, Xitsonga, Sena, Setswana, English, Shona, Akan, French, Kru,
Kabyle, Shawia, Tamashek), Tuareg, Teda, French French Lomwe, Portuguese San, Khoikhoi, isiNdebele Voltaïque
French
Congo, Dem
Rep of Angola Egypt Zambia Kenya Burkina Faso
905,355 sq miles 481,354 sq miles 386,662 sq miles 290,587 sq miles 224,081 sq miles 105,869 sq miles
2,344,858 sq km 1,246,700 sq km 1,001,450 sq km 752,618 sq km 580,367 sq km 274,200 sq km
66,000,000 18,500,000 83,000,000 12,900,000 39,800,000 15,800,000
Kinshasa Luanda Cairo Lusaka Nairobi Ouagadougou
Kiswahili, Tshiluba, Portuguese, Umbundu, Arabic, French, English, Bemba, Tongan, Nyanja, Kiswahili, English, Kikuyu, Mossi, Fulani, French,
Kikongo, Lingala, French Kimbundu, Kikongo Berber Lozi, Lala-Bisa, Nsenga, English Luo, Kalenjin, Kamba Tuareg, Diyula, Songhai
Congo,
Republic of Mali Tanzania Somalia Cameroon Gabon
905,355 sq miles 478,841 sq miles 365,755 sq miles 246,201 sq miles 183,568 sq miles 103,347 sq miles
2,344,858 sq km 1,240,192 sq km 947,300 sq km 637,657 sq km 475,440 sq km 267,667 sq km
3,680,000 13,000,000 43,700,000 9,130,000 19,500,000 1,470,000
Brazzaville Bamako Dodoma Mogadishu Yaoundé Libreville
Kikongo, Teke, Lingala, Bambara, Fula, Senufo, Kiswahili, Sukuma,Kichagga, Somali, Arabic, English, Bamileke, Fang, Fula, Fang, French, Punu, Sira,
French Soninke, French Nyamwezi, Hehe, Makonde, Italian French, English Nzebi, Mpongwe
Yao, Sandawe, English
Central African
Libya South Africa Nigeria Republic Morocco Guinea
679,362 sq miles 470,693 sq miles 356,669 sq miles 240,535 sq miles 172,414 sq miles 94,926 sq miles
1,759,540 sq km 1,219,090 sq km 923,768 sq km 622,984 sq km 446,550 sq km 245,857 sq km
6,420,000 50,100,000 155,000,000 4,420,000 32,000,000 10,100,000
Tripoli Tshwane Abuja Bangui Rabat Conakry
Arabic, Tuareg English, isiZulu, isiXhosa, Hausa, English, Yoruba, Igbo Sango, Banda, Gbaya, Arabic, Tamazight (Berber), Pulaar, Malinké, Sousou,
Afrikaans, Sepedi, Setswana, French French, Spanish French
Sesotho, Xitsonga, siSwati,
Tshivenda, isiNdebele
34
Uganda Eritrea
Guinea-
Ghana Benin Bissau
75,955 sq miles 43,000 sq miles 11,720 sq miles 10,169 sq miles 4,361 sq miles 788 sq miles
196,722 sq km 111,369 sq km 30,355 sq km 26,338 sq km 11,295 sq km 2,040 sq km
12,500,000 3,960,000 2,070,000 10,000,000 1,710,000 1,290,000
Dakar Monrovia Maseru Kigali Banjul Port Louis
Wolof, Pulaar, Serer, Diyula, Kpelle, Vai, Bassa, Kru, English, Sesotho, isiZulu Kinyarwanda, French, Mandinka, Fula, Wolof, French Creole, Hindi, Urdu,
Mandinka, Malinké, Soninke, Grebo, Kissi, Gola, Loma, Kiswahili, English Jola, Soninke, English Tamil, Chinese, English,
French English French
63,170 sq miles 27,699 sq miles 10,831 sq miles 23,200 sq km 1,557 sq miles 372 sq miles
163,610 sq km 71,740 sq km 28,051 sq km 8,958 sq miles 4,033 sq km 964 sq km
10,300,000 5,700,000 676,300 864,200 505,600 162,800
Tunis Freetown Malabo Djibouti City Praia São Tomé
Arabic, French Mende, Temne, Krio, Spanish, Fang, Bubi, French Somali, Afar, French, Arabic Portuguese Creole, Portuguese Creole,
English Portuguese Portuguese
35
AFRICA
B C D E F G H
Northwest Africa
Four countries, plus the disputed area of Western Sahara, make
up this part of Africa. Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia have rich supplies
of oil and natural gas that boost their economies. Morocco relies
on tourism, phosphates used for chemicals and fertilizer, and
2 agriculture. In the fertile valleys of the Atlas Mountains, farmers
grow grapes, citrus fruit, dates, and olives. The area also attracts SUN AND SEA
tourists to its colorful Many tourists visit Tunisia and Morocco each year to enjoy
the warm climate and sandy beaches. Tourism provides jobs
markets, historical sites, for the local people and brings much-needed income.
and sandy beaches. The
Sahara Desert dominates Tizi Ouzou
the region, especially in C
I t rai
S ALGIERS
3
T t of GIBRALTAR
(to U.K.)
(ALGER)
Algeria and Libya. N Gibra
ltar
Ceuta (to Spain) N Chlef
A A Tangier
Melilla
Oran Blida
E Tetouan
L
(to Spain) Mostaganem
ARAB INFLUENCE Ksar-el-Kebir
T
C
Arab invasions during Chefchaouen Sidi Bel Abbès
A
Kénitra Oujda
O
the 600s and 1000s have Salé Tlemcen Djelfa
influenced the culture, RABAT Fès
u x Chott ech Chergui
religion (Islam), Casablanca Jerada
la te a
Mohammedia ts P en
4
architecture, and El-Jadida Ha u s a r i Laghouat
language of northwest in S ah
Africa. Today, Arabic is Khouribga n t a Atl as
Safi Beni-Mellal u
Mo
the main language, and
more than 95 percent MOROCCAN MARKET Marrakech s Ghardaïa
of the people here In a souk, or market, craftworkers Essaouira
A t l a Er-Rachidia Figuig
are Muslim. sell handmade products to l
tourists. Goods are displayed in MOROCCO Béchar n ta
booths along the bustling streets. ide
Agadir Ouarzazate
Occ
Erg
5 Tiznit Grand El Goléa
r a
a d a du D
H a m
Tan-Tan
A L G E R
Plateau
LAÂYOUNE Tindouf
El Mahbas Adrar du Tademaït
Smara
Boujdour
i
uîd
Bou Craa I-n-Salah
6
Ig Reggane
Galtat-Zemmour
rg
‘E
ITANIA
Muslims going to worship at the Hassan II
mosque in Casablanca, Morocco
WESTERN MAUR
ch
SAHARA
Ad Dakhla he S
BERBERS
(disputed territory
under Moroccan occupation)
Er
g
C a
7 The Berber people were Tropic of Cancer
an
T
36 A B C D E F G H
NORTHWEST AFRICA
I J K L M N O P
ANCIENT RUINS
Phoenicians, Romans, and Greeks
DATE PALMS from ancient times have all left their 1
Dates are an important marks on this part of Africa. Today,
crop for Algeria and Tunisia. tourists come to admire the historical
Date palms are often grown sites along the coast. These ruins
at oases, where water lies of Carthage, near Tunis, date from
close to the surface of the desert. 146 BCE, when Romans laid waste
Here, the clusters of dates are shown to this city. The Romans went on to
ripening beneath polyethylene. control all of the north African coast.
Leaves from the trees can be used for
thatch and the trunk is cut for timber.
2
M e d i t e r r a
S e a Bizerte n e a n The pits from dates
Annaba Carthage
can be roasted and 3
TUNIS
Sétif
Constantine Sousse
ground to make a
Batna Kairouan
Kasserine
traditional date coffee.
Mahdia Ruins of a Roman
Biskra
Chott
Gafsa Sfax bath in Carthage
Melghir
de Gabès
Golfe Al Bayçá’ Darnah
Tozeur Gabès Île de Jerba TRIPOLI
Chott el Jerid Médenine Al Marj r ◊ubruq 4
Zuwárah (◊ARÁBULUS) h ça
Benghazi Ak
El Oued
TUNISIA Al Khums a l al
Touggourt
(Banghází) Al Jab
Az Záwiyah Mi§rátah Gulf of Sirte Cy rena SURVIVAL IN THE SAHARA
YafranGharyán (Khalíj Surt) ica The Sahara Desert covers almost one third
Nálút Ajdábiyá of Africa and is an inhospitable place to
Ouargla
Wádí al Íamí m
l
E G Y
5
r Tr i p o l i t a n i a Marádah and to provide meat, milk, and hides.
a n d E Jálú Many Tuareg now live in mountain
Gr Waddán
Great
San areas or dwell in cities.
d S
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ea
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Bordj Omar Driss
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Tiguentourine
Sabhá
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á na h
Tassili Zawílah ab y
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Aj F e z z a n R am l a t R Libyan
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r a Al Kufrah
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a Idhán Desert
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ar
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B C D E F G H I
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AFRICA
Gr
(-133m) Beni Suef Gebel It links the Mediterranean Sea with the
e
Síwah Mûsa
Gu
at
7497ft Gulf of Suez and the Red Sea, providing
Sa
Bawí√í Al Minyá
lf o
(2285m) a crucial shortcut from Europe to India
fS
a
Mallawí ue and east Asia. The tolls from the canal
San
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(W
Ni
le
Hurghada are a large source of income for Egypt.
í es
Qa§r
Asyút Akhmím
d Se
Faráfra
rá tern
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Sawháj
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Gh rt
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a Idfú
(administered
E G Y P T Aswan Dam Aswán
Gilf Kebir by Sudan)
Lake Nasser
Plateau
Plowing fields in
R
(administered by Egypt)
o
Ethiopia
Wadi Halfa
6 Jabal al 6
e d
‘Uwaynát
Wadi Ok
Nubian
LIBYA
6257ft Akasha
(1907m)
Delgo Desert Port
Abu Hamed
Sudan
Argo
Dongola Suakin
Shereik
S
Merowe Tokar
El‘Atrun
Atbara Haiya
AD
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i M LOSING FARMLAND
ád i el
W ad N ile Shendi As the population grows in Ethiopia, forests are cut
ABU SIMBEL W ERITREA
C H
Tourists come to Egypt to see the Omdurman down for firewood or to cultivate new areas for food
Massawa
pyramids in Giza and the temples Kassala ASMARA crops. The soil, no longer held firm by the trees, is easily
Umm Buru KHARTOUM Zula blown or washed away, and valuable farmland is lost.
along the Nile River, such as these Khashm Teseney
two built in Abu Simbel, south of fur Sodiri el Girba
Aswan. Tourism brings in money ar Wad Medani Da
to preserve these historical sites. Kebkabiya D El Fasher Gedaref Mek’elé na
Umm Sennar ki
El Obeid Ruwaba Maych’ew
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Aseb
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Dilling DJIBOUTI G u l Shimbiris
Ed Da‘ein Ed Damazin Desé Dikhil
El Muglad Ch’ok’é Karin 7897ft (2407m)
White
Kadugli Buré Ábuyé Méda
13,123ft (4000m) Berbera Bandarbeyla
CE
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Malakal Diré Dawa Somaliland Puntland
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The largest city in Africa is Cairo, the capital of Egypt, Marsabit Wanlaweyn
with a population of more than 15 million. Here, Arab,
CONGO Lira MOGADISHU
Baardheere
African, and European influences exist alongside Lake Albert Masindi
(MUQDISHO)
more traditional Egyptian customs.
Mbale KENYA Marka
UGANDA Baraawe
11 Eldoret Afmadow Jilib 11
KAMPALA Jinja Equator
Equator Meru Jamaame
Kisumu Kismaayo
Lake Edward Masaka Entebbe Kirinyaga
Nakuru 17,060ft (5200m) Garissa
Young Mbarara Lake Nyeri
Dinka man Kabale NAIROBI Buur Gaabo
Victoria Water makes up
RWANDA Bukoba Musoma
Lake Kivu Garsen
alley
KIGALI Mwanza Kilimanjaro almost one fifth of
Biharamulo Nyantakara 19,341ft (5895m) Malindi
Arusha
12 Shinyanga 12
SUDANESE DINKA BUJUMBURA the surface area
Moshi
There are more than BURUNDI Nzega Mombasa
Kasulu
Masai of Uganda.
500 different tribes in
gar
Steppe Pemba
G r e a
Sudan, who speak more Tabora Singida
Mala asi
Great Rift V
Kigoma Tanga
t
than 100 languages and
dialects. Like many tribal Lake TANZANIA Zanzibar
people here, the Dinka are Tanganyika Morogoro Zanzibar Coptic
DODOMA
R
nomadic—their cattle graze DAR ES cross RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
Ruaha
i
on the plains east of the at The Ethiopian Orthodox
13 Kipili G re SALAAM 13
Nile. Cattle are central to
f
Lake Rukwa Rufiji Tewahedo Church has existed
their lives—young Dinka Iringa
Mafia since the 300s CE. It is a branch
t
Sumbawanga Mohoro
men officially become Sao Hill of the Coptic Church and mixes
adults with an initiation Mbeya Kilwa Kivinje
V Christian beliefs, such as Catholic
Z
ceremony in which they are Njombe go
a we saints, with some traditional
A
given an ox of their own. l Lu Lindi African spiritual beliefs.
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NORTHEAST AFRICA
A B C D E F G H I
AFRICA
B C D E F G H
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Dramatically different climates and landscapes influence life in
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west Africa. In the hot, dry north, it is difficult to grow crops. Only oases
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in the Sahara Desert and seasonal rainfall in the Sahel make crop- Bîr Mogreïn r g
growing possible. To the south, the climate is warm and wet, and ' E
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2 crops such as cocoa and coffee are grown on large plantations. e n
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This region also has many valuable minerals. Despite these WESTERN Tropic of Cancer K
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rich resources, most countries are poor. Since independence h e c
SAHARA Fdérik Zouérat C
from colonial powers, there has been a lot of political unrest, under(disputed territory
Touâjîl e
often sparked by poverty and tribal rivalries in the region.
Moroccan occupation)
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West Africa is also divided by religion, with Islam u
O
Choûm
dominant in the north and Christianity in the south. Nouâdhibou
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GAMBIA Akjoujt Oujeft El M
In recent years, tourism rey
yé
has become increasingly
important to the economy M A URI T A NI A
Araouane
of Gambia. Visitors come to NOUAKCHOTT
see wildlife along the Gambia Idîni Tîchît
Tidjikja
River and to visit the Atlantic Boutilimit Magœa‘
coast beaches. These safari Laìjar Boûmdeïd
4
tourists are admiring Rkîz Aoukâ Oualâta
a giant termite mound. Rosso Seneg Aleg Tâmchekkeœ r Lac
Richard Toll Kiffa ‘Ayoûn el ‘Atroûs Faguibine
al
Dagana Kaédi
Néma
Saint Louis Louga Timbedgha
Matam Goundam
Kobenni Amourj
DAKAR
Mékhé
SENEGAL Sélibabi Bassikounou
Thiès Mbaké Nioro
Mbour Diourbel
Ténenkou Mopti
5 PEOPLE OF GHANA
Family ties and a sense of community are
Sokone Kaolack Kayes S a
BANJUL er Baudiagara
important to the people of Ghana, and GAMBIA Tambacounda
Ga Kolokani Nig
mb Toukoto
ceremonies throughout the year mark the
Bafi
Bignona Kolda ia Ségou B a ni
events of childbirth, puberty, marriage, and Kita
San
ng
Ziguinchor Sédhiou Koulikoro
death. About half of Ghanaians are Ashanti
people whose ancestors developed one Bafatá BAMAKO
of the richest and most notable BISSAU Gaoual Koutiala
A
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civilizations in Africa. GUINEA-
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FOOD CROPS
In wetter, southern regions, Cassava
root vegetables, such as yams 1
and cassavas, are grown for
food. Peanuts, which also grow
under the ground, are
cultivated in the north for
export or to cook in
traditional stews.
Peanuts Yam
2
LIBYA
Lake Volta in Ghana,
Tropic of Cancer
SPREADING SAHARA
The Sahara may be spreading south into a region
A formed by a dam, is
of semi-desert known as the Sahel. People are I
planting grass to try to halt the erosion
that may be a result of droughts, R the largest artificial
n e
overgrazing, and tree removal.
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O
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Wenchi Wukari partly nomadic and they need to follow the rains 7
Lake Ede Lokoja l
Sunyani Abomey Ibadan Owo Makurdi ote ns in search of grazing land for their animals. Further
G ntai
R
Volta
u south, where rainfall is higher, farmers grow a wider
Kumasi PORTO-NOVO Benin City Enugu
o
Kpalimé variety of crops for their families to eat, and for sale.
E
M
Abengourou Lagos
Nsawam
Volt
a Cotonou Sapele Onitsha M
Asamankese
Aboisso
LOMÉ
ACCRA Bight
of Benin Warri Owerri
Uyo C A Herbs, shells, bones, and sticks
Mou
Aba
Cape Coast of Guinea are used by traditional healers
Sekondi- G ulf Calabar
th s
Port Harcourt
Takoradi of
t h e Niger
MEDICINE AND HEALING
Many people here seek advice from a
traditional healer if they got ill. Often
the healer is also a religious leader.
MASKED DANCERS Treatment may include the use of herbs
Masks, such as this one from the Dan tribe of or magical items to fight off the enemy
the Ivory Coast, are worn by dancers who take spirit. Healers may also chant and
on different characters during tribal ceremonies. dance to attract good spirits.
Round-eyed masks represent males, while
straight-eyed masks are for females. However,
the actual dancers are always men.
I J K L M N O P 41
B C D E F G H I
AFRICA
1
Central Africa
All eight countries in central Africa were European colonies
with a painful history of slavery. Since the 1960s, independence has
brought them mixed success. Rich mineral deposits and the discovery
of offshore oil reserves have provided income for Cameroon,
2 2
Congo, and Gabon, while civil war and repressive
governments have damaged other countries in the
region. These include Chad and the Central African Tropic of Cancer
Republic, two of the world’s poorest countries.
Although the north is mostly Massif L
d’Abo I FISHING IN LAKE CHAD
arid, Africa’s largest tropical Aozou B Lake Chad is an important source of food, but it is shrinking
3 at an alarming rate. A shallow lake, it is now only about 3
rainforest dominates the Bardaï
Y
A 6.5–13 ft (2–4 m) deep on average. Its surface area
south, with the powerful Tibesti has also reduced, due to droughts and the
Congo River linking the demand for water to irrigate the land.
Zouar
interior with the coast. The
tiny, volcanic country of 0 km 100 200 300 400
S a h a r E r di a
São Tomé and Príncipe Ounianga
Kébir Ma 0 miles 100 200 300 400
4 Erdi 4
lies off the coast Faya r e s s i o n
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of Gabon. du Mourd
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS rab Fada
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G
Although Christianity is Er g du D Enne
the main religion here,
I
many people also follow Koro Toro
traditional beliefs. These N Massif
suggest that natural objects, such as C H A D du Kapka
5 mountains and rivers, have spirits. Masks, 5
like this Bambuku head, are sometimes Nokou
Biltine
used to scare off evil spirits. Lake
Chad Mao
Abéché
Bol Moussoro
Ati
Mangalmé
NDJAMENA Goz Beïda
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Mud-brick Mongo
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Ba Illi
N
I A
Fianga of Chadians work on farmland near the
Léré Laï Kyabé
Chari River in the south. Across Chad
R Garoua Lac de Kélo Koumra Sarh Ouanda there are large numbers of ethnic groups,
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Mpa
Ndendé Lac Mai-Ndombe Lomela Bukavu
Setté Cama Djambala Kalima
Mossendjo Ngo
Plateaux Bandundu C O N G O Kindu BURUNDI
Kibangou Batéké L u k en i e
Kas
ai Lodja
Ndindi Sibiti BRAZZAVILLE Kibombo
Dolisie Mangai Ilebo
Nkayi
San
Kasongo
k
11 Pointe-Noire Mweka 11
Kikwit ur
u
CONGO Tshela
KINSHASA Kenge
Kongolo
CABINDA Mbanza- Luebo Demba
The Congo River, also called the Zaire, is a (to Angola) Boma Lubao Kalemie
crucial part of the area’s transportation system. Ngungu Kananga
TANZ
Kabinda
Kwilu
Dugout canoes and motor boats take people, Matadi Kasongo-Lunda Lu
kuga
Mbuji-Mayi
R a n g e
T
AN Tshikapa Tanganyika
the villages and back. The river is home to Gandajika
Mwene-Ditu Luvu
a
ANI
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many species of fish, as well as crocodiles.
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electrical power for Dilolo Likasi
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all of Africa. m Kipushi
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Lubumbashi
ZA
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REFUGEES
There are more than 5.4 million African refugees south of the
IA
Sahara—more than 40 percent of the world’s total. Conflicts, such
as the civil war in Chad, and corrupt governments, such as in the Copper
MINING FOR COPPER
Central African Republic, have resulted in huge
14 numbers of Africans leaving their homes. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has 14
vast reserves of copper and was once one of
the world’s major exporters. More recently,
however, competition from lower-cost
producers, such as Chile, has seen a
LOGGING IN GABON
dramatic downturn in the industry.
Timber provides valuable income for
Gabon, with most of the demand for
okoumé—a softwood used to make
plywood. Hardwoods, such as
15 mahogany and ebony, are 15
also felled. Because logging
poses a threat to the
future of the forests,
the government is now
setting up conservation
programs, including
15 national parks that
together cover at least
10 percent of the country.
16 16
43
CENTRAL AFRICA
A B C D E F G H I
AFRICA
B C D E F G H
Southern Africa 0 km
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CABINDA Cabinda
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Kalahari deserts in the west to the tropical (to Angola)
forests in the north, southern Africa M’Banza Congo
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is a region of contrasts. Oil, diamonds, gold,
an
Uíge Lóvua Chitato
M
2 and other precious metals are all mined
o
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Lucapa Lake
here. There are huge inland plains that Caxito
Camabatela
Mweru
are home to a variety of wildlife and large LUANDA P.
E
N’Dalatando
Saurimo
areas devoted to agriculture. But flooding Dondo Cua nz a
Malanje CO
and droughts, together with civil unrest, NGO
have hampered development so that, despite
Gabela
ANG OLA Mansa
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an abundance of natural resources, many Luena be
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countries remain poor. Lobito (2610m) Lu n
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Benguela Kitwe
Ka
SAN BUSHMEN
Caála Huambo
One of the few groups of hunter-gatherers left in Cubal Zambezi Luanshya
do Bié
San hunter using a
poison-tipped arrow
Africa, the San people roam the Kalahari Desert.
Also known as Bush people, many San are
Caconda
Cubango
Z A M B I A
now changing to a more settled life, Cuan Kaoma Nambala Kabwe
Lubango
K af u e
often working on cattle ranches. Menongue d
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nene N’Giva Katima Mulilo Victoria Lake
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6 The Okavango River LESOTHO
Walvis Bay
Rehoboth Kalahari
Polokwane
(Pietersburg)
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are marked
p
TSHWANE / PRETORIA
Lesotho makes good use
Desert
ob
in black
of its mountainous land and
but runs inland into numerous rivers. The Highlands Water Project
Keetmanshoop op
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Mmabatho
Johannesburg
Soweto
uses dams and tunnels to transport water M ol
the Kalahari Desert.
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Cape of
Good Hope Cape Agulhas
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44 A B C D E F G H
SOUTHERN AFRICA
J K L M N O P
MOZAMBIQUE FLOODS
Mozambique suffered a devastating
civil war until 1992, and as a result VICTORIA FALLS 1
many people continue to rely on At Victoria Falls, situated on the
foreign aid. Floods in 2000 made Zambia-Zimbabwe border, the mighty
conditions worse, as they left Zambezi River drops 420 ft (128 m) down
millions homeless and vulnerable. a narrow chasm. The sound of the crashing
water can be heard 25 miles (40 km) away.
Lake
2
Rukwa TA Tobacco
NZ plantation
Mbala
A WORKING THE LAND
N In both Malawi and Mozambique, agriculture employs
Kasama
Lake Nyasa
IA more than four out of every five workers. Important crops
Isoka include cotton, tea, tobacco, and sugar.
MALAWI um Mocímboa
Samfya Mzuzu Rov a da Praia
R io
3
Mpika Negomane COMOROS
MORONI
da
gen alo
Grande Comore
Lu Mucojo Tanjona
ess Anjouan
o
M Bobaomby
Ri
Serenje R io Mohéli
LILONGWE Pemba MAMOUDZOU
Chipata Antsiranana
Salima
rio Lúrio MAYOTTE
Monkey Bay Rio Lú
(to France)
Albufeira de Nacala Ambanja
Zomba
Cahora Bassa
E Lumbo
Analalava Sambava 4
Vila do Blantyre U Nampula Maromokotro
Za
zi Q Mahajanga (2876m)
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l
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8504ft (2592m)
n
Chitungwiza Quelimane
B em
MADAGASCAN MAMMALS
S C
ha
M
Kadoma Fenoarivo
Chimoio Madagascar has an unusual range of mammals
Kwekwe Mutare Atsinanana
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Ring-tailed (to France) la
Vangaindrano Tropic of
n e Is
Quissico C apricorn lemur Masc a re
Xai-Xai
MAPUTO
MBABANE Amboasary
Tanjona
SWAZILAND Vohimena
7
Dundee APARTHEID
In 1994, Nelson Mandela became
the first black president to govern
South Africa. This historic event
Pietermaritzburg marked the end of white rule and
Durban the first fair elections in the new
“Rainbow Nation”. Apartheid was
N
8
A
D
IN
E
WILDLIFE
C
Southern Africa
O is home to a huge
variety of animals. Numerous
parks have been created to protect
the animals and their habitat. The
Gaza-Kruger-Gonarezhou Transfrontier
Park joins parks in Mozambique,
South Africa, and Zimbabwe to 9
form the largest conservation
and ecotourism park in Africa.
I J K L M N O P 45
EUROPE
Separated from Asia by the ridge of the Ural Mountains, Europe is
a continent of very different nations, listed below in order of their land
area. Each nation has its own language and culture, but they share a
2,000-year-old history of civilization that has inspired some of the world’s
greatest political ideas, works of art, and innovations in technology.
6,601,668 sq miles 137,847 sq miles 94,058 sq miles 39,769 sq miles 29,913 sq miles 19,767 sq miles
17,098,242 sq km 357,022 sq km 243,610 sq km 103,000 sq km 77,474 sq km 51,197 sq km
141,000,000 82,200,000 61,600,000 322,700 7,750,000 3,770,000
Moscow Berlin London Reykjavík Belgrade Sarajevo
Russian, Tatar, Ukrainian, German, Turkish English, Welsh, Scottish Icelandic Serbian, Hungarian Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian
Chuvash, various other national Gaelic, Irish Gaelic (Magyar)
languages
Slovakia
France Finland Romania Hungary Ireland
248,429 sq miles 130,559 sq miles 92,043 sq miles 35,918 sq miles 27,133 sq miles 18,933 sq miles
643,427 sq km 338,145 sq km 238,391sq km 93,028 sq km 70,273 sq km 49,035 sq km
62,300,000 5,330,000 21,300,000 9,990,000 4,520,000 5,410,000
Paris Helsinki Bucharest Budapest Dublin Bratislava
French, Provençal, German, Finnish, Swedish, Sami Romanian, Hungarian Hungarian (Magyar) English, Irish Gaelic Slovak, Hungarian
Breton, Catalan, Basque (Magyar), Romany, German (Magyar), Czech
233,032 sq miles 125,021 sq miles 180,155 sq miles 35,556 sq miles 25,212 sq miles 17,463 sq miles
603,550 sq km 323,802 sq km 207,600 sq km 92,090 sq km 65,300 sq km 45,228 sq km
45,700,000 4,810,000 9,630,000 10,700,000 3,290,000 1,340,000
Kiev Oslo Minsk Lisbon Vilnius Tallinn
Ukrainian, Russian, Tatar Norwegian (Bokmål , Belarussian, Russian Portuguese Lithuanian, Russian Estonian, Russian
“book language,” and Nynorsk,“
new Norsk”), Sami
195,124 sq miles 120,728 sq miles 50,949 sq miles 32,383 sq miles 24,938 sq miles 16,639 sq miles
505,370 sq km 312,685 sq km 131,957 sq km 83,871 sq km 64,589 sq km 43,094 sq km
44,900,000 38,100,000 11,200,000 8,360,000 2,250,000 5,470,000
Madrid Warsaw Athens Vienna Riga Copenhagen
Spanish, Catalan, Galician, Polish Greek, Turkish, Macedonian, German, Croatian, Latvian, Russian Danish
Basque Albanian Slovenian, Hungarian (Magyar)
Czech
Sweden Italy Bulgaria Republic Croatia Netherlands
173,860 sq miles 116,348 sq miles 42,811 sq miles 30,451 sq miles 21,851 sq miles 16,040 sq miles
450,295 sq km 301,340 sq km 110,879 sq km 78,867 sq km 56,594 sq km 41,543 sq km
9,250,000 59,900,000 7,540,000 10,400,000 4,420,000 16,600,000
Stockholm Rome Sofia Prague Zagreb Amsterdam
Swedish, Finnish, Sami Italian, German, French, Bulgarian, Turkish, Romany Czech, Slovak, Hungarian Croatian Dutch, Frisian
Rhaeto-Romanic, Sardinian (Magyar)
46
Switzerland Slovenia
Moldova Montenegro
Belgium
11,787 sq miles
30,528 sq km
10,600,000
Brussels The cathedral dome of
Dutch, French, German Santa Maria del Fiore
dominates the skyline
of Florence, Italy—one
of the world’s most
beautiful cities.
11,100 sq miles 4,203 sq miles 998 sq miles 122 sq miles 24 sq miles 0.17 sq miles
28,748 sq km 10,887 sq km 2,586 sq km 316 sq km 61 sq km 0.44 sq km
3,160,000 2,100,000 486,200 408,700 31,400 800
Tirana Pristina Luxembourg Valletta San Marino Vatican City
Albanian, Greek Albanian, Serbian, Bosnian, Luxembourgish, German, Maltese, English Italian Italian, Latin
Gorani, Romany, Turkish French
47
B C D E F G H I
1
Scandinavia and Finland SKIING
The three scandinavian countries of Norway, Sweden, and During the winter months, most
Denmark, along with neighboring Finland, are among the most northerly of Scandinavia is covered in
countries in Europe. Here the winters are long and cold. In the far north snow, so skiing is one of the
easiest forms of transportation. It
above the Arctic Circle, the Sun remains below the horizon for up to two is also a very popular sport.
2 2
months each year. Perhaps because of its harsh climate and the North Cape Sami man in
geographical isolation, Scandinavia has attracted little immigration, N (Nordkapp) traditional
A Magerøya costume
n
Bare
ge
so the population is not very ethnically diverse. Finland is the E nts
an
C
s
most densely forested country in Europe, and wood accounts O Se
a
P or
Sørøya Varangerhalvøya
for 30 percent of its exports. All four countries are highly
Tana n
industrialized and are among the wealthiest in the world. IC rde
V ar a n g e rf j o
3 T Lakselv
Ringvassøya Talvik Kirkenes
C a
URBAN POPULATIONS Tan
R Alta
Scandinavia has a high urban Kvaløya Válljohka
A
population. Many people live in idda Karigasniemi
Copenhagen in Denmark towns and cities, with less than Tromsø rksv Inarijärvi
is the second-largest city one fifth living in the countryside. Senja nma
in
F
in Scandinavia after Since the region is covered in Andøya Kaamanen
Stockholm, Sweden. lakes, fjords, and surrounded
by seas, many people also Ivalo
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9 Gjøvik Hamar Malung Hyvinkää 9
Leksand Gävle Porvoo Kotka
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Kla
Hardanger- Sandviken Åland Turku
fjorden vi d d Borlänge Falun Salo HELSINKI
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afjorden Västerås Norrtälje l
Horten Moss Mälaren Fin
Stavanger Grums Karlstad Nora Täby
Porsgrunn Sarpsborg Sollentuna
10 Sandnes Halden Örebro 10
Fredrikstad Södertälje STOCKHOLM
Åmål Säffle Hjälmaren
Setesdal
Moi Strömstad
Evje Vänern Askersund
Arendal Mellerud Nyköping
THE SAUNA
k
Liknes Lidköping Mariestad
a Norrköping The sauna, or steam bath,
r Uddevalla
r Vättern was invented in Finland about
Kristiansand ge Trollhättan Linköping 1,000 years ago as a way of
Ska cleaning and relaxing the body.
Gothenburg Borås Gotland After a hot sauna, many Finns
North (Göteborg)
11 Jönköping Visby cool off by plunging into an icy 11
Hjørring Mölndal pool (below) or a snowdrift.
Sea Læsø
Kungsbacka INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH
Aalborg Manufacturing is an important source
Varberg Oskarshamn
of employment and wealth throughout
Hobro Ljungby Växjö Scandinavia. Many of the goods produced,
Halmstad Borgholm
Viborg such as cars in Sweden, electronic goods
Holstebro Randers
Laholm Kalmar in Denmark (above), and cell phones in
Jutland Katt eg at
Öland Finland, are exported all over the world.
øbing ( J y l l a n d ) Århus
a
Ringk Helsingborg In Denmark, many people also work in
12 Fjord Karlskrona e agriculture, fish processing, and brewing. 12
Varde DENMA RK S
Esbjerg COPENHAGEN Lund Kristianstad
Kolding (KØBENHAVN) Hanöbukten i c
Rømø Malmö
Odense Slagelse lt
Sto r
Fyn
eb
Sjælland Ba
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lt Rønne NORWEGIAN FJORDS
Møn The west coast of Norway has thousands
Bornholm
GE
RMA Lolland Falster of deep inlets—known as fjords—gouged
NY Nykøbing
out of the mountains by glaciers during
the last ice age and then flooded by the 13
sea. The fjords run inland between high
mountains and make favorite destinations
BUILDING WITH WOOD for cruise ships bringing tourists to admire
Most of Norway and Sweden—and two thirds the stunning scenery.
of Finland—is covered by dense forests of
birch, pine, spruce, and other trees. Finland
has more than 16 times more forested land
per person than the European average.
Many people in the region work in 14
forestry, producing wood for the
construction and furniture
industries. This great natural
resource is also used to build
homes and churches, such as
this medieval stave church
(left) in Norway.
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The British Isles
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For such a small group of islands, the British Isles has a very rich Mainland
Lerwick
history. This is evident from its legacy of ancient ruins, medieval castles,
Shetl
dramatic cathedrals, and grand country houses. Once a leading industrial
and colonial power, British monarchs ruled an empire that circled the
2 SCOTLAND 2
globe. As a result, English is still widely spoken around the world. Today, Scotland and England united as a single
Fair Isle
many traditional industries, such as shipbuilding, mining, and ds country in 1707. Today, however, Scotland is
l an a self-governing part of the U.K., with its own
engineering, have declined, and the emphasis is now on Is parliament and distinct legal and educational
Sanday systems. Edinburgh, above, is a popular city
ey
banking and insurance, as well as
n
with a magnificent castle. Each summer, the
pharmaceuticals. The British Isles city hosts an international arts festival.
rk
Kirkwall
O
consists of two countries: the ATLANTIC Mainland
3 Hoy 3
United Kingdom of Great Britain OCEAN
and Northern Ireland (the U.K.), Thurso John o'Groats
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1922. In 2005–2007, it had Montrose NORTH SEA ENERGY
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one of the fastest-growing 4406ft y Beneath the shallow seas around Great Britain, there are supplies
economies in Europe, but its (1343 m) Arbroath
of oil and natural gas. Oil rigs bring oil and gas to the surface,
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Europe’s in 2008–2010. Isle of St. Andrews
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Production has declined and supplies are now running low, but
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6 HORSE BREEDING 6
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Lush pastures and a mild climate Jura Greenock Glasgow
s
Berwick- MONEY MATTERS
have encouraged the breeding of Paisley upon-Tweed
Islay Hamilton The City of London is the U.K.’s
thoroughbred racehorses in Ireland.
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de
7
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on the outside.
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Barmouth Fens
Limerick Wolverhampton Peterborough
Rathkeale Kilkenny Tywyn Nuneaton Lowestoft
Cashel Cambrian
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Wexford Aberystwyth Kidderminster
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Cardiff Bristol Reading Windsor Croydon Canterbury
11 Bristol Channel Bath Maidstone 11
Weston-super- Andover Guildford Woking Dover
WALES Ilfracombe Stonehenge Folkestone
Mare Winchester Crawley Channel
Wales was formally united with E xmoor Salisbury
Barnstaple Tunnel
England in 1536 but retains its Taunton Yeovil Eastleigh Brighton
Havant Hastings
own language and traditions. Bideford Tiverton Southampton
Welsh is widely spoken in some Hove
Eastbourne
Exe
Dartmoor Newport Portsmouth
areas, and public signs appear Poole
Exeter Bridport Isle of Wight ish
in both Welsh and English. Coal Lyme Engl
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12 were once important in the Newquay Torquay Cha 12
south, but both have declined. St. Austell
Rugby is the national sport. Truro
Plymouth LONDON
Penzance The capital of the U.K. is London, a sprawling city on the
Falmouth
Land’s End banks of the River Thames. It is the political and financial
center of the country, as well as home to more than
Isles of Scilly 8 million people. One of its
Alderney most recent attractions is
0 km 50 100 ST. PETER the London Eye—a
13 PORT giant ferris wheel, 13
Wales plays Scotland in Guernsey Sark 443 ft (135 m) high.
0 miles 50 100
rugby at the Millennium
MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY ST. HELIER
Stadium, Cardiff
Britain once controlled a world empire, with
colonies in every continent. Many people— Jersey
from the Indian subcontinent, Africa, and Stonehenge in southern CHANNEL
the Caribbean in particular—came here and England was built from ISLANDS
brought their cultures with them. Today, about 3000 BCE onward. (to U.K.)
about 1 in 12 British people is from
an ethnic minority but is integrated
14 14
into British life.
15 15
BRITISH LANDMARKS
Tourism is a major industry in Britain. Visitors come from all over the Each pod is almost completely
16 world to see the many churches, castles, and ancient monuments, such see-through, giving the occupants 16
as Stonehenge (above), and to admire the pretty villages. Many also a view of the whole city beneath
come for the theaters, galleries, and stores in Britain’s vibrant cities. them when it reaches the top
51
THE BRITISH ISLES
A B C D E F G H I
B C D E F G H I
EUROPE
1
The Low Countries
The netherlands, belgium, and luxembourg are known as the
Low Countries because the land is so flat and lowlying. In the case of the
Netherlands, most of the land is below sea level—Netherlands is Dutch for
“under lands.”The three countries are among the richest in Europe, and while
2 2
farming still plays an important part, they all have strong modern economies
based on manufacturing and trade. Luxembourg in particular is known as
a tax haven and is a major center for international finance. Their location at
the mouth of the Rhine River and other major European rivers
places the three countries at the heart of western European
trade and politics—all three were founding members of
3 3
the European Economic Community (now the
European Union, or EU), established in 1957.
ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Every year, more than 30,000 ocean-going ships and 110,000 barges call
at the port of Rotterdam. Lying at the mouth of the Rhine River, this
port is the largest in the world and is where huge container ships from
Tulips were introduced all over the world load or unload their cargoes. The smaller barges
4 help transport goods farther inland. With the port’s ultra-modern 4
to the Netherlands from Vessel Traffic Service (VTS), it’s possible to track ships on a radar screen
up to 37 miles, (60 km) off the coast and 25 miles (40 km) inland.
Turkey in 1562. Black
tulips were the
most valuable. Dutch tulips
5 a n d s 5
I s l
n en)
s i a eiland Schiermonnikoog
e n Ameland
Land below sea r i add
level on main map F Terschelling Eemshaven
t (W
e s e Dokkum Loppersum Delfzijl
ze
Vlieland en Winsum
W
d Menaldum Zuidhorn Appingedam
Leeuwarden
ad
6 Groningen 6
RECLAIMING THE LAND Haren
W
Over the centuries, the Dutch have reclaimed land from the sea. Texel Harlingen Leek
Drachten Zuidlaren
They did this by building huge dykes, or dams, to keep out the sea
and then draining the surface water into canals. Windmills originally Sneek Joure Assen
Vlagtwedde
pumped out the water, but electric pumps are now used. Heerenveen
Y
Borger
Den Helder Wolvega Beilen
AN
NETHERLANDS
about 20 percent of the Velsen-Noord Purmerend Lelystad Den Ham agricultural products,
population and in some cities, Zwolle with vegetables and
Zaanstad F l evol and Tubbergen
the majority of elementary Haarlem Nunspeet tomatoes forming
Almere Almelo Denekamp
schoolchildren have a non- AMSTERDAM important crops. It is also
Rijssen
IJssel
R
Spijkenisse Rotterdam hine
(Ri
Bergse M
Goeree a Nijmegen
jn)
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as
9 Dordrecht 9
Schouwen Oss Cuijck
0 miles 25 50 75
Overflakkee Vlijmen
Oosterhout ’s-Hertogenbosch
Noord- Tholen Schijndel
Beveland Breda Nieuw-Bergen
Middelburg
Roosendaal Oirschot
Goes Tilburg Helmond Horst
a th
Vlissingen Essen Baarle-Hertog
Zuid-Beveland
ore
We
N S
Zeebrugge s te r s
ch eld e Veldhoven
Eindhoven Venlo
Blankenberge Oostburg Kalmthout Someren
Terneuzen
S ch
Kapellen Turnhout Bergeyk 10
Ostend Axel
eld
t
(Oostende ) Assenede Antwerp Reuver
Beveren Lommel Weert
Middelkerke Bruges (Brugge) (Antwerpen) Roermond
Kinrooi
Ghent Sint-Niklaas Geel Echt
R
Veurne (Gent) up el Beringen Bree
Torhout Susteren
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Aalter Herselt
Melle Mechelen
Ijze
Deinze
t Aalst Tremelo Zonhoven Genk
ld
Roeselare Gavere AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
Ieper Leuven Geleen Heerlen
Sche
s BRUSSELS Hasselt Kerkrade The old architecture and picturesque canals make
Poperinge d e r Kortrijk (BRUSSEL/ BRUXELLES) Schaerbeek Riemst Amsterdam one of the most visited cities in Europe. 11
an Tienen Maastricht
Fl Zwevegem Halle Overijse Occasionally, the canals freeze over, and city officials may
e
der
Lei Wavre Landen Oupeye Vaals
Mouscron Enghien decide, it’s safe for people to go skating. When they do, men
Den
Herstal and women of all ages, from the very old to the very young,
Ath take to the ice. Amsterdam is also home to some of the
B E L G I U M Liège Verviers Our
world’s best museums, including the Van Gogh Museum.
es
Tournai Leuze-en-Hainaut Éghezèe Seraing
Péruwelz Gembloux gn
Huy Fa Botrange
La Louvière Namur euse te s
Mons Hau 694m
e
M
Jemappes
Malmédy
n
Erquelinnes Binche Charleroi 12
n
Thuin Gerpinnes Ciney
Walcourt e
Dinant m Marche-en-Famenne
Ou
n e F a rthe Bicyclists have their
F a g Rochefort Weiswampach own traffic lights—
Couvin this one is green
s
Aubange LUXEMBOURG
Pétange
C
Virton
Dudelange
Esch-sur-Alzette
E
14 14
Flags of the member states
of the European Union
TRILINGUAL
The Grand Duchy
of Luxembourg lies BICYCLING
between Germany, The flatness of the land makes
France, and the Netherlands ideal for
Belgium. As a bicycling, and more than
result, the majority 500, 000 people bicycle to school
15 of the people are or work each day. Lines of 15
trilingual—German 20–100 children riding together
and French are to school are common. Most of
widely spoken as is the roads have special bicycle
Luxembourgish, the national lanes, and bicycles are often the
language. The capital, also quickest form of transportation
known as Luxembourg, has to get around the crowded towns
more than 200 banks. and cities. The use of bicycles
also reduces car use and thus
16 cuts down the amount of 16
air pollution.
53
THE LOW COUNTRIES
A B C D E F G H I
B C D E F G H I
EUROPE
I
France
n direct contrast to its mostly rural landscape, France
is a modern nation, with most people now living in towns and
cities. It has flourishing industries and is the fifth-richest economy
in the world after the U.S.A., Japan, Germany, and the U.K. NUCLEAR POWER
Three fourths of France’s electricity is produced by
2 A country of varied scenery, from gently rolling farmland in the 2
nuclear power plants (above), making the country
north to a stretch of dry, warm Mediterranean coast in the south, largely self-sufficient in energy and one of the main
producers of nuclear power in Europe.
France also shares two mountain ranges—the Pyrenees and the Hydroelectric plants are also
an important source of power.
Alps. Each of the 22 regions within France, which includes the
island of Corsica, has its own distinct
identity and culture. The tiny
3 countries of Andorra and 3
HIGH-SPEED TRAVEL
France has Europe’s fastest train, the TGV—train à grande vitesse—
Boules, the which travels at up to 186 mph (300 kph) during normal services.
In 2007, a modified TGV even set a speed record for conventional
4 national game of trains of 357.2 mph (574.8 kph). The TGV network 4
connects Paris with all of the country’s major Channel ve r
f Do
cities, which makes it easier to commute or Tunnel trait o
BE
France, is still S Dunkerque
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Moulins
la Rochelle Lons-le-Saunier Lake
Rochefort r bonnais Digoin Geneva
Bou Montluçon St.-Claude
V ie n n e
Île d’ Guéret Mâcon
Oléron Cusset FRENCH CHEESES
Thonon-
e
9 Saintes Cognac c h eVichy Roanne Bourg-en-Bresse les-Bains Among France’s best-known 9
Limoges Mar cheeses are Brie, Camembert,
Saôn
Royan Char Riom Thiers Ambérieu-
e nte Limousin and Roquefort. Mountain
Angoulême en-Bugey
s
Tarare Annecy regions each have several
An
Charente Clermont-Ferrand Mont Blanc
go
um Issoire Lyon
m 15,771ft goat cheeses, while cheese
Ussel Villeurbanne
Méd
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Périgueux Vienne from Normandy
oc
Auvergne Little
ph
Tulle St.-Chamond Chambéry St.-Bernard
tends to be made
Is l e St.-Étienne from cows’ milk.
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Pessac Libourne Massif St.-Egrève I A cheese is
Bergerac Gaillarde le Puy (2188m)
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Arcachon Bordeaux usually named
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la Teste Cenis
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AVIATION INDUSTRY Montauban
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ne Alès
Dax Albi n Orange
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the face of the aviation industry. A e
Cô
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dite
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0 miles 50 100 150 Monte Cinto
8878ft (2706m) m
Corsica
(Corse)
13 TOUR DE FRANCE 13
The Tour de France bicycle Ajaccio
m
Monte Incudine
race was first held in 1903 7008ft
and is the most important Sartène (2136m)
sporting event in France.
Every July, thousands of Bonifacio
c io
people line the route to Strait of Bonifa
support their favorite team or
cheer on the winner. The race
covers about 2,500 miles
14 14
(4,000 km) and is divided into
20 or more daily stages.
VINEYARDS
15 15
The Romans first planted grape vines in
southern France about 2,000 years ago.
Today, France is the world’s major
wine-producing country, selling
a range of wines for the home
market and for export. The type
HISTORIC HOMES of wine produced depends on
During the 1400s and 1500s, French aristocrats built beautiful châteaus, the soil, location, and climate
such as Chenonceau (above), in the Loire Valley, Bordeaux, and other where the vine is planted.
16 regions of France. These houses were elaborately decorated by the Wines from Burgundy, 16
best artists and craftsmen. Today, most are stateowned and Champagne, and the Rhône
open to the public. valley are sold worldwide.
55
FRANCE
A B C D E F G H I
B C D E F G H I
EUROPE
1
Germany and the Alpine States
Lying at the heart of europe, Germany is one of
the world’s wealthiest nations. It is also Europe’s leading THE JOY OF UNIFICATION
industrial power. To its south lie the Alpine states of After World War II, Germany was divided,
with a U.S.-backed capitalist state in the west
Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein, and Slovenia. The and a Russian-backed state in the east. Built in
2 2
region is famed for its beautiful Alpine scenery, mountains, 1961, the Berlin Wall was 96 miles (155 km)
long and was designed to stop East
and lakes. German is the main language in all but Slovenia. Germans from leaving for a
However, each of the five countries has its own distinct better life in the West. The wall
divided Berlin and separated
history, culture, and national identity. In fact, since 1815, families, friends, and a nation
Switzerland has been recognized as a neutral nation and for 28 years. When
Germany was unified
has stayed out of all of the wars that have affected Europe. (reunited) in 1990, the
3 wall was demolished. 3
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n
ol Kiel Stralsund
in
Bay Heide Canal Eutin Wolgast Rostock
Neumünster Lübeck Wismar
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tf Teterow Oderhaff
(Os Norderstedt Güstrow Malchin
Norden Elmshorn
Bremerhaven Schwerin Waren Neubrandenburg
Stade Hamburg Parchim Pasewalk
Wilhelmshaven Neustrelitz
Emden Rosengarten Winsen Boizenburg
Müritz Prenzlau
S
5 Leer Oldenburg Scheessel Lüneburg Ludwigslust Wittstock 5
GERMAN INDUSTRY
With its coal and iron mines, the Ruhr Valley Weener Bremen Elbe Perleberg Angermünde
Dannenberg
ND
was once the powerhouse of the German Delmenhorst Verden Wittenberge Neuruppin
economy. Today’s industry ranges from Cloppenburg Soltau Uelzen Eberswalde-Finow Celebrations at
A
Oranienburg
engineering to high-tech goods. Quality Bassum Salzwedel Bad Freienwalde Brandenburg Gate mark
er
assembly and design make Germany the Diepholz Bernau the tenth anniversary of
RL
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third-largest car producer in the world.
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Brandenburg BERLIN Frankfurt
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Potsdam Ludwigsfelde GENEVA
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Herford Geneva lies on the shores of Lake
Münster Magdeburg
Salzgitter Geneva, Europe’s largest Alpine lake.
PO
Hildesheim Lübben
Rhine Bielefeld Schönebeck Guben
Bocholt Dülmen Seesen S p ree This orderly city is a global
Gütersloh Halberstadt Lübbenau center for banking and
Dessau Cottbus
Ahlen Paderborn Northeim Bernburg finance. It
Recklinghausen
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Torgau Finsterwalde
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Oktoberfest is Germany’s irge Giessen .
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biggest beer festival. Blankenheim efergeb Fulda Suhl ts The Swiss speak
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parades and music. ein Koblenz Coburg Kronach Hof
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first wristwatch, the first Baden-Baden Göppingen Ingolstadt Deggendorf der Zaya
Hauzenberg
quartz watch, and the Kehl Stuttgart Donauwörth Passau Zwettl
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first waterresistant watch. Al Heidenheim an
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With their worldwide Reutlingen i s c der Brenz Augsburg u) Linz Sankt Pölten
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Gorica Novo Mesto
Postojna
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VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Vienna is a city of baroque
buildings, palaces, and
famous concert halls. Grand
balls with traditional waltzes
are still common. These
14 14
are a reminder of when
the city was the center of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire,
which controlled large parts
of east and central Europe.
15 15
ALPS
The Alps run from southeast France and spread eastwardsthrough
16 Switzerland and northern Italy into Austria and Slovenia. A The high and graceful stride of 16
popular tourist destination, the Alps are famous for dramatic the Lipizzaner horses makes
scenery and winter sports. them excel in competitions.
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GERMANY AND THE ALPINE STATES
A B C D E F G H I
EUROPE
B C D E F G H
Leiria
PORTUGAL
Castelo Branco
Coria
Talavera de la Reina
Tomar Ta gus
LISBON Embalse Embalse de
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is Lisbon, which is Peniche Caldas da Rainha
6 Trujillo
situated at the mouth Santarém Herrera
Torres Vedras Portalegre
of the Tagus River on del Duque
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and valleys. In 1755, Sintra Estremoz Elvas Mérida Villanueva de la Serena
two thirds of the
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SPANISH CITIES
The majority of Spanish people live in
towns and cities. Madrid is the largest 1
Spanish city and the capital of Spain.
Bilbao, where this magnificent modern
art museum (left) can be found, is the
capital of the Basque region. It is
a flourishing industrial city, home
to Spain’s most important port.
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COASTAL RESORTS
Every year, millions of northern
Europeans head south for the beaches
of southern Spain and Portugal or for
REGIONAL SPAIN the Spanish Balearic Islands. They are
There are 17 Spanish regions, each with its own attracted to the warm climate and the
distinct cultures and traditions. For example, in affordable hotels and restaurants. 9
the south is Andalucía, with flamenco dancing
and traces of Moorish influences.
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Italy is a big producer of olive oil, producing around 3.6 million
t ra
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tonnes, which is second only to Spain in Europe. The oil is
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produced by first pressing the fruit of the olive tree between steel n S tr ai t
or stone rollers and then squeezing oil from the pulp using a press.
Olive trees flourish in the fertile soil and the mild, frost-free Cosenza La Ciro Marino
climate of southern Italy. Isola Amantea Sila
Crotone
l i e Stromboli Lamezia 12
Isole Eo Catanzaro
VATICAN CITY Isola Lipari
This tiny state in Rome is the Trapani Palermo Isola Vulcano Ionian
center of the Roman Catholic Palmi
Church and home to the Pope. Messina
Cefalù
As well as St. Peter’s Basilica and Alcamo Siderno
the surrounding buildings
Marsala Sea
and gardens, the Vatican boasts Mount Etna Reggio
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St Family life is important
Isola di ra Gela in Italy, and most people
Pantelleria
it Siracusa
M of Vittoria live at home until they
Swiss guards, in their red, yellow, and ed Si Ragusa get married This is partly
cil Modica owing to the lack of
blue striped costumes, stand at the ite y
14 gates of Vatican City. rra Pozzallo cheap housing. Lunch 14
nean Ma (pranzo) is often the
Sea lta main meal of the day.
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RENAISSANCE ITALY
Florence (below) sits on both sides of the Arno River. During the Gozo
1400s, a new movement in art and architecture—known as the MALTA
Renaissance, or rebirth—began in Italy. Painters and sculptors, such as Isole
Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael, created beautiful works Pelagie VALLETTA
of art using improved techniques of perspective and realism. Many of Malta
15 these can still be seen in the galleries and churches of Florence.
B C D E F G H I
EUROPE
1
FAMILY FARMS
Poland has one of the largest agricultural sectors
Central Europe in Europe, with more than one fourth of the work
Four countries lie at the heart of central Europe— force employed in farming. Most farms are still
Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. The small, family-run businesses, growing grains, beets,
and potatoes. Large numbers of pigs and other
region is typically composed of wide plains broken up by animals are also raised.
gentle hills and the Carpathian mountain range in the south.
2 2
In the late 1980s, these countries broke away from years of
communist rule. The new democratic governments were
faced with the problems of trying to modernize their nations.
These changes are ongoing, but in some of the countries,
TRADITIONAL TRADES
such as the Czech Republic, there are signs of improvement The countries of central Europe, except
and a rise in living standards. Slovakia, are heavily industrialized. Huge
3 coal mines, steelworks (above), and 3
engineering works dominate the urban
landscape. Although some of these sites are
GOLDEN PRAGUE old and poorly equipped, these countries
Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, are trying to update the machinery and
is one of Europe’s most beautiful cities. It introduce measures to improve standards
contains many old buildings with golden of environmental pollution.
roofs and grand squares. Unlike other
central European cities, Prague escaped
serious damage during both world wars, a Gulf of
4 and thus retains a lot of its charm. Danzig 4
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t Ustka Wejherowo
l Rumia Vistula Lagoon KALININGRAD
Lèbork Gdynia (to Russian Federation)
B a Sîawno Sîupsk Braniewo Goîdap
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Pomeranian Gdaúsk Elblàg Lidzbark Suwaîki
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Poznaú Wrze¡nia (WARSZAWA) Church is very strong
GERMAN
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AU Ko#ice summer months, folk festivals
STR Pie#˚any SLOVAKIA are held in many towns. The
10 10
IA Zvolen Záhony
Malacky é Rudohrie Sátoraljaújhely people dress up in their colorful
Danube Trnava
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centuries-old glass industry. Dra
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The region also produces some
Slovakia is divided between a fertile, lowland south and a more
13 of the world’s best-known 13
rugged, mountainous north. The country is much more rural than
beers. Pilsner beer, for example,
0 km 50 100 its industrial neighbor, the Czech Republic. Most Slovaks live in
originated in the town of Plzen,
small towns and mountain villages. The Tatra Mountains in
while Budweiser beer has been
the north are popular with skiers and hikers, who bring in
brewed in Ceské Budejovice for 0 miles 50 100
much-needed tourist income.
more than 100 years.
14 14
HOT SPRINGS
A land of fertile plains,
Hungary is also famous for its
numerous hot springs.
In the capital city of
Budapest, there are more
than 100 hot springs. The
15 warm waters rise naturally 15
from the ground, and spas
and baths are centerd on
these springs. They are as
popular today as they were
centuries ago, when the
Romans used the hot springs
on the Buda side of the city.
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A B C D E F G H I
B C D E F G H I
EUROPE
1
Southeast Europe
Until 1991, croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia,
Montenegro, and Macedonia were all part of Yugoslavia.
THE ADRIATIC
Ethnic tensions between the Serbs and other peoples in The long Adriatic coastline of Croatia is one
Yugoslavia caused a series of bloody wars that broke up the of the most beautiful in Europe. The wooded
2 hillsides, pretty beaches, such as Markarska 2
country. Peace was eventually restored in 1999, but all (right), islands, and historic towns once
attracted tourists from all over
five countries have suffered from intense economic problems Europe. Now that the country
as a result. So, too, has Albania ever since its communist is no longer involved in the
war, tourists are returning,
government collapsed. The six nations do, however, have contributing vital income
huge potential, with considerable agricultural and mineral to the national economy.
resources. In the north, the Danube River is an important
3 3
trade route for both Croatia and Serbia, while Croatia has a
flourishing tourist industry along its beautiful Adriatic coast.
GROWING FOOD
The Dalmatian The most fertile area in
SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT this region lies along the
Croatia is a great sports nation. Skier Janica dog is named Danube River in northern
Kostelic is not only Croatia’s first triple Serbia and eastern Croatia.
Olympic champion, but she is also the after the coastal Here, vegetables, fruit,
most successful female Alpine skier of all corn, and cereals are
4 grown, as well as grapes 4
time, winning three gold medals at the region of
2002 Winter Olympics and another gold for winemaking. Most
and silver medal in 2006. farms are small-scale
Dalmatia in family businesses that
grow a wide range
Croatia, its first of crops.
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The Croatian and Serbian languages are very
Samobor Sesvete Bjelovar Y similar, but the people of Croatia, a predominantly
ZAGREB Roman Catholic country, write in Roman script,
H U N
Ko Virovitica
G A R Subotica as do Bosnians. Serbians are mostly Eastern
Poreâ Rijeka lp
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Karlovac Sisak Slatina Beli Manastir Senta Russian Cyrillic scripts.
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The medieval walled city of Albanian Fushë 10
Kotor Cetinje Ãeravica PRISTINA
Dubrovnik, at the southern tip 8720ft
Kosovë Surdulica
of Croatia on the Adriatic Sea, PODGORICA Alps (2658m) KOSOVO Vranje
is one of the architectural gems Bajram Curri Gjakovë (disputed)
of Europe. In 1991, Serb troops shelled Lake Scutari i i Drini
t Rahovec Bujanovac
um Ferizaj Gjilan
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the city, causing immense damage. The Prizren Pre#evo
Bar
city was restored after the end of the
war. Other historic cities damaged Shkodër
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Krujë Burrel Brega
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Macedonia contains Ohrid Bitola
Crna
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two huge lakes—Ohrid and Fier
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Prespa. The latter has clear Berat i i Pogradec
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water fed by underground
Strait of
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tourist destination. In 2002, Korçë C E
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APOLLONIA
About 8 miles (13 km) outside
the city of Fier, Albania, lie the
ruins of an ancient city called
15 15
Apollonia. Founded in 588 BCE
by Greeks from Corinth, it is
one of 30 cities named after
the Greek god Apollo. Austrian
archaeologists began excavating
the site during World War I,
and French archaeologists
continued digging in the
1930s. However, most of the
city still remains buried in the 16
surrounding hills.
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
D E F G H I
B C D E F H I
1
Bulgaria and Greece
For more than 400 years, Bulgaria and Greece were ruled by the Ottoman
Turks. Bulgaria gained independence in 1908, while southern Greece became
independent in 1832 and was joined by northern Greece in 1913. After World War
II, Bulgaria became a communist state. Both states are now democracies and
2 2
members of the European Union (EU). Bulgaria remains relatively poor while in
2010, it emerged that Greece had a huge national deficit owing to spending more
than it had been collecting in taxes. The EU lent Greece 112 billion euros
(146.6 billion dollars) to restore its economy. Although they border each other,
Bulgaria and Greece are quite different; the Greek
mainland is mountainous, with only one third of the
3 ARCHITECTURE 3
land suitable for cultivation. By contrast, Bulgaria is First held in Athens Bulgaria contains many beautiful
more fertile, with a strong agricultural tradition. old churches, monasteries, and
in 1896, the modern mosques, despite the damage done to the
Tourism is an important source of income to both country during World War II. Rila Monastery (above)
countries, with visitors flocking to the Black Sea Olympic Games was founded by a hermit monk who took to the mountains
in search of solitude in 927 CE. After a fire in 1833, Rila was
resorts in Bulgaria, to the Greek mainland to see were staged there rebuilt, and the magnificent church now boasts three fine
the ancient ruins, and to the domes, a museum, and 1,200 frescoes.
4 Greek islands in search again in 2004. 4
of sandy beaches.
Silistra
Bregovo e
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Tutrakan
n
u a Alfatar
Vidin (D Glavinista
BULGARIAN AGRICULTURE Danube Dulovo
Wheat, corn, and other
ROMANIA Ruse Zavet Tervel
Dimovo Lom (Dunav)
cereals grow in the fertile Danube Karapelit Durankulak
Belogradchik Miziya Gulyantsi
a Razgrad
5 River valley in the north of the i n Dobrich 5
country. Tobacco (right) grows in
Boychinovtsi D v n Gara Khitrino Kavarna
Vinishte
u n a v s k a R a
the Maritsa River valley in the Polsko Suvorovo Zlatni Pyasûtsi
Montana Borovan Pleven Trûmbesh Dralfa
southeast, while grapes for Pavlikeni
Telish
Var
the wine industry flourish on the Berkovitsa Vratsa Dolna Oryakhovitsa Shumen Varna
ne n s k
i Z a liv
Lukovit Lovech
slopes of the Balkan Mountains. Iskûr Roman Sevlievo Veliko Veselinovo
The festival of Kukerov Den, with Dolni Chiflik
Ba
Dragoman Mikre Tûrnovo
traditional processions, celebrates lk iya
Troyan mch Lyulyakovo Black
Slivnitsa Gabrovo L u d a Ka
the start of the agricultural year.
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Trûn Novi Iskûr Sliven Aytos Banya
Mount
6 SOFIA Klisura ains Karnobat Sea 6
(SOFIYA) Kazanlûk
CITY LIFE
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Bulgarians make up about Yazovir
liv
Izvor B U L G A R I A Yambol
85 percent of the total Iskûr Brezovo Sredets Primorsko
population of the country. Kostenets
Stara Zagora
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The rest are Turkish, Kyustendil o v
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Dráma Xánthi Komotiní texts were written in classical
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8 Trams provide an efficient way for people Prespa mó
n as Néa Ávdira Féres 8
Aridaía Lachanás Kavála by 11 million people around
to get around the city of Sofia. Flórina Giannitsá Zíchni Alexandroúpoli the world.
Salonica (Thessaloníki) Thásos
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9 GREEK ISLANDS AL Kónitsa Ólympos Litóchoro Sárti
Akrotírio Pínes 9
More than 2,000 9570ft (2917m)
Kalpáki Kraniá Gulf Akrotírio Drépano
islands lie off Sidári Gónnoi Límnos
Stómio
Pi
the mainland of Métsovo Loutrá Akrotírio Mÿrina
Corfu Tÿrnavos
Greece. The P i Palioúri
(Kérkyra) Corfu (Kérkyra)
ne Kalampáka Agiá
s
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Cyclades and Tríkala Lárisa
Ioánnina
nd ( P í
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Dodecanese in the Efstrátios
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Aegean Sea are often
e
Lefkímmi Kleisoúra
rocky and arid, while Párga Kardítsa Vólos Kyrá Panagía Kalloní
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r
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the Ionian Islands, such Argalastí
ta
10 as Zákynthos (below), are Paxoí Skíathos Mytilíni 10
orá a d e s
Lesbos
a n
Árta Rentína
p
Antípaxoi Soúrpi
n
more fertile. Tourists often Domokós Skópelos r (Lésvos)
ins
s S S po
Préveza e
travel from one island to Karpenísi Agriovótano t h ie Plomári
S
another by ferry Lefkáda Lamía
N o r V ó re
(
or hovercraft. Amfilochía Mólos Strofyliá Skÿros Skÿros
Lefkáda Katoúna Livanátes
e a
Kÿmi Psará
Vasilikí G R E E C E Malesína
Lidoríki Euboea Antípsara GREEK WEDDING
Kefalonia Thérmo Chalkída Alivéri Chíos
Neochóri Náfpaktos (Évvoia) About 94 percent of Greeks
Chíos
nia n
(Kefalloná)
I o (I ó n i
Alíartos follow the Greek Orthodox
a
11 Lixoúri Aígio G Kálamos 11
Pátra religion, and weddings follow
I
Póros ulf
the rites of the Orthodox
s
Argostóli Káto Achaïa
of Corinth Vília
Mándra Marathónas
l
Corinth Kárystos Church. At a wedding
Nis
Lechainá Xylókastro ATHENS ceremony it is traditional
i
Corinth Canal Ándros
(ATHÍNA)
an
Gastoúni (Kórinthos)
Piraeus for the best man to place
Ándros
Pe
á)
(Peiraías) Sámos Sámos
Lámpeia
l
Keratéa wreaths of orange
Neméa
ds
Kerí Aígina
o
Ikaría
(Pel
Árgos Lávrio Tínos blossoms, linked by
o
Palaiá Epídavros Ioulís
Tzia Thérma
Zákynthos Pÿrgos Tínos a silk ribbon, on the
pó
Alf Trípoli Náfplio Agathónisi
ei Póros Sÿros heads of the bride
Mÿkonos
ós
Zacháro Pátmos Arkoí
nn
12 Ermióni Ermoúpoli and groom (above). 12
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p o nniso
Leipsoi
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se
Kyparissía d e s (Kykládes Agía
Cycla )
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CORINTH CANAL Thíra ) Rhodes
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The Corinth Canal Santorini Anáfi Sÿrna (Ródos)
Karavás
on
Chálki
k
was built to provide
La
Kÿthira Líndos
a shortcut for ships Rhodes
Kÿthira
travelling between the Sea (Ródos)
Aegean and Ionian Kattavía
Saría
(Kr of Cre
Seas. Dug through Potamós itik te
solid limestone, the ó Péla
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steep-sided canal was Kárpathos
14 begun in 1882 by the
e 14
French and completed
d Chaniá Crete (Kríti) Kárpathos
Kíssamos Pánormos Kásos ATHENS
in 1893 by the Greeks.
it
Lefká
Ór The capital city of
i Irákleio Neápoli Siteía
er
Greece is dominated by the
D
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B C D E F G H
Styr
overthrown, while Ukraine and Moldova became independent in Kovel’ Sarny
N D
Bug
2 1991. Today, the three countries are struggling to come to terms Ovruch
Olevs’k
with their communist inheritance and transform themselves into Volodymyr-Volyns’kyy S
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Kivertsi
modern democracies. All three lack modern technology and face
ch
Korosten’
Luts’k
L
Rivne
serious economic and environmental problems arising from Sokal’ Malyn
O
Dubno Novohrad-
outdated industry. They also face increasing ethnic tensions P Zhovkva Chervonohrad Volyns’kyy Radomyshl’
IA
CITY LIFE
Kalush Khmel’nyts’kyy
AK
Romania has many cities and
Dolyna Chortkiv
towns, with a mix of old and Vinnytsya
OV
new buildings. Sibiu (left) was Uzhhorod Ivano-Frankivs’k Lypovets’
Zhmerynka
SL
founded in the 1100s and, at Nadvirna Kam’’yanets’- Pod
one time, had 19 guilds—each Mukacheve Podil’s’kyy il’s Haysyn
4
representing a different craft Berehove Kolomyya ’ka
—within its city walls. Most Khust C Chernivtsi Mohyliv-Podil’s’kyy Vy Tul’chyn
Vynohradiv
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remains from this colorful Negre∞ti-Oa∞ 6762ft (2061m)
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customs thrived in the rural areas of Curtici T r a n s y l v a n i a CHIfiINÂU
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Romania and Ukraine. In Ukraine, Arad
singers perform dumas, historical Apuseni Bacâu Hînce∞ti Tighina
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s
epics that tell of slavery under
Cristuru
Miercurea-Ciuc Vaslui Tiraspol
Lipova Alba Iulia Media∞ Secuiesc
the Turks. One of the traditional Jimbolia Deva Basarabeasca
instruments is a bandura (left), Timi∞oara Lugoj R O M A N I A
Hunedoara Sibiu Bârlad
Târgu Ocna
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a stringed instrument that i Fâgâra∞
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DRACULA’S CASTLE Drobeta-Turnu Strehaia Pite∞ti Tulcea
Situated in Transylvania, Bran Castle is a favourite tourist Ploie∞ti Babadag
Severin Titu Urziceni
destination. This is where author Bram Stoker’s fictional Filia∞i Wallachia
7 Ia l ∏ândârei Hâr∞ova Lacul Razim
blood-drinking Count Dracula lived. The story is probably Craiova Buftea om iπa
Slatina Lacul Sinoie
based on a 15th-century BUCHAREST
Bâile∞ti Caracal Fete∞ti
Romanian prince, Vlad Dracula, Calafat (BUCUREfiTI) Medgidia
Ji u
68 A B C D E F G H
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I J K L M N O P
Desna
the heavy industry is situated in the
central Dnieper River valley.
Horodnya
Shostka
Shchors
Chernihiv Krolevets’ Hlukhiv
2
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RU
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Kyyivs’ke Konotop
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Yahotyn
Pyryatyn Okhtyrka Zolochiv N
Vasyl’kiv VACATIONS BY THE SEA
3
w
Lyubotyn
l
Vodoskhovyshche Crimea, in southern Ukraine,
ko
Lubny
Os
Bila Tserkva were once a favorite vacation
n
Kup’’yans’k
south for the summer sun.
Hlobyne D on Today, resorts such as Yalta
ets
Horodyshche Cherkasy Kremenchuts’ke Starobil’s’k
(below), are growing again
Izyum
Shpola Chyhyryn Vodoskhovyshche Rubizhne in popularity, sometimes
Kremenchuk Kreminna as a budget alternative to
Tal’ne Syeverodonets’k
Oleksandrivka Dniprodzerzhyns’ke Slov’’yans’k Lysychans’k Mediterranean destinations. 4
Uman’ Oleksandriya Vodoskhovyshche
Mala Vyska Znam’’yanka Kramators’k Zolote The quality of facilities is
Novomoskovs’k Pavlohrad Kostyantynivka Luhans’k improving as tourist
Kirovohrad Dniprodzerzhyns’k numbers increase.
Ulyanivka Zhovti Vody
Dnipropetrovs’k Horlivka Stakhanov
P’’yatykhatky Krasnodon
Vil’shanka Synel’nykove Yenakiyeve
Dolyns’ka Krasnyy Luch
Pervomays’k Pokrovs’ke Makiyivka Torez
Kryvyy Rih
Kryve Ozero Arbuzynka Donets’k Amvrosiyivka
Inhulets’ Zaporizhzhya
P iv
Ordzhonikidze 5
nn
y Voznesens’k Marhanets’
y
Bu Polohy
h Kam’’yanka-Dniprovs’ka Dniprorudne
Kakhovs’ka Tokmak Mariupol’ Novoazovs’k
B l a Mykolayiv Vodoskhovyshche
Molochans’k
c k nrog
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r
d Melitopol’ f Taga
Zhovtneve S e (Dnipro) Kakhovka n lf o
a Gu
L o w l a
Ochakiv Kherson Prymors’k Berdyans’k
Tsyurupyns’k Yakymivka
Odesa Hola
Prystan’ Chaplynka Novotroyits’ke
Illichivs’k Kalanchak Heniches’k 6
Armyans’k Sea of
toka Krasnoperekops’k
’ka Za Azov PEOPLE OF ROMANIA
inits
B l a c k Ka rk
Rozdol’ne Dzhankoy Romanians speak Romanian—a language closely related
to French, Italian, and Spanish. The country also has
Krasnohvardiys’ke
Chornomors’ke Zatoka Kerch sizable Hungarian and Roma minorities, which have both
Nyzhn’ohirs’kyy
S e a Syvash
Crimea Children of been discriminated against in recent
Yevpatoriya Lenine the Maramures years. Most Hungarian speakers live
Saky (Kryms’kyy Pivostriv) region of in the region of Romania known
Simferopol’ Feodosiya as Transylvania. 7
Hory Kerch Transylvania
Bakhchysaray s 'k i Strait
y m Alushta
Kr
Sevastopol’ Yalta
Alupka
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Baltic States & Belarus
The three baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and SINGING REVOLUTION
Estonia is known for its
Lithuania—all share a small stretch of coast on the classical music tradition—
Baltic Sea. Belarus lies between Poland, Ukraine, and most notably its choirs. This
love of music was most
the Russian Federation. Following independence from powerful when people raised
2 2
the Soviet Union in 1991, all of these countries faced their voices during the
Singing Revolution in 1988
problems such as price rises, food shortages, and (right), part of their move
pollution. However, the Baltic States have since tried toward indpendence.
äi n
Sääre Tapa Rakvere Bay
rV
roofs, Tallinn is one of the Pärnu-Jaagupi Paide
u
4 best-preserved capital cities Su Rakke Kohtla-Järve Sillamäe 4
in Europe. All of the winding, Audru u
Mazirbe Kolkasrags Sindi Pär n Narva
cobbled streets lead Kihnu
Pärnu
Ventspils Kolka ah
t a
to Town Hall Ruhnu Uulu
ESTONIA rv Narva
Roja uL Na
Square (left). Ugále rn Viljandi Palamuse Reservoir
Pávilosta Gulf of Pä Kilingi-Nómme Em
a Puurmani
Usmas Ezers Móisaküla jóg Kallaste
Talsi Ainaªi
Mérsrags i
Liepája Kuldíga Salacgríva Staicele Tartu Lake
Engures Ezers Róngu Peipus
ta Riga Aloja
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Durbe Kandava Engure Burtnieku Tórva Vónnu
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r z e m e Tukums Ezers Valka Otepää
K u
Rucava Saldus Júrmala
Saulkrasti Valmiera Valga Pólva Räpina
Brocéni
Salantai Suur Vóru
RIGA Césis G a uja Lake
ON
Munamägi
Kretinga Skuodas
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Zheleznodorozhnyy Spogi
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Lida Maladzyechna Lyepyel’
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Shchuchyn Valozhyn Plyeshchanitsy Vitsyebsk
Krasnaye Chashniki
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Zel’va Navahrudak
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PO Novy Dvor da sh y a Krupki Talachyn
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Bu Stowbtsy Kruhlaye Orsha Dnieper
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Rudzyensk Shklow Sava
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Brest Zhabinka Ivatsevichy Nyasvizh
Lyakhavichy Mar’’ina
Horki
FEDERAT
Kapyl’ Horka Pukhavichy Byalynichy
N
Kobryn Abrova Shyshchytsy Tal’ka Mahilyow
Haradzyets 10
Damachava Hantsavichy Slutsk Yalizava
Syemyezhava Harbavichy
RUSSIA ION
Drahichyn Asipovichy Dashkawka
Makrany Lyusina Chachevichy
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Salihorsk Chavusy
a
Ivanava Khodasy
sy
Staryya
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Starobin Babruysk
TEXTILES Darohi
da
Bastyn’ Cherykaw Krychaw
The development of the Pinsk Abidavichy
Luninyets Brozha MINSK
textile industry (above) Slawharad The capital of
ich
Pr Shchadryn Rahachow Klimavichy
in these countries is i Mikashevichy
Pts
pe Belarus, Minsk, was
strong, with foreign investment from several other t M
a Zhytkavichy Aktsyabrski Zhlobin Kastsyukovichy destroyed during
11 European countries helping growth. Clothes, r shes Myerkulavichy 11
Svyetlahorsk World War II and
bedding, curtains, and towels are just some Kaptsevichy Buda- then rebuilt in a
of the items made for export. Kashalyova Baron’ki
U Pyetrykaw Ptsich starkly modern style.
Tonyezh Shyichy
K Simanichy Pr Uvaravichy Minsk is the country’s
ipet Kalinkavichy economic center. Cars,
R Lyel’chytsy lorries and tractors, chemicals,
Rechytsa Kastsyukowka
FARMING A Milashavichy Mazyr timber products, and a range of
Yel’sk Dobrush
The fertile soil I Homyel’ high-tech goods are all produced
Dabryn’ Narowlya
and flat landscape N here. Farm produce (above) is
make this region good Khoyniki Tsyerakhowka also sold in markets.
12 E 12
for farming. The Baltic Loyew
States, especially Latvia (left), Byval’ki
have large dairy farms. Belarus is e r
iep
a major producer of flax, which is Dn
used to make linen and other
products. Potatoes—used to make
vodka—beets, and other root crops
are also grown here.
13 13
GYMNASTICS
0 km 50 100 The former Soviet Union worked its
young athletes and gymnasts
extremely hard in order to win
0 miles 50 100
Olympic medals and thus national
glory. Many of the most famous
gymnasts came from Belarus,
LITHUANIAN DRESS notably Olga Korbut and, more
14 recently, Svetlana Boginskaya (right), 14
In some Lithuanian villages, people still wear
traditional folk costumes, especially for festive who has won three gold, one silver,
occasions. Women’s clothing is generally and one bronze Olympic medals.
colorful (left) and might include a white linen
shirt, a skirt, and an apron. The decoration and
style of the costume shows which region of
Lithuania the wearer comes from.
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Once Russia’s capital, St. Petersburg
EUROPE
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0 miles 150 300
D
The Church of Our Savior on
Zapolyarnyy
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Nikel’ Spilled Blood marks the spot No va ya
Polyarnyy where Czar Alexander II was
A
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Murmansk sk
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Monchegorsk Olenegorsk
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Apatity Sea Ostrov Ostrov )
F I
Kandalaksha Kolguyev Vaygach
Pechorskoye
Zelenoborskiy
Sleeping Beauty is Po More
performed here by Kola Peninsula m o r s k i y P r o li v
dancers from the (Kol’skiy Poluostrov) ra
Ozero u nd
5 Kirov Ballet. Topozero aT 5
W ndra ay
ay a Tu Bol’shez em el’sk
(B hite
Kem’ elo Sea e l’sk Nar’yan-Mar Promyshlennyy Severnyy
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performed are classics, rn
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Nyandoma
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Sol’tsy
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1800s, ballet Kotlas
hora
LA
Uglovka Cherepovets o
form of art and Sukh through 17.
Opochka Borovichi Luza
(Ur al’ski
Tver’
S
Solikamsk underfunding. Major efforts are now
8 Rzhev Kostroma raising standards in state schools, 8
RU
Smolensk Kineshma Kirov Kirovo-Chepetsk but private schools are becoming
A
Zelenograd Zuyevka Berezniki
Ivanovo Uren’ increasingly popular.
EL
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B
a Krasnokamsk Chusovoy
n t ai n s
Mou
9 9
Kanash Kazan’ Neftekamsk
Tovarkovskiy Sasovo
Orël Naberezhnyye Chelny
l
Zheleznogorsk Yefremov Nizhnekamsk
Industrial smog Yelets Saransk Kuybyshevskoye Birsk
casts a haze
Michurinsk
Kursk Ul’yanovsk Vodokhranilishche Al’met’yevsk
over Moscow. Lipetsk Tambov
Gryazi Dimitrovgrad Ufa
Staryy Oskol
Ura
Penza Tol’yatti Oktyabr’skiy
Belgorod Voronezh Kuznetsk
Gubkin Samara Beloretsk
Syzran’ Buguruslan
UK
10 Shebekino Liski 10
Balashov Sterlitamak
R
Borisoglebsk Vol’sk Chapayevsk Buzuluk Salavat
A
Rossosh’ Balakovo Kumertau Sibay
Krasnoarmeysk Saratov RURAL LIFE
IN
Kantemirovka
Baymak
E
Mikhaylovka Orenburg Rural life has become extremely
Do
Krasnyy Kut
n
ets Don l Saraktash tough since the economic collapse of
ra
U
Kamyshin large-scale farms in the 1990s, with
Millerovo Ilovlya Sol’-Iletsk many people living in poverty.
Kamensk- Orsk Smaller cooperatives and farms
11 Novoshakhtinsk Shakhtinskiy TAN Novotroitsk (above) have sprung up, and the 11
Taganrog Volzhskiy KHS agricultural industry is going through
Novocherkassk ZA a painful period of reform. Due to
POLLUTION Sea of Volgograd K A
Azov Rostov-na-Donu the harsh climate, only 10 percent
The communists Volgodonsk Akhtubinsk
Starominskaya THE TATARS of the land is suitable for agriculture.
invested heavily in
Vol
Russia’s largest ethnic minority, the Tatars (below)
ga
industry, but their Zimovniki
Tikhoretsk Sal’sk are an Islamic people descended from the Mongols.
outdated methods of
Their largest population lives in the Tatarstan
production have affected Novorossiysk Kropotkin Elista ian
a Republic, halfway between Moscow and the Urals.
the environment. Rivers sp ssion
C re
12 such as the Volga are badly Krasnodar ep 12
polluted, and many cities
Stavropol’ D
Tuapse Svetlograd Astrakhan’
are covered in a permanent Maykop
and poisonous smog. Cherkessk
Chest infections and other Sochi Nevinnomyssk K
diseases related to air uma Sea Icons, common
Pyatigorsk
Bl
pollution are common. Kislovodsk n in the Russian
ia
a
Prokhladnyy p Orthodox
s
El’brus
18,510ft
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Church, are
Ca
(5642m) Nal’chik religious images
13 Groznyy 13
Se
Vladikavkaz Khasavyurt painted on
a
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su Derbent
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A B E F G H I
ASIA
The vast continent of Asia is dominated by two giant nations—China
and India each with more than one billion people and a rich and colorful
history. Both are being transformed by rapid economic growth, and so
are many other Asian countries, listed below in order of size. Yet in some
regions of central Asia, life has barely changed in thousands of years.
3,705,387 sq miles 636,368 sq miles 251,826 sq miles 169,234 sq miles 115,830 sq miles 56,827 sq miles
9,596,961 sq km 1,648,195 sq km 652,230 sq km 438,317 sq km 300,000 sq km 147,181 sq km
1,350,000,000 74,200,000 28,100,000 30,700,000 92,000,000 29,300,000
Beijing Tehran Kabul Baghdad Manila Kathmandu
Mandarin, Wu, Cantonese, Farsi, Azeri, Luri, Gilaki, Pashto, Tajik, Dari, Farsi, Arabic, Kurdish, Turkic Filipino, English, Tagalog, Nepali, Maithili, Bhojpuri
Hsiang, Min, Hakka, Kan Mazandarani, Kurdish, Turkmen, Uzbek, Turkmen languages, Armenian, Assyrian Cebuano, Ilocano, Hiligaynon,
Arabic, Balochi many other local languages
1,269,212 sq miles 603,905 sq miles 203,848 sq miles 145,913 sq miles 91,428 sq miles 55,598 sq miles
3,287,263 sq km 1,564,116 sq km 527,968 sq km 377,915 sq km 236,800 sq km 143,998 sq km
1,200,000,000 2,670,000 23,600,000 127,000,000 6,320,000 162,000,000
New Delhi Ulan Bator Sanaak Tokyo Vientiane Dhaka
Hindi, English, Urdu, Khalkha Mongolian, Arabic Japanese, Korean, Chinese Lao, Mon-Khmer, Yao, Bengali, Urdu, Chakma,
Bengali, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kazakh, Chinese, Russian Vietnamese, Chinese, French Marma (Magh), Garo, Khasi,
Bihari, Gujarati, Kannada. Santhali, Tripura, Mru
1,052,084 sq miles 307,372 sq miles 198,116 sq miles 127,880 sq miles 77,201 sq miles 55,251 sq miles
2,724,900 sq km 796,095 sq km 513,120 sq km 331,210 sq km 199,951 sq km 143,100 sq km
15,600,000 181,000,000 67,800,000 88,100,000 5,480,000 6,950,000
Astana Islamabad Bangkok Hanoi Bishkek Dushanbe
Kazakh, Russian, Ukrainian, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtu, Thai, Chinese, Malay, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, Kyrgyz, Russian, Uzbek, Tajik, Uzbek, Russian
German, Uzbek, Tatar, Uyghur Urdu, Balochi, Brahui Khmer, Mon, Karen, Miao Khmer, Muong, Nung, Miao, Tatar, Ukrainian
Yao, Jarai
829,995 sq miles 302,533 sq miles 188,455 sq miles 127,354 sq miles 71,498 sq miles 46,540 sq miles
2,149,690 sq km 783,562 sq km 488,100 sq km 329,847 sq km 185,180 sq km 120,538 sq km
25,700,000 74,800,000 5,110,000 27,500,000 21,900,000 23,900,000
Riyadh Ankara Ashgabat Kuala Lumpur Damascus Pyongyang
Arabic Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic, Turkmen, Uzbek, Russian, Bahasa Malaysia, Malay, Arabic, French, Kurdish, Korean
Circassian, Armenian, Greek, Kazakh, Tatar Chinese, Tamil, English Armenian, Circassian, Turkic
Georgian, Ladino languages, Assyrian, Aramaic
(Judaeo-Spanish)
Myanmar
Indonesia (Burma) Uzbekistan Oman Cambodia South Korea
735,354 sq miles 261,227 sq miles 172,741 sq miles 119,498 sq miles 69,898 sq miles 38,502 sq miles
1,904,569 sq km 676,578 sq km 447,400 sq km 309,500 sq km 181,035 sq km 99,720 sq km
230,000,000 50,000,000 27,500,000 2,850,000 14,800,000 48,300,000
Jakarta Nay Pyi Taw Tashkent Muscat Phnom Penh Seoul
Javanese, Sundanese, Burmese, Shan, Karen, Uzbek, Russian, Tajik, Arabic, Balochi, Farsi, Hindi, Khmer, French, Chinese, Korean
Madurese, Bahasa Indonesia, Rakhine (Arakanese), Chin, Kazakh Punjabi Vietnamese, Cham
Dutch Yangbye, Kachin, Mon
74
Jordan Sri Lanka
United Arab
Emirates Taiwan Kuwait Lebanon Bahrain Seychelles
32,278 sq miles 13,892 sq miles 6,880 sq miles 4,015 sq miles 286 sq miles 176 sq miles
83,600 sq km 35,980 sq km 17,818 sq km 10,400 sq km 741 sq km 455 sq km
4,600,000 23,000,000 2,990,000 4,220,000 791,500 84,600
Abu Dhabi Taipei Kuwait City Beirut Manama Victoria
Arabic, Farsi, Indian and Amoy Chinese, Mandarin Arabic, English Arabic, French, Armenian, Arabic French Creole, English,
Pakistani languages, English Chinese, Hakka Chinese Assyrian French
26,911 sq miles 11,484 sq miles 5,743 sq miles 2,226 sq miles 269 sq miles 115 sq miles
69,700 sq km 29,743 sq km 14,874 sq km 5,765 sq km 697 sq km 298 sq km
4,260,000 3,080,000 1,130,000 399,700 4,740,000 309,400
T’bilisi Yerevan Dili Bandar Seri Begawan Singapore Malé
Georgian, Russian, Azeri, Armenian, Azeri, Russian Tetum (Portuguese/ Malay, English, Chinese Mandarin, Malay, Tamil, Dhivehi (Maldivian),
Armenian, Mingrelian, Ossetian, Austronesian), Bahasa English Sinhala, Tamil, Arabic
Abkhazian Indonesia, Portuguese
75
ASIA
B C D E F G H
Zonguldak K ü ı
countries of Georgia,
C
(ƒs s
e Çayi
n
E
Bo
ta
E rgen Kastamonu Samsun
Azerbaijan, and R E Çorlu Karabük Ca
G Tekirdaê Istanbul Devrek Kargı
ni Ünye
Armenia. Once Sea of Marmara ƒzmit Adapazarı Çerke§
kD
aêl Ordu
part of the U.S.S.R., (Marmara Denizi) Merzifon
arı
4 Gerede k
they are now Bandırma Yalova ƒznik Gölü Bolu
rm
a
Çankırı ıl I
Kız
independent. Çanakkale Bilecik Çorum
yı
Bursa Tokat
Ça
Dardanelles Alaca
Kalecik
v
5
Akhisar
Simav
Gediz
T Hirfanli
Baraji U Boêazlıyan
R flarkı§la K
Kulu
Manisa Ge U§ak Bünyan
di z N e hr Afyon
i
Menemen ƒncesu
Cihanbeyli Lake Tuz Gürün
Izmir Nev§ehir
(Tuz Gölü) Kayseri
Ala§ehir Ak§ehir
Aksaray
Ödemi§ A n a
TURKISH FOOD Aydın Nazilli Dinar t o l i a Göksun
Turkey is self-sufficient in food, s Ne h r i Denizli
Bey§ehir
e y
G ü n
Söke
endere Gölü
6
and grows specialized crops such yükm Burdur ƒsparta
Konya Niêde
G R
Manavgat Kilis
Fethiye Mut
Mersin
Antalya Alanya ƒskenderun
E
(čel)
7 Körfezi Kırıkhan
Ka§ Finike Silifke Antakya
Med
iterra Anamur
nean Sea TURKISH REPUBLIC OF
NORTHERN CYPRUS
(recognized only by Turkey)
EPHESUS
CYPRUS
Tourism is one of Turkey’s major
8 industries. As well as beach resorts,
the country has many ancient sites.
One of these is the ancient Greek city of
Ephesus, which lies 35 miles (56 km)
south of modern-day Izmir on the FATHER OF THE TURKS
Aegean coast. The city was famous for its Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938),
Temple of Artemis, which was considered the founder of the modern Turkish
one of the seven wonders of the world. state, became its first president
in 1923. He introduced many
reforms, including more equality
9 Visitors to Ephesus for women and better education
admiring the remains for all. He also declared that Islam was
of the Library of Celsus no longer the official religion.
76 A B C D E F H
TURKEY AND THE CAUCASUS
I J K L M N O P
RU
C a
SSI
AN 2
Gagra Ap
’kh u c FE
azet Enguri DE
Gudaut’a ’i Mestia Kazbek a RA
Sokhumi 16,558ft (5047m) s
Och’amch’ire
South u TIO
K’ut’aisi O s s et ia s N
Samtredia Gori
P’ot’i
GEORGIA T’BILISI
Zaqatala
re
Xaàmaz
3
G
K’obulet’i L e s s e Tsalka Rust’avi at Quba
r C er Siyäzän
S e a Bat’umi Achara Akhalts’ikhe a u Cau Mount Ararat
c a fläki casus
Hopa s u Ku
Pazar
Artvin s ra
Gäncä
Mingäçevir Sumqayıt in Turkey is
Rize
Trabzon
a rı Gyumri Vanadzor Yevlax flamaxı
BAKU
said to be the
ri
Of
êl (BAKI)
eh
Giresun z D
a h
N
Kars Art’ik Sevan AZERBAIJAN Qazimämmäd resting place
eni Ço
ru
Doêu Karad ARMENIA Nagornyy Äli-Bayramı 4
Sarıkamı§ ƒmi§li
of Noah’s ark
Kur
Gümü§hane ƒspir YEREVAN Sevana Karabakh
Lich
a
Aras
a n
Horasan
Pasinler Mount Ararat
Artashat Xankändi
after the flood
Se pia
A§kale Aêri (Büyükaêrı Daêı)
Refahiye as Biläsuvar
Erzurum 16,854ft (5137m) AZ Ar
Erzincan ER Goris described in
as
ates BA
phr ri) Tercan Doêubayazıt C
Eu at Neh IJA
(Fi
r Kemah Naxàıvan
Länkäran the Bible.
N
Patnos
E Keban
Y
Bingöl
Erci§ Muradiye
A
N CaucasusMountains
5
Baraji I R block cold air from
Lake Van
Hekimhan Elâzıê Mu§ Tatvan (Van Gölü) Van the north.
Malatya o s l a r
T o r
Bitlis Geva§ CAUCASUS
Silvan
ê u The towering Caucasus Mountains
D o Diyarbakır
Siirt protect Armenia, Georgia, and
Batman Azerbaijan from cold northerly
Adıyaman K winds. As a result, farmers can take 6
Silverek flırnak ur advantage of this mild climate to
Atatürk
Mardin di grow citrus fruit, tobacco, and tea.
Baraji Viran§ehir sta Walnuts and hazelnuts are valuable
I R n export crops.
flanlıurfa Nusaybin A
Ceylanpınar Q Vines and fruit
grow in the valleys.
I A PEOPLE OF TURKEY
S Y R The Turks, who make up about 70 percent of the population
RUG MARKET 7
of 75 million, are a diverse group with a shared sense of
Turkey is world-famous for its national identity. The largest minority in Turkey—about
knotted-pile rugs—known as 15 million people—are the Kurds (below), who speak their
Turkish rugs, kilims—woven by skilled craftworkers. own language but have no homeland. They live in eastern
made in centers Each region of Turkey produces rugs Turkey, as well as in neighbouring Iraq and Iran.
such as Malatya with different designs and
and Kayseri colors. Every worker
incorporates into the designs
symbols that tell the maker’s
own family history or origins.
8
I J K L M N O P 77
ASIA
B C D E F G H
of
Kandalaksha
Fi
then, Russia and Kazakhstan have begun to . Kola
nl
T
LA lya
an
EST. Peninsula
transform themselves from communist Zem
W he a
3 Saint Petersburg a
vay
S
states into democratic nations. Both e
No S e a e)
it
(Sankt-Peterburg) Lake
Lagoda Petrozavodsk a r a ye Mor
countries have a lot of fertile land, huge Pskov Ostrov K sko
Severodvinsk
S
r Ostrov Belyy
Lake Onega Ka
RU
Kolguyev (
mineral deposits, and many other Velikiy Novgorod Arkhangel’sk Dikson
LA
la
natural resources. However,
Sever n a y a
BE
su
Smolensk Cherepovets
a
Nar’yan-Mar
or
y a Gu Penin
Dv in a
ch
Vel’sk
Russia still has a very low life
Pe
MOSCOW Tver’
Vologda
al
ba
(MOSKVA)
expectancy compared to other Vorkuta
Yam
4 Bryansk Yaroslavl’ Kotlas Ukhta Talnakh
E
Syktyvkar i
ka
Vladimir ’ Noril’sk
Belgorod Ryazan’ Nizhniy Novgorod a Ob Ob
s
t Nadym Igarka
Voronezh Tambov Kirov
n
Lake Baikal is up to Glazov Solikamsk
Taz
u
Penza Kazan’ Nyagan’
Izhevsk Perm’
o
6,365 ft (1,940 m) West
sey
Rostov-na-Donu Ul’yanovsk Serov
M
Black Sea
Yeni
Saratov Khanty-Mansiysk
5 deep and contains Krasnodar Tol’yatti Naberezhnyye Yekaterinburg Siberian
Samara Chelny
l
Sochi Volgograd
more than 20 percent
a
Sterlitamak Ufa Tyumen’ Surgut Nizhnevartovsk
Volga
Stavropol’
r
Ural’sk Ura
l Tobol’sk Plain
Ca
im
uca
Irt
freshwater supply.
GE
Ish
ysh
T
Ob
Vladikavkaz Atyrau Orsk Kostanay
ORG
Petropavlovsk
’
Groznyy Aktobe
Rudnyy Omsk
su
Strelka
Makhachkala (Aktyubinsk) Alga Tomsk
IA
6 Fort-Shevchenko Emba
Kokshetau
s
Novosibirsk Krasnoyarsk
a
Chelkar
Ku
hunting with
The majority of people in Aktau t e lu n d
Kemerovo
S
Kazakhstan are Kazakh JA
N Zhanaozen
KAZAKHSTAN ASTANA pp a
e
an
a trained golden
Muslims. They were once a B AI Ustyurt Pavlodar Barnaul
eagle
ER Aral’sk
spi
ar Saran’ Karaganda
D
Sea
Ca
Kazakh
Although most Dzhusaly Leninogorsk Zap
NI
ZB
Shu
of Astana is growing Shymkent A
quickly, due to wealth Ki Taraz
r gh
Tekeli IN
N
NATURAL WEALTH
Siberia contains almost one third of the world’s
natural gas reserves and has huge deposits
of oil, as well as abundant minerals such as coal
and precious metals including gold. However,
9 many of these resources are inaccessible or
in remote places, and the extreme winters
make it difficult to extract them.
78 A B C D E F G H
RUSSIA AND KAZAKHSTAN
I J K L M N O P
An
E a s t Si ber i an ad
O C E
r ’ ye
Komsomolets yr’
New Siberian Ostrov Sea
ago
Severnaya Ostrov Oktyabr’skoy Islands Novaya Sibir'
Zemlya Revolyutsii Ambarchik
Koryakskoye N
Ostrov Ostrov Kotel’nyy Ostrov Bol’shoy Cherskiy
Bol’shevik Lyakhovskiy Ala
z NATIVE PEOPLES 3
e Bering
ey
During the winter months, temperatures
a
Laptev
r’ y
la in Siberia regularly drop to below –45°F
insu In
go
en Sea (–43°C). The native peoples who live here,
Kolyma
rP Sea
Na
dig
Ozero
y such as the Nenets people of the Yamal
irka
m Taymyr
oye
ay Ust’-Olenëk
Tiksi
Kazach’ye Ostrov Karaginskiy peninsula region, have adapted well
Ossora
T
msk
izme nnost'
aya N
Ya n a
K ol y
Zaliv
ro-Si eb
V erk
Seve Ust’-Kamchatsk
r
A n a b ar
t a et Shelikhova
K he Ady Ch Vulkan
4
Kotuy
Olenëk
y K Peninsula
na
Paramushir
S I More)
Am
devised by Greek
n
Suntar
da
missionaries.
Al
)
Chunya
( S I B I R ’ Olëkminsk Shantarskiye
Khreb
Ostrova
F ED ERAT I O N
e O st r ova )
s
Olë
Ostrov Sakhalin
ile Island
kma
en
a Neryungri
L Bodaybo Ostrov
Angara Ust’-Ilimsk OLD CUSTOMS
ur
Urup
ri l’ sk iy
Am
Ust’-Kut na-Amure
t
Kuril’sk
(Ku
ebet
er
hi
Olovyannaya
IN Sea of
Alin’
Japan
i
Trans-Siberian
Railway train
Siberian tiger
8
I J K L M N O P 79
B C D G H I
ASIA
SYRIAN MARKET
Damascus is one of the oldest 1
The Near East inhabited cities in the world. The map on
At its center is a huge souk
(bazaar) where the streets are full
Israel, jordan, syria, and lebanon are the countries of stalls and small stores selling
Cyprus’s flag is
collectively known as the Near East. This is a land that is everything from rugss, textiles,
and jewelry to household copper colored
dominated by deserts but also has fertile coastal plains. Lack of goods and fresh produce.
water is a constant problem here, although Israel has introduced because Cyprus
2 computerized irrigation systems to extend the land suitable for 2
means “island
agriculture. The creation of the Jewish state of Israel in 1948,
in what was previously Arab-dominated Palestine, has led to
of copper.”
almost continuous conflict in the region. Arabs and Israelis
have fought four major wars that have cost many lives.
The Mediterranean island of Cyprus has also suffered a DAILY LIFE
3 violent recent history. Even in a war-torn country such 3
as Israel, people continue to live as
normal a life as possible. Children T ig
LEBANON REBUILT listen to rock music and watch their ris
Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, favorite sports stars, either live or on Al Málikíyah
was once the commercial and Television. In a peaceful break, these
banking center of the Arab world Palestinian boys play football in
but was devastated by the civil a Jerusalem street.
war that ravaged the country from
4
1975 to the early 1990s. Today, the Al Qámishlí 4
country is largely at peace, and 0 km 50 100
Q
Y
dominated, however, by its two Ra’s al ‘Ayn
powerful neighbors— R K E R
Syria and Israel. Al Íasakah I
T U
z
Abd
s
‘
h
S Y R I A
lí
(Latakia)
l a
Agialoúsa As Sukhnah
s
7 7
TURKISH REPUBLIC OF Bániyás
Kerÿneia NORTHERN CYPRUS Salamíyah
Lápithos (recognized only by Turkey)
Ma∞yáf
(Girne)
(Lapta) Kythréa
(Deêirmenlik)
◊ar√ús Ar Rámí
NICOSIA Íim∞ (Homs) Tudmur (Palmyra)
a
Sovereign Al Qu∞ayr
Sea nean
Troódos A
Base Area El Mina
8 Sovereign CYPRUS (to U.K.) Al Báridah 8
dit
an
I
anon
Akrotírion
(Lemesós)
Me
ti-
Rayak A√ ∏anf
BEIRUT Zahlé
An
(BEYROUTH) Dúmá ANCIENT CITY OF PETRA
9 Damoûr 9
ani
Qa√aná Temples and tombs were cut
DAMASCUS
L ít
Saïda out of the rock to form the
el
Mount (DIMASHQ) S y r i a n
hr Hermon spectacular city of Petra in
PALESTINIAN REFUGEES Na
Soûr 9232ft (2814m) modern-day Jordan.
The frequent wars between Israel and Bent Petra was built by the
its Arab neighbors have created a huge Jbaïl Al Qunay√irah
En Nâqoûra Nabataeans, an Arab tribe
number of Palestinian refugees who have
Heig
from the 300s B.C.E.
fled Israel to seek shelter in adjoining Nahariya
n
Tsefat As Suwaydá’ Muqá√ The remains of the city
Golahts
countries. Many live in poorly equipped Mifrats Lake
Hefa
are situated in a valley
refugee camps or settlements, with few Tiberias
10 Dar‘á Jabal ad Durúz surrounded by cliffs, with 10
facilities and little chance of work. There Haifa Tverya 5899ft (1798m)
are currently about 4.3 million registered
Irbid only one narrow entrance.
(Hefa) Nazareth Ar Ramthá Petra is Jordan’s most
refugees living in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, (Natzrat)
Jorda n
D e s e r t famous historic site.
and the West Bank. Al Mafraq
Hadera Jenín A∞ fiafáwí
Netanya Náblus B IA
As Sal√ Az Zarqá’ A
WEST Wáíat al Azraq
Tel Aviv-Yafo Petah Tikva AR
Wádí as Sír AMMAN (‘AMMÁN) I
11 Holon UD 11
BANK Jericho A
Rehovot Ma’dabá Al ‘Umarí S
Ashdod Bethlehem JERUSALEM
Dead
Ashkelon
Hebron Sea
GAZA STRIP JORDAN
(under Palestinian Al Mazra‘ah
administration)
Gaza
Khán Yúnis ‘Arad Al Karak
Rafah Al ‘Ayná
12 Be’er Sheva Ar 12
ç
Báyir a§
Al Íisá fla
ah
I S R A E L A√ ◊alfílah w
w
Negev Sappir
án
úz
crowded conditions
Mitspe Ramon
EG
Al Jafr
ráh
in a camp near Qá‘ al Jafr
Wádí al 'Arab
Petra
Amman, Jordan
Sha
Be’ér Menuha
YP
Ash
13 Ma‘án A 13
Gharandal
T
I
AB
Ra’s an Naqb R
A
I
Al Quwayrah
The Dome of
D
the Rock
U
81
THE NEAR EAST
A B E F H I
B C D E F G H I
ASIA
1
The Middle East
The middle east is home to the world’s oldest civilizations, DESERT WARS
Most international
which developed in the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys of boundaries in the
present-day Iraq more than 6,000 years ago. The world’s first Middle East are simply lines
drawn in the sand by former
towns and cities were built here. Since then, many powerful empires European colonial powers
2 have dominated the region, all leaving a wealth of buildings and and have often caused 2
conflicts. Iraq and Iran
monuments behind them. Today, the Middle East is at the center fought a bitter eight-year war
of the Islamic world. The population of every country is Arab along their common border from 1980.
Since then, further conflicts between Iraq and
and speaks Arabic, except Iran, where half the population are international forces have caused a lot of suffering.
Farsi-speaking Persians.
OIL PRODUCTION IRANIANS
3 The Middle East is the world’s major About half the total population of Iran are 3
oil producer—Saudi Arabia alone Persians, who live in the center and north
produces more than 10 percent of the country. Large numbers of Azeris
of the world’s supply. Oil has live in the northwest, while Kurds live in
brought great wealth to the the west and Baluchi in the southeast.
region, in particular to Saudi The official language of Iran is Farsi,
Arabia and the Gulf States. but many other languages are
also spoken.
4 4
AR
M
EN AZERBAIJAN
IA The Persian
language is written
Mákú AZ. in Arabic script TURK
Ko ME
Khvoy pp NI
ST
TURKEY Tabríz Ardabíl Caspian eh AN
Daryácheh-ye Bojnúrd D
5 Sea ág ROLE OF WOMEN 5
Orúmíyeh Míáneh h Family life is important
Rasht Sarakhs
Zákhó R Gorgán throughout the Muslim
Marágheh es Sárí Mayamey
Mashhad
world. The role of women
A
ht z
Zanján eh Ámol r varies from country to
Mosul Arbíl -ye lbo Sabzevár
Saqqez Sháhrúd
RI
(Al Maw§il) Qazvín Kuhhá-ye A country—traditionally,
Qolleh-ye Damávand 18,606ft (5671m)
As Sulaymáníyah women stay at home and
Altin Köprü
SY
Sanandaj look after the family, but
Kirkúk TEHRAN Semnán some now work. In public,
Qorveh Hamadán Kavír many cover their head or
6
I R A Q Qom s ht-e whole body with a burqa. 6
‘Annah Bákhtarán Da
Buíayrat ath Tharthár Káshán
Eslámábád Arák A
Al Baghdádí Ba‘qúbah Bírjand
F
Ar Ruπbah
Ar Ramádí BAGHDAD
G
I R Ná’ín A N
H
Buíayrat ar Razázah
r
Tig Ardakán
A
Al Íillah Kuwayt
NI
D ◊urayf M
An Najaf Kord
S
o s há
R Mehríz
Dasht
-e
E
JO
út
hr a
Z n
TA
T
) ns
Basra Máhán
(Al Ba§rah) Ábádán Záhedán
Al Jawf Sakákah Plateau P
ba
Ar Rawçatayn KUWAIT Sírjan Báft
A
Shiráz Mírjáveh
EG
Rafíah Fahraj
Aqa Y P
K
f
Kázerún
Je
Tabúk fú Ni§ab
IS
Moíammadábád Rígán
be
Na KUWAIT
Bandar-e Búshehr
√ in
la
Gulf o
TA
Bá
8 An 8
sh
Pe
l
r
N
ía Rúd-e Bandar-e
Taymá’ Ma n d
Sh
ád
si
Al Warí’ah Hámún-e
Gu
Bandar-e Kangán
ifá
n Jaz Múríán
lf
Gávbandí Khamír
Al ’Ulá Qeshm
Al Wajh
d
MANAMA BAHRAIN f Ash Sháriqah
dí al Í
Stra it o
amç
r imah Al Majma‘ah (AL MANÁMAH) M akran Coast
ar R
D
9 ádí QATAR Dubai 9
Shaqrá’
a
a W DOHA (Dubayy)
Gulf of Oman
h
Al Hufúf (AD DAWÍAH)
Yanbu‘al Baír Medina b fluíár Tropic of
Cancer
RIYADH
ná
(Al Madínah) ABU DHABI MUSCAT
’
Al Í
Tropic of C
ancer
i (AR RIYÁÇ) (ABÚ ±ABY) (MASQA◊)
aja
a ra
n UNITED ARAB l G h Ar Rustáq
ar bí flúr
Íarrat
EMIRATES
Re
q
±alim
P Ramlat
d
Ál Wahíbah
Raha√
10 10
e n
way
Arabian
◊u
Laylá Al Ghábah
i n s
Mecca (Makkah) u l a
b al
Jedda Turabah Sea
Ja
(Jiddah) Jazírat
ah
A√ ◊á’if
Ma§írah
ís h
S AU DI A R A B I A
B
Al Líth
dí
Khalíj
Se
Qal ‘at Bíshah As Sulayyil
W
Al Báíah lí Ma§írah
Duqm
a
K há
11 Tathlíth al 11
b ‘ er)
R u u art O M A N
Ar Q
pty
Khamís (Em
Abhá Mushayt flawqirah
Sanáw
Najrán Thamarit Juzur al
flabyá Wuday‘ah Íaláníyát
Jízán flalálah
fla‘dah
Ra
m
12 lat ah 12
r Damqawt
Da
hm
Y E M E N Al M a h
Say’ún
Tarím
SANAA lat n
t Sayíút
(flAN‘Á’) R a m t a y m a w t)
b‘a u A WEALTH OF FISH
Hodeida as Sa ç r a ma
Ía d h r a Ash Shiír The Arabian Sea, south
(Al Hudaydah)
(Ha of Yemen and Oman, is rich
Zabíd Al Mukallá
in fish, providing a valuable
13 Ta‘izz n source of both income and food 13
ISLAM Ade for local people. Fishermen use
The Islamic religion began in the 600s Shuqrah o f
Ba
Gul f Socotra traditional sailboats equipped with outboard motors
in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina (Suqutrá) for greater speed, landing large catches of sardines,
be
l
in Saudi Arabia. Minarets—the tall, thin M Aden (‘Adan) (to Yemen) tuna, anchovies, cuttlefish, cod, and other fish.
towers of mosques—dominate the skyline an
of every town and city in the region. From deb
these, devout Muslims are
summoned to pray five times a 0 km 150 300
day. Muslims are also required
to make a Hajj, or pilgrimage, to 0 miles 150 300 14
Mecca (above) at least once in
their lifetime.
83
THE MIDDLE EAST
A B C D E F G H I
ASIA
B C D E F G H
N
2 is limited. The four northern nations were w
o Chimboy
once part of the Soviet Union and are Sarygamy∞
Taxtako’pir
L
now independent nations. Afghanistan is Nukus Kyzyl Ku
Köli
a landlocked country, and three fourths of Köneürgenà
Takhiatosh m
Gubadag
n
its land is inaccessible terrain. It was Uchquduq
Ga
Gurbansoltan Eje
pla
Urganch
invaded by the Soviet Union in 1979, Da∞oguz UZBEKISTAN
a
ngy
Uà
prompting a civil war that has lasted To’rtko’l
r Pl
Xiva
tag
3
r
Zarafshon
for more than 20 years. In 2002, Türkmenba∞y Üngüz
an
atos
Gazojak Lebap
u
Gum
American and other Western forces Türkmenba∞y Angyrsyndaky
Am
Aylagy
overthrew the fundamentalist Islamic
y
Balkanabat
T
Garagum
uD
Derweze
regime in Afghanistan because of its
arya
Hazar
Bereket Gazli
support for international terrorism. TURKMENISTAN G’ijduvon
The country, however, has been Serdar Buxoro
4 Kopet Ga Seÿdi Kogon
destroyed by these years of da
g G
continuous warfare, making it ra Galkyny∞
Caspian Magtymguly
e r Baharly
sh g Türkmenabat
one of the poorest and most i u
Sea Geok-Tepe Abadan m Saÿat
deprived nations on Earth. ASHGABAT Gora Chapan
9478ft (2889m) Kelif
Gara Amyderÿa
Mary gu m
5
One of the world’s largest Kaka
Tejen
Murgab
Bayramaly
Uzboyy
C a na l
Atamyrat
Murgap
in the Kyzyl Kum desert Sarahs
Garabil
Andkhvoy
in Uzbekistan. Belentligi
Meymaneh
FESTIVALS IN AFGHANISTAN Bálá Morgháb
6 Torkestan
Da
Despite the horrors of recent years, Afghans still Serhetabat
ry
celebrate important Islamic festivals, notably Eid al-Fitr, á - y e Morghá
Towraghoudí b
which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Sels
People visit friends and family and eat a festive meal eleh-
together. The art of storytelling still flourishes in ye Safí
d Kúh Harírúd
Afghanistan, as does the attan, the national dance. Ghúríán Herát
An Afghan refugee carries bread with
which to break the Ramadan fast.
7 Children in Kabul,
AFGHAN
Afghanistan, made Shíndand
LIFE EXPECTANCY
homeless by war
As a result of war, drought, and poverty, people
in Afghanistan can expect to live an average of
d
only 45 years, one of the lowest life expectancy Rú
h
Delárám
Fa
9 Chágai Hills
PAKISTAN
84 A B C D E F G H
I J K L M N O P
ARAL SEA
The vast inland Aral Sea, between Uzbekistan and 1
Kazakhstan, was once a thriving freshwater lake
full of fish. Over the years, the rivers flowing
into it were diverted or drained to provide
irrigation for crops. The sea has now
shrunk to half of its original size,
reducing the numbers of fish and
leaving former fishing villages A man in front of
stranded inland. his home, called
a yurt, in western
Pamir, Tajikistan
2
KAZAKHST A N
The
fishing BISHKEK Tokmak
Aral Sea K i Kara-Balta Tyup
village of Dzhergalan
r
Talas g h i
Muynoq is now Kemin Ozero Issyk- Karakol MOUNTAIN LIFE
more than 30 miles (48 km) z R Balykchy Kul’ The two small eastern republics of
away from the Aral Sea Gora Manas
Leninpol’
ng
e ange Kyzyl-Suu
n Pik Pobedy
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are both
14,705ft
Ra KYRGYZSTAN
Kadzhi-Say
a 24,406ft
(7439m) very mountainous and are subject
(4482m)
Ch a
tk a
l
h to earthquakes and landslides. Only
3
TASHKENT Chirchiq
Khr
ebet M
oldo-Too S
Karakol
Kara-Say about six percent of Tajikistan can be
used for agriculture, whereas
(TOSHKENT) Tash-Kumyr Naryn
u
Aydark Yangiyo’l
Angren
Namangan n Ta Kyrgyzstan is more fertile.
o’l K Koksha a l -
Nurota
o’li
Olmaliq
Dzhalal-Abad
e Chatyr-Tash
Langar Qo’qon Andijon i
Guliston Osh
Navoiy
Oqtosh Jizzax
Bekobod
Khujand Farg’ona T Këk-Art
LOCAL WEALTH
Kattaqo’rg’on Sulyukta
Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and
Ûroteppa Khaydarkan Sary-Tash 4
Samarqand Kyrgyzstan all grow considerable
Urgut Zeravshan Daroot-Korgon crops of cotton—Uzbekistan is the
Koson khob Qarokûl world’s fifth-largest producer—as
Range
C
Kitob Sur
Qarshi s ar Qullai Ismoili Somoní well as fruit and vegetables. The
i s DUSHANBE 24,590ft (7495m) S three countries are also rich in
H
ar
Denov
G TAJIKISTAN ik
ol
mineral deposits, such as gold,
Ghûdara mercury, sulfur, and uranium,
I N
Qûrghonteppa 5
Moskva Dzhelandy m
A
e
Jarqo’rg’on
Termiz Khorugh
Áqchah Dûstí Farkhor
m
ir i Qizilrabot
Harvesting cotton
Fey∞ábád r
Pa
Balkh in Uzbekistan
Kondoz Ishkoshim s
Kholm Táloqán
Sheberghán Baroghil Pass
Mazár-e Khánábád 12,392ft (3777m)
Sharíf
Baghlán K u s h TAJIKS
Pol-e Khomrí d u The majority of people of Tajikistan are Iranian in
S
an
h
rg
I
eA Zarghún
K
-y
ryá Shahr
PA
Da
Qalát
Tilla-Kari, a 17th-century
Islamic religious school in 8
Samarqand, Uzbekistan
Spín Búldak
THE SILK ROAD
The Silk Road is the ancient trade route that brought silks
and other fine goods from China through central Asia and
the Middle East to Europe. Many cities were built along
0 km 100 200 its route, including Buxoro (Bukhara, Uzbekistan),
an important place of pilgrimage for Muslims, and
Samarqand, which contains some of the finest Islamic 9
0 miles 100 200
architecture in the world. Many of these cities are
now UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites.
I J K L M N O P 85
(claimed
ASIA by India)
B C D E F
n d u K u s h K2 28,251ft
H i
Ka
Indian Subcontinent
(8611m)
ra
or
k
Indus am
Ra
ng
Khyber Pass Mingáora e
3543ft
(1080m) Mardán
Separated from the rest of Asia by the Himalayas, the Indian subcontinent
N
Pesháwar Wáh ISLAMABAD
A
is home to almost one fourth of the world’s population—a staggering ST
Ráwalpindi
H
I Jhelum
1.5 billion people. They have a long and complex history, A N Potwa
r Plate au
Jammu
G H Sargodha Gujrát
form many different ethnic groups, speak a wide Gujránwála
AF P Lahore
e
g
s
an
Indu
variety of languages, and worship many different Chaman T oba K á k
ar R u Amritsar
R ange
2
n
gods. While some people in these countries are Faisalábád j a Ludhiána
Quetta Dera Gházi Khán Multán b
wealthy, many others live in poverty. Tensions Chá Okára Chandígarh
gai Hills
m án
ej Bathinda
between and within countries in this region Kálat
Sibi utl Haryāna
S
IR
lai
have sometimes erupted into warfare. The Indian P A K IJacobábád STAN Karnál
Su
Baháwalpur
AN
subcontinent is often affected by natural disasters, Baluchistān Rahímyár Delhi
Shikárpur Khán
notably cyclones in the Bay of Bengal and Lárkána Sukkur r t NEW DELHI
ng e
e
3
earthquakes and floods in Pakistan. However, n Ra Khairpur es Bíkáner
R a ng e r
C e nt ral Ma k rá
s
K í r t ha
Indu
D Alwar
India, the most heavily populated nation and Turbat h a r Jaisalmer Jaipur
once prone to famine, is now more than Gwádar
Nawábsháh T Jodhpur
Pasni Hyderábád Mírpur Khás
self-sufficient in food. All but Nepal and Bhutan Beáwar
Karáchi Páli
were once ruled by the British, whose legacy can be seen Sind R ā j a s t h ā n
in the common language of English, the architecture, the vast Sujáwal Kota
M o e Ind
Udaipur
th
railroad system, and in sports—most notably cricket.
uth u
4 Rann o f K a c h c h h
of Pálanpur
s
Tropic of
Cancer s Gujar ā t
Gulf of Gándhídhám Ahmadábád Ratlám e
a ng
ya R
MONSOON Kachchh Godhra
d h
From May/June to September, Jámnagar Vin
warm, moist southerly winds Rájkot Indore
sweep up from the Indian Ocean
and the Bay of Bengal across the Porbandar Bhávnagar
Vadodara I N
S át pura Range
subcontinent. Once these winds
meet dry land, moisture falls as Gulf of Bhusáwal
5 Súrat
monsoon rainfall. Although this Khambhát
0 km 150 300 Damán Manmád
irrigates the land and replenishes
the water supply, it can also Náshik Aurangábád
cause severe flooding. 0 miles 150 300 Go
Kalyán M d á
a h ā rvari
Mumbai āshtra D e
(Bombay) Pune Nánded
W e s
Bárámati
6 Arabian Solápur
t e r
Sea Gulbarga
SRI LANKA Kolhápur Ráichúr
In 1983, civil war erupted in Sri Lanka Karnātaka
n
between the Buddhist majority Sinhalese, Belgaum
who dominate the government, and the Panaji Gadag
G h
Hindu minority Tamils, who wanted to
establish their own independent state in the Hubli
north of the island. The civil war, which ended Dávangere
a t
7 in 2009 when the government defeated the
Tamil Tigers, has cost many lives and
Shimoga
s
disrupted the island’s economy. Yet Sri Lanka
Udupi
still has one of the highest literacy rates in
the world and high levels of health care. Mangalore Bangalore
Kásaragod Mysore
Ke
Kannur / Cannanore
ral
Erode
8
Kozhikode / Calicut
a
l
FAMILY LIFE IN PAKISTAN Coimbatore mi
Pakistanis have strong ties to their extended families, and often many Ta
generations live and work together in family-run businesses. Smaller Ernákulam
family units, however, are becoming more common in urban areas.
Although some women hold prominent positions in public and Kochi / Cochin
commercial life, such as Benazir Bhutto who was prime minister twice
before she was assassinated in December 2007, most women do not Kollam / Quilon
work outside the home.
Thiruvananthapuram / Trivandrum
9
School child, Nágercoil
Sri Lanka
86 A B C F G H
(A"line of INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
control"
was agreed J K L M N O P
between
India and
Pakistan
in 1972) THE HIMALAYAS
AKSAI CHIN The highest chain of mountains
Bhutanese 1
(administered by China, in the world, the Himalayas have
claimed by India) eight peaks that are more than people
26,247 ft (8,000 m) high. Everest, the
J am m u world’s highest mountain at 29,035 ft
a nd (8,850 m), is on the border of Nepal and
DEMCHOK/ Tibet. Mountaineers come from far and wide
Kashmír DÊMQOG to scale these massive peaks.
(administered
i by China, claimed
by India)
m
na
ARUNACHAI
Yamu
PRADESH
nd a (claimed by China)
BHUTAN
Utta r a k h a s
l a
Hidden
Meerut NEPAL C H a y away in the
Himalayas, the
I N A
G an g
R
P r a d e s h KATHMANDU Lalitpur BHUTAN rahm
Darjiling Bongaigaon B m Jorhát
MA
Ágra little contact with the
Lucknow Faizábád a outside world. A minority
Birátnagar Shiliguri Ass Kohíma of the population are Nepalese
AN
Gwalior Kánpur Gorakhpur Guwáháti Hindus who came to the country in the first half
Chhapra Dinajpur Rangpur M e g h ā l a y a Imphál of the 1900s. Most Bhutanese live in the fertile
MY
Allahábád Bihār river valleys of the center and south of
Jhánsi Patna Ga Jamalpur Sylhet Silchar the country. Traditional dress—the kira for
ng
Shivpuri BANGLADESH
Váránasi Gaya women and the gho for men—is widely worn.
es
Ma
dhy
a Prad J h ā r k h a n dRajshahi Tropic of
Cancer 4
e s h Pabna DHAKA
Ságar Dhanbád
Murwára Ásánsol Jessore Comilla
Cho t a Khulna
Bhopál Jabalpur N á g p u r Ránchi W e s t Bengal
Chittagong
The name Bhutan means
Jamshedpur Barisal
Ráulakela Kharagpur Kolkata “Land of the Thunder
D I AC hBiláspur
hattīsgar
Korba
s
(Calcutta)
Mouths
of th
eG
a ng
e
Dragon” in Dzongkha, the
Nágpur th
Sambalpur Báleshwar
Gondia Raipur Or
iss
Ma
hán
ad i
Bay of Benga
l
country’s official language. 5
a Cuttack
Chandrapur Bhubaneshwar
c a n Puri
c Jagdalpur Two of the world’s great
RELIGION
Brahmapur
Nizámábád religions—Hinduism and
h
Karímnagar
r a des s Buddhism—began in India more
P
A n d h r oa at Vizianagaram than 2,500 years ago. Most
dá G h Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are
G
Warangal va
ri Visákhapatnam Muslim, most Indians and Nepalese
Hyderábád r n Rájahmundry are Hindu, and most Sri Lankans
e and Bhutanese are Buddhist.
st
Vijayawáda
Ea
Jaffna are mostly located in the center cultural center. Bollywood movies generally have
historical, religious, or social themes and are famous
da ea
Trincomalee green shoots of the bushes. stars. These movies are an important export to
Island
n
a
T AN i Har Us
Nuur
H
S Altay Nuur Ha
3 MONGOLIANS K M Hovd
Har Nuur
ng Tsetserleg
ZA
Most of the people living in Ulungur o ayn
Nuru
Mongolia are Khalkha Mongols. A Hu u u
About half of these people now K n M O N
live in urban areas, but some still Karamay t a Altay
lead traditional lives as nomadic Bayanhongor
herders. They live in large felt or
i n
s
B
oh Gurbantünggüt
tents called yurts. Smoke from oro Kuytun Shamo
the central iron stove escapes Sha Aj Bogd Uul
n Shihezi Fukang Jimsar 12,474ft (3802m)
through a chimney in the roof. Yining
4 Ürümqi Qitai
e
Kashi im H
Tar GAN SU
Yengisar
I
KI
5 TA Shache
XINJIANG Laojunmiao
S
N Qilian
In traditional AFGH.
Yecheng
Pishan
T akla Makan Ruoqiang
han Da
Sh
an
(claimed
Desert n S ng
Mongolian khoomi Moyu
Al
t u he
PA
by India) Na
Ka Ra A
Hotan Qira Q ns
singing, men are K2
C H ai I ha
N Qinghai
ra ng
KI
28,251ft da Hu
ko
r
S
n
e am (8611m)
Kunlun m
Shan
T
AKSAI CHIN B
A’n S
I
(administered by
Q I N G H A I
nd
yê ha
China, claimed
Pl a t e a u o f Ti b e t
us
m
by India)
n qên
IA
tian He Ba
Rutog (Qi ngzang Gaoy uan) Tong
DEMCHOK/DÊMQOG yan
CHINESE WRITING Har S
The Chinese alphabet is not
(administered by China,
claimed by India) TIBET han
Yushu
made up of letters. Instead, Gar Xincun Me
Tanggula
H
kon
separate symbols stand for Zanda Gozhê Sha g
7 individual words or parts of Siling Co Amdo n
words. There are more than
40,000 characters in the Chinese
i Br
Tangra
Yumco Gyaring
Nagqu Qamdo
a hm Ngangzê Co Nam Co Salw
language. The same symbols are
m
Jinsh
ap Damxung
ee n
used everywhere in China, and utr Co
a nqêntanglha Shan
a Jiang
no matter what Chinese
N Nyai
language or dialect people speak,
E a Lhazê Xigazê Maizhokunggar
Lhasa He
ng
they can all read the same script. P
A l Gonggar
Gyangzê
sARUNÁCHAL du
8
L
Mount Everest
a y a PRADESH
(claimed by China)
an
Sha
29,035ft (8850m)
M
BHUTAN INDIA
YA
n
N M
AR
88 A B G H
WESTERN CHINA AND MONGOLIA
I J K L M N O P
0 km 200 400
RU
Mohe 0 miles 200 400 1
SS
Tahe
Am
. FE
ur
.
D
Fuyuan
(H
He)
e
nge
il o
n
Ergun Jagdaqi
N g
un (Ergu
n
Ji a n g)
IO
ing)
n Ra
R AT Yichun
EDE
Bei’an Hegang
A rg
gan L
RUSSIAN F Yakeshi
inga
Manzhouli Nancha 2
Hing
t Kh
Sühbaatar
Nur (Hailar)
Qiqihar Tonghe Jixi Lake
S el
a
Grea
(Da
enga
ol
Darhan Khanka
O n o n G Choybalsan
uri
Shangzhi
Harbin Mudanjiang
Erdenet ULAN BATOR Menengiyn
ch
Bulgan (ULAANBAATAR)
Tal Songyuan
an
Öndörhaan Hulingol Yanji
Jilin
A
Dzuunmod n M Changchun Sea of 3
K er ule Baruun-Urt
I
JILIN Japan
L Tongliao Siping Liaoyuan (East Sea)
G O L I A Xi Ujimqin Qi
)
FESTIVAL OF NAADAM
O
u
Each July, people all over Mongolia
Baishan
iq
RE H
Xilinhot
G
Saynshand
NG celebrate the sports festival of Naadam.
O RT
e
A
I
h
N iz ON
Three sports—wrestling (above), archery,
H
i
Erenhot
O
Liao
O IA
t
L
o M ol
r
(Hua n g H e)
han
XI
Wuhai
iS
(Haibowan)
ra
Ya T e n gg e r Shadi
language and culture.
fC
have moved
al
Xining
Lanzhou
Pingliang
6
GANSU I
Henan
Tianshui A NX Tibetan village
Luqu
S HA children
Zhugqu GREAT WALL OF CHINA
About 2,200 years ago, approximately
Wenxian 300,000 slaves began to build China’s
AN
HU enormous Great Wall. Originally constructed
SIC to protect China’s northern borders, it is the
longest human-made structure ever built Buddhist prayer flags 7
and stretches from central Asia to the
Yellow Sea, a distance of
3,980 miles (6,400 km).
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
As well as modern medicine,
many Chinese still use alternative 8
remedies. Traditional medicine is based
on the belief that health is achieved by
balancing a person’s mind and body—
their yin and yang. Any imbalance is
treated with medicines made from
dried plant materials (left). Some BUDDHIST TIBET
animals, including Asiatic bears, are Many Tibetans are devout Buddhists. Their religious leader,
now endangered owing to the demand the Dalai Lama, used to live in Lhasa. In 1951, however, Tibet
for parts used in traditional medicine. became part of China, and the government restricted the
people’s religious freedom and lifestyle. This has resulted in 9
tension between Tibetans and the Chinese government. The
Dalai Lama now lives in exile in India.
I J K L M N O P 89
ASIA
B C D E F G H
IA
GX
4
NIN
HONG KONG
Tongchuan
Bay
For 100 years, Hong Kong was a British an QI Xianyang
Ha
colony. Then, in 1997, it was returned to r S N Baoji
ha
GH
China. These small islands are some of GANSU
the most densely populated areas n Xi’an
AI
of the world. Most people live and Hanzhong SHAANXI
work in skyscrapers. It has a Hongyuan
5 prosperous economy at the heart Ya
of global finance, and the people lon Guangyuan
gJ
there have one of the world’s
TIB
Mianyang
ian
highest life expectancies. S I C H UA N Wanyuan
g
Luhuo
ET
Nanchong
Skyline of Hong Kong with Sichuan Wanzhou
a Chinese junk in the foreground Litang Chengdu Pendi
H C NeijiangH I
Jinsha Jiang Jian
Ya’an
Lichuan
en
Leshan Chongqing
6
gd
ONE-CHILD FAMILIES
Many Chinese children do not have )
n
ng
brothers or sisters. This is owing to Xichang
g
Jia
Sha
Tongzi
policies introduced by the Chinese
ng
Zhongdian
goverment in 1979. To try to control the ha Zunyi
Huaihua
g tze (C
n
7 Dali Anshun
still grows by millions each year. Duyun
Salwe e n
Guanling
Baoshan
Kunming Xingxi Dushan
Y U N NA N
Wuliang
Yuxi
Liuzhou
Kaiyuan Bose
Tropic of
Can cer Wenshan G UA N G X I
Gejiu
Me
8
kon
PADDY FIELDS
Nanning
Sh
VIETNA
an
90 A B C D E F G
HAINAN
EASTERN CHINA AND KOREA
I J K L M N O P
NORTH KOREA
North Korea is an independent communist country, but since
the break up of the Soviet Union, it has lost many of its 1
trading partners and is now very poor. However, the
country has a good education system and a high literacy rate.
Education is free and compulsory for all children for ten years. SOUTH KOREA
South Korea is a democratic nation with a thriving
electronics and machinery industry. One fourth of the
A Najin population lives in or near the capital city, Seoul. The
O L I Internet has quickly developed in South Korea and
JIL
G
E R M O N Ch’ôngjin Sea of plays an important role in work and leisure. The
IN
I N N
children below are using computers at an Internet
Shenyang Japan café in the central city of Taejon. 2
Fuxin Fushun (East Sea)
Chaoyang L I AO N I N G Kanggye Hyesan
Anshan Kimch’aek
Chengde Jinzhou Haicheng NORTH KOREA
Zhangjiakou Fengcheng
Sinûiju
Huailai Dandong Hamhûng
Qinhuangdao East
BEIJING Chôngju
Datong (PEKING) Wônsan Korea
Tangshan P’YONGYANG Bay
Langfang Tianjin Bo Hai Dalian Sariwôn 3
Shouzhou Ch’unch’ôn
Renqiu TIANJIN SHI
Korea Haeju
Shijiazhuang H E B E I SEOUL SOUTH
Yantai Bay
Cangzhou
Botou Inch’ôn (SÔUL)
Taiyuan Binzhou KOREA
Yuci
Taejôn
(Huang H r
Dezhou Taegu
Yellow Rive
SHANXI Weifang
have been divided
Ulsan
Yan’an Jinan by a ceasefire
agreement since 1953) Chônju
Handan SHANDONG Pusan
Anyang Qingdao Kwangju Chinju 4
Changzhi
Xinxiang Jining Rizhao Yôsu
it
Zaozhuang
Mokp’o
The majority of the
ra
Sanmenxia Kaifeng Yellow
St
Cheju Strait a
Luoyang Zhengzhou Xuzhou
Lianyungang S e a
Ko
re Chinese population lives
Pingdingshan
Suzhou
JIANGSU Cheju-do in only 15 percent of the
H E NA N Bengbu
Nanyang Huainan
Yangzhou
total land area. 5
Xiangfang Nanjing
Three Xinyang Hefei Suzhou
ze
Wuxi Shanghai
Gorges
HUBEI ANHUI gt
Wuhu
Reservoir an SHANGHI SHI
Y
MODERN SHANGHAI
Yichang Wuhan Anqing Jiaxing
a
Changde
ZHEJIANG skyscrapers and modern shopping malls.
Changsha Nanchang Wenzhou The center of town still has some old
Shangrao Western-style buildings that have survived
st
Xiangtan
H U NA N JIANGXI FUJIAN Fu’an
Nanfeng
Hongjiang Nanping
Hengyang (China and Taiwan
claim all of each
Yongzhou Sanming other's territory) 7
Quanzhou Ganzhou Fuzhou
Yong’an Chilung
Chenzhou
Longyan Quanzhou
t
Guilin
rai
Shaoguan TAIPEI
na
St
Hexian Zhangzhou
T’aichung
n
Chi
Lipu Xiamen
wa
G UA N G D O N G Chaozhou Chiai
Hualien
ai
Guangzhou
uth
EARTHQUAKES
The islands of Japan are situated in an area where
four of Earth’s tectonic plates meet. This causes 1
frequent earthquakes. Japanese school children are
Japan taught how to stay safe during an earthquake by
Japan is situated in the north Pacific sheltering in a doorway or under a table.
Wakkanai Ostrov
Is
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developed (in its modern form) about 200 years k Himeji Kóbe Ósaka Baseball, known as yakyu, is
go Ise
ago and teaches the art of Japanese samurai
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Ki
t Hiroshima Kure Tanabe Japan in the late 1800s.
i-
ai Nagato Niihama
tr Iwakuni su
S
Tsushima Mugi
idó
Yamaguchi
ea
Matsuyama A HEALTHY DIET
r
Shimonoseki Hófu Rice is the major crop grown on the
da
Ko
Ube a Kóchi Shikoku
Kitakyúshú small amount of flat land in Japan. Along
T
Iyo- n with rice, fish is an important part of most
13 Kó-saki Uwajima
os
a- 13
Iki wan meals, and Japan has one of the world’s
Fukuoka Óita Nakamura largest fishing fleets. This healthy diet may
IC be part of the reason why Japanese people
Karatsu Kurume Sukumo F have one of the world’s longest life
Bu
Sasebo Saiki ng I
Ómuta o-s C AN expectancy rates.
E
uidó
Gotó-rettó Kumamoto Nobeoka PA CE
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C
raw fish and rice
S
Yatsushiro Hitoyoshi
h
14 Amakusa- BULLET TRAINS 14
a s ea
in
a nada Miyazaki One of the fastest ways to travel around Japan is on
Akune Sendai their high-speed train system—known as bullet
Koshikijima-rettó trains, or Shinkansen. This network connects Tokyo
Miyakonojó with most of the country’s other major cities, such
Kagoshima
S
0 km 100 Kyúshú hi as Sapporo and Nagasaki. The trains reach speeds
Ósumi- Kanoya bu of more than 186 mph (300 km/h). Japan built the
0 miles 100 sh i
shotó
n
-w a world’s first high-speed train in 1964.
n
a- wa
15 hi m Tanega- 15
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ó shima
ds Naze
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ky
Okinawa
(Na u I
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16 Naha w a - 16
a
Okin
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A B C D E F G H I
B C D E F G I
1
Mainland SE Asia
T he peninsula of Southeast Asia lies directly to the south ORPHANS IN CAMBODIA
Cambodia has a very high
of India and China, between the Pacific and Indian oceans. percentage of widows and orphans,
It is made up of Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Vietnam, mostly because many men were
killed in civil wars in recent decades.
Cambodia, and Laos. Over thousands of years, the influence
2 2
of people from nearby India, China, and Arabian countries
GROWING RICE
has helped give this region a diverse mix of cultures and Rice is the most
religions. Most of the land here is mountainous, with half of important crop in southeast
Asia. It grows well in wet
the region covered in forests. Most people live in coastal or lowland areas, such as the Mekong
River delta in Vietnam, where the plants
lowland regions, where they can grow crops such as rice, can be grown in paddy fields. Most rice
raise cattle, and catch fish. In is planted and harvested by women.
3 3
recent years, the electronics
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Hkakabo Cambodian
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industry has also become 19,308ft
an important part of (5885m)
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southeast Asian RURAL LIVING
Sh
economies, Most people in southeast Asia live in
rural areas rather than cities, and farming
IA
Ran ge
especially in is the most common occupation. The steep,
Maingkwan
D
4 Thailand. mountainous regions are often unsuitable 4
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H I a nN A
nn i
mon
w
for growing crops or raising cattle,
ma
nd
N however, and many farming communities
Ku
IN
Chi
are based in the fertile river valleys and
Mogaung Myitkyina
deltas. There are more than 200 villages on
and around this lake (right) in Myanmar.
Irrawaddy
Banmauk 0 km 100 200
Tamu Bhamo
5 Katha 5
0 miles 100 200
BA NG
C a ck
Shwebo Riv
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Lang Sòn
Chin H
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LAD ESH
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Na
ill
Viêt Tri Bâc Giang
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Keng Tung
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Pakokku Sha Ãiên Biên
n
Ar
Minbu Houayxay Thai Binh
a
Taungdwingyi
P a wn
en
Pyechin Magway Salwe g Louangphabang
NAY PYI TAW M e ko n
ka
7 Thanh Hoa 7
Fang Chiang Rai
Muong Xiang Ngeun
n
Loikaw
Thayetmyo Aunglan PèkA
Ramree Island Xaignabouli Tõòng Ãõòng Gu lf of
Phayao
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g
Pyay
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Cheduba Island Nan Ang Nam T ongk ing
in
KAREN TRIBE
V
ma
Thandwe Paungde tto
Ban Hin Heup Pakxan ne There are 600,000 tribespeople
Lampang N
Phyu am O A living in the northeastern hills of
ung
Thakhèk
a
Kyaikto
e Nam
Rangoon
E tiqu
Ma
Thaton
I m S
Kayan
M a e N am
Phitsanulok
T
Ãông Ha
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N
Kalasin Ãâ Nâng
M Labutta Bogale Mudon
Kyaikkami Salavan Hôi An
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of
THAILAND
9 t he I r r a w a d d y Nakhon Sawan Muang 9
A
Ubon Ratchathani Khôngxédôn Quang Ngai
Ye Nakhon
R a n g e
Ratchasima Buriram Pakxé
Great Coco Samakhixai
Lop Buri Champasak
Island Surin
M
Srinagarind
Reservoir ôr Ph num D ân gr êk
Sara Buri Chu
Ayutthaya Phumî Muang Không g Plây Cu
Little Coco ôn
S
Quy Nhòn
K
Dawei BANGKOK Sâmraông t œn
Virôchey
le
Island g
Nakhon Pathom (KRUNG THEP) Krâlânh T ôn
Sên
Angkor Wat Tônle Sr
10 Ratchaburi Samut Prakan Stœng Trêng êpôk 10
FLOATING Tônlé Sap
Mali Chon Buri Bâtdâmbâng Phumî Kâmpong Trâbêk Tuy Hoa
MARKET Kyun Phetchaburi
The capital of Reâng Kesei
Thailand, Bangkok, Ao Krung Pattaya
Moûng Roessei
C A M BTrâpeâng
O DVêngI A
Merg
Kadan Thep Poûthîsât
is a busy, crowded Kyun Myeik Rayong Chanthaburi Krâchéh Nha Trang
city with more Ban Hua Hin Kâmpóng Chhnâng
n g R ange
Chuor Phnum Ãa Lat
than nine million Daung Ko Chang Kâmpóng Cham
Kyun Tenasserim Krâvanh Ôdôngk
Cam Ranh
inhabitants. The city
ktau
Suông Di Linh
u
was built on an island in the PHNOM PENH M Phan Rang-
Letsôk-aw
ila
Gulf of
eko
river, and has many canals. Boats, known as
ui Archi
Kyun (PHNUM PENH) Thap Cham
B
11 Svay Riêng 11
ng
sampans, (above) act as floating markets from Biên Hoa
which traders sell fresh fruit and vegetables. Lanbi Thailand Phan Thiêt
Kyun Isthmus Châu Ãôc
pela
Kâmpóng Saôm Long Hô Chi Minh
Chumphon Kâmpôt Xuyên Vung Tau
go
of Kra Rach Gia My Tho
g
A large, previously Zadetkyi Lang Suan Vinh Cân Thò Tra Vinh
Ranong
on
A
northern Vietnam. Ko Lanta Trang Thale Luang decorated with relief sculptures showing mythical
n
da scenes of Hindu gods and great royal processions. The
Songkhla Sea complex was uncovered in 1861 by French naturalist
13 Se m a
n 13
THAI BEACHES a Hat Yai Pattani Henri Mouhot, following
Ko Ta
Tourism is now a major industry for Thailand. Ru Tao stories of a “lost city”
Popular destinations include the country’s lively Yala Narathiwat in the jungle.
capital, Bangkok, and beautiful island beach Pulau
resorts (below). Phuket, Thailand’s largest island, Langkawi
Angkor Wat
is often referred to as the “Pearl of the South.”
MA A
L AYSI
14 MONASTIC LIFE 14
The main religion in mainland southeast Asia
is Buddhism. Almost all Thai villages have their
own temple, or wat, which is the center of
village life. Most young men spend some
time in a monastery, where they have few
possessions and spend most of their
time in meditation.
15
16
H I
ASIA
B C D E F G H
Maritime SE Asia
T o the south of the Asian mainland lies maritime
southeast Asia. It includes Malaysia, Indonesia, East Timor,
Singapore, and the Philippines. Part of Malaysia is connected
to the mainland, but the rest of the region is made up of more
2
than 20,000 islands that stretch across the Pacific and Indian
oceans. Lying near the Equator, the climate is mostly hot, wet, and
humid. Most of the larger islands are mountainous and covered in
dense forests, and many people live in villages near rivers or on the
coast. Like the rest of southeast Asia, the population is made up of GREAT APES
Orangutans are great apes that live only
people from many different cultural backgrounds speaking hundreds in Borneo and the northern corner of Sumatra.
3 of different languages. The most common religion is Islam, except They spend most of their time in the trees, even
building tree-top nests in which to sleep. Sadly, the
in the Philippines, where most people are Roman Catholic. orangutan is endangered because of deforestation.
PEOPLE OF MALAYSIA
THE SULTAN OF BRUNEI
Ethnic Malaysians make up 53 percent of the Sultan
population and are known as bumiputera, meaning Brunei is ruled by a sultan
of Brunei who lives in the world’s
“son of the soil.” Most Malaysians are Muslim.
Ethnic Chinese form 26 percent of the population. largest palace. The sultan
South China
is one of the wealthiest abac
TH AI men in the world. Bal
4 And aman LA N
D Gunung Kinabalu
Sea Sea 13,455ft (4101m)
Kota Bharu
Str
BEGAWAN
ba
Langsa Pinang Dungun
M
Meulaboh BRUNEI
Sa
Ipoh
al
ac Kuala Cukai
Pulau Medan ca Lipis
Kuantan
Kepulauan Miri
Natuna
ab a n
Simeulue Tebingtinggi Klang KUALA LUMPUR Bintulu
amnjar
5
o
Pematangsiantar
PUTRAJAYA M A L A Y S I A
a
B yan
Danau Seremban Muar T Ka
Kepulauan Sibu ai
Melaka Keluang e ra s a n B atang Ra ng
Banyak Sibolga Toba at S jan Su
Batu Pahat Johor Bahru S e l Kuching Sarawa k g
Pulau Nias
Ubadiah mosque, Malaysia Panyabungan SINGAPORE Sri Aman
ga
n Sung
Pe
IN
Equator
Pekanbaru Singkawang u nun r ai
Sidas
Peg ll e
M
s
gu
Kepulauan
gai Ka
pu a
Mu
DI
ah
SINGAPORE a ka
Solok Rengat Lingga Pontianak Sun m
As the financial and industrial centre of Padang B o r n e o
nu
Sel
6
AN
at
a ri Jambi n
i B a r it o
Kalimanta
a thriving high-tech industry and a high
Bangka
K e p nta w
an
Ka
Sungaipenuh im
r
Sumatra
Sunga
at Amuntai
CE
Sampit
B
n (Sumatera) Palembang a
a
I N D Banjarmasin O
A
Bengkulu n
a
Belitung
Skyscrapers
7 in Singapore’s Kotabumi Pulau
Laut
financial district
Bandar Lampung Cirebon Ja
va
JAKARTA Tegal Pekalongan Sea
Serang
Semarang Pulau
S e l a t S u n d a Bogor Kudus Madura
Sukabumi Surabaya
Bandung J ava (Jawa) Probolinggo
Tasikmalaya
Jember Bali
8
Cilacap Mataram
Magelang Malang
Yogyakarta Kediri Denpasar
Surakarta Madiun Pulau
Lombok
KITE FLYING
After the harvest, the people
of Malaysia celebrate with
the Wau (kite-flying) Festival,
9 where skilled people
demonstrate the traditional
Malaysian sport.
96 A B C D E F G H
I J K L M N O P
Panay Tacloban
Cadiz
ge
Island 3
ssa
Iloilo Leyte
Pa
i pe Santos
lack of adequate housing means
ch that many poorer families have
r
uA to live in crowded slums.
Tawau Sul Kepulauan
gir
Talaud
n San
Machine
Manado Bitung replanting rice
a
t
ai Ternate
Halmahera
Equator
a
Str
u
ol ie Biak
r
Gulf of Halmahera p
Samarinda M a m Sorong Manokwari Pulau
Tomini 6
Palu Kepulauan M Sea Selat D Jazirah Yapen
RICE RESEARCH
Banggai ol Ce
T Rice is the primary
Su
ar
Pulau era
ass
Ce le be s
ai
Tel Maniwori PA PU A NE W GU IN EA
Ce s
Wahai am o
gu
Danau Pe g u n u n g a n
Pe
Parepare N E S I A
Tifu Seram Puncak Java oke of creating rice plants
a 16,503ft (5030m) Papua that produce greater
Kendari Pulau Ambon l
Kolaka Buru (Irian Jaya) yields. New varieties are
Bo
Amamapare
u
Singkang ne Pulau 7
also being developed to
k
Watampone Buton
New grow faster, allowing
u
Kepulauan
Makassar Kepulauan
)
Flores
ea
I J K L M N O P 97
INDIAN OCEAN
B C D E F G H
Indian Ocean
The third-largest ocean in the world, the Indian
Ocean is bounded by Africa, Asia, Australasia, and THE MALDIVES
Antarctica. The ocean contains some 5,000 islands. The Maldives is a Black
low-lying archipelago of
Madagascar and Sri Lanka are large, but most of the 1,300 small coral islands,
Sea
2
islands are small and ringed by coral reefs. The people of which 202 are inhabited.
The main industries are
of the Maldives have very mixed origins, incorporating fishing—still carried out Mediterranean
Indian, Sinhalese, Arab, and African heritages, while by traditional pole and line Sea
methods to conserve stocks—and
two thirds of those living in Mauritius are Indian tourism. Vacation resorts are on separate A rabian
immigrants and their descendents. Altogether, about islands to those inhabited by locals,
so as not to disturb the Maldive peoples’
Pe ninsula
one fifth of the world’s population live on this ocean’s traditional Muslim lifestyles.
Red
3 warm shores. Those along the northern coasts are
often threatened by monsoon rain and tropical
Sea
storms, which can cause severe flooding.
f
lf o
Gu n
Ad e
CORAL ISLANDS E th io pian
Coral is a living organism formed in Hig h lan ds Horn of
warm water by tiny sea creatures known Africa
as polyps. These creatures build limestone Andrew
4 skeletons around themselves that
accumulate over thousands of years.
AFRICA Tablemount
in
As sea levels change, this coral can
as
iB
be exposed as low-lying islands or
submerged as reefs. al
m
So
5
COMOROS
Chan bique
MAD
of 115 islands—some are
nel
coral islands, while others
A
are mountainous and made of
Moza
GASC
granite. Most Seychellois people are
Creoles—people of mixed African, Asian,
6
AR
Davi
and European ancestry. There are also Market on the largest
Ridg
small Chinese and Indian communities. Seychelles island, Mahé
e Mozam
Natal
e
Basin
ENVIRONMENT
Beautiful shells are
b
for sale on this beach
ique
Africana
in South Africa. If the Seamount
Pl a
7 trader collects only
empty shells, no harm is Agulhas
tea
done, but in many parts of Agulhas Plateau
u
the world, dealers hunt live Basin
shellfish, sea turtles, and rare Prince Edward Islands
species of starfish and sea (to South Africa)
urchins. Nations such as
the Maldives take great care to
protect the environment.
LIMITED TOURISM
The tropical climate, sandy beaches, beautiful coral reefs,
and abundant marine life make both the Seychelles and
the Maldives ideal tourist destinations. These same
features also make them extremely attractive to
scuba divers. However, the fragile environment of both
9 island nations means that they have deliberately tried to
make them exclusive, attracting only limited numbers of
wealthy visitors, instead of pursuing mass tourism.
98 A B C D E F G H
I J K L M N O P
H A S I A 2
i
Iranian m Yellow
a Sea
Plateau l a y a s
Pe G u
sia
r
lf n G ulf of Oman In
d
y
us
ra e Ganges Fa
F
Ri r
g
an
e Mu
PACIFIC
d
3
Arabian Bay of
ne ur
Sea Bengal
Zo ract
Socotra
OCEAN
Ar abi an Andaman Islands
F
(to Yemen)
Laccadive
en
(to India)
An
Chag - L a c c a d i v e P l a t e a u
da
Ca Nicobar Islands
n
rls
Ri ain
be a
e
rg MALDIVES
dg
Ch
MALE' 4
Ri
C e y l on
dg
MANGROVES
nch
e
M i d - I n d i a
Plain Borneo
Su
pu w
os Tre
tra
an
n (to Australia)
Zo
n
Australian
N i n e t
re
in e
ctu ne Basin
The moutia
Pla aren
o Fra Zo
R i
Arg e Exmouth
sc
ur Wharton
ct
dance of the
Ma
MAURITIUS r a Plateau
aF
d g
i Ba si n
RÉUNION ger Cuvier
(to France)
E
ge
OCEAN m
a n Plateau Seychelles was 6
e
Madagascar id ia
R AUSTRALASIA brought to the
Ri Ind
Basin
e
n
dg
In Basin
t
hw
es Di
am
an
Naturaliste
Plateau
African slaves
Amsterdam Island tina
in the 1700s.
ut
Crozet Frac
So
ANTARCTICA
Norwegian
freighter
I J K L M N O P 99
AUSTRALASIA OCEANIA
Unknown to the outside world before the 1600s, Australia is a still a sparsely
inhabited land where most people live in cities. At its heart is a huge arid desert, in stark
contrast to the islands of Oceania, where all of life revolves around the glittering ocean.
The 3,000 named islands are grouped into nations, listed below in order of land area.
Australia Micronesia
New
Zealand Palau
Papa Solomon
New Guinea Islands Fiji Vanuatu Kiribati
178,704 sq miles 11,157 sq miles 7,056 sq miles 4,706 sq miles 313 sq miles
462,840 sq km 28,896 sq km 18,274 sq km 12,189 sq km 811 sq km
6,730,000 523,200 849,200 239,800 99,482
Port Moresby Honiara Suva Port-Vila Bairiki (Tarawa Atoll)
Pidgin English, Papuan, English, Pidgin English, Fijian, English, Hindi, Urdu, Bislama (Melanesian English, Kiribati
English, Motu, 800 (est) native Melanesian Pidgin, c. 120 Tamil, Telugu Pidgin), English, French, other
languages other languages indigenous languages
Samoa Tonga
Marshall
Islands
70 sq miles
181 sq km
65,859
Majuro
Sydney’s iconic Opera Marshallese, English,
House and Harbor Japanese, German
Bridge symbolize this
Australian city’s role as a
center of global culture.
100
The ancestors of today’s
Pacific Islanders reached
their islands by crossing
the ocean in giant canoes.
Many islanders still rely
on the ocean to make
a living.
Tuvalu Nauru
101
AUSTRALASIA AND OCEANIA
B C D E F
SW Pacific NORTHERN
MARIANA
ISLAND
VACATION
White sandy
beaches and
Ra
the Cook Islands, and Tahiti. r
ak
Kwajalein
li
Yap
C
Melanesia includes Fiji, M I C R O N E S I A o Atoll
ha
Namu Atoll
Babeldaob
in
h
C
the Solomon Islands, Chuuk
n Ailinglaplap a i n
MELEKEOK PALIKIR
3
and Vanuatu. The Islands Pohnpei
Atoll
e Jaluit Atoll
C a r o
smallest group, l i n
Micronesia, includes PALAU e I s
l a Kosrae
Ebon
Atoll
s
n d
the Marshall, Kiribati, s
i
and Caroline Islands.
a
The first Europeans
came to the southwest Pacific
4
in the 1600s, several thousand years Equator
St.Matthias Group
Islands
Bismarck Archip M
LAND OF MANY LANGUAGES elag
o New Ireland
Historically, the mountainous landscape of B i s m a r c k Se a e
Papua New Guinea made contact between villages
difficult. As a result of many years of isolation, Cen
tral Madang
PAPUA NEW GUINEA l
5 Ra Bougainville
some villages developed their ng Mount Wilhelm
own individual languages. 14,793ft (4509m) New Island a
e
800 different
lom
So lo mo n Sea o n Santa Isabel SOLOMON
e
nS
n
languages evolved.
Is
ta
y l a Malaita
e
Papua Ra Islands
n
PORT MORESBY
ng
e HONIARA d ISLANDS
D'Entrecasteaux s
Men in Papua New Islands Guadalcanal
Santa Cruz
6 Guinea wearing Louisiade San Cristobal Islands
traditional makeup Archipelago
Rennell
New
s
o y Lifou
L
Caledonia a u Maré
8
té
NOUMÉA
Tropic of Capricorn
9 Vanuatu tribespeople
dancing at a religious
ceremony
102 A B C D E F G H
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
I J K L M N O P
Maloelap Atoll
Majuro Atoll
Teraina
International
Makin Tabuaeran
Dateline
Tarawa
BAIRIKI BAKER & HOWLAND Kiritimati
T u
Equator
i
g
Nonouti n
a
Beru
u
P A C I F I C O C E A N
r
e
Nikunau FAMILY LIFE
Tamana Many Pacific peoples live in
Kanton Enderbury Island
I
Arorae extended family groups. Recently,
Birnie Island
KIRIBATI
s
McKean Island Malden Island
however, some islanders have
Manra
l
Orona migrated to countries such
Nikumaroro
KIRIBATI KIRIBATI as New Zealand and the
a
Nanumea Atoll United States in order to 5
n
Niutao
Phoenix Islands Starbuck look for work.
Island
d s
Nanumaga
Nui Atoll P
Nukufetau FONGAFALE
Funafuti Atafu Atoll TOKELAU o
Atoll Nukunonu
(to New Zealand) Penrhyn l Millennium
Nuku Hiva
TUVALU
Nukulaelae Atoll Fakaofo Atoll Rakahanga y Vostok Island Island
Marquesas Hiva Oa
6
WALLIS & Nor t her n C ook
FUTUNA AMERICAN Flint Island
e
SAMOA Is l and s
s
MATA'UTU
Île Uvea Savai‘i
APIA
PAGO PAGO
COOK ISLANDS
i
Tu Makemo
Vanua Levu am
otu 7
rc Islan
TONGA
A
hi Raiatea PAPEETE ds
Nadi
Lau
Levu Group e l
a
roup
Is l and s
NUKU‘ ALOFA
Tongatapu AVARUA
FRENCH POLYNESIA
(to France) Marutea
'Eua Rarotonga Vanavana
To
n Mangaia Rurutu Tureia 8
G r gatapu Île
oup s Tubuai
Au Tropic of Capricorn
st Raevavae Fangataufa
ra
le
Islanders net fishing in s
OUTRIGGER CANOES
an outrigger off the coast 0 km 300 600
Transportation between many islands
of Ifalik, Micronesia
has traditionally been by outrigger
canoes. Floats attached to the sides 0 miles 300 600
provide extra stability, especially useful Marotiri 9
for the fishermen who stand in the
boats to cast their nets.
I J K L M N O P 103
AUSTRALASIA AND OCEANIA
B C D E F H
er
emergency help is needed, King Islands
grown in the fertile south. The first people to live the Royal Flying Doctor S Kununurra
Top Springs
ou
Service can get to the scene
here were the Aborigines, who arrived from Asia at Kimberley Roadhouse
nd
to treat a patient or fly
least 50,000 years ago. Today, most Australians are them to a hospital. Plateau
descendants of European immigrants, with Broome
Fi t
Fitzroy
Crossing Halls Creek T a n a m i
3 a more recent addition of Asians. zr o
y Ri
AN
ver
h
ac
Desert
E
Be
N OC M
il e
INDIA
ty
Ei gh
Gr
eat N O
Barrow Island Dampier Port Hedland San
Exmo Marble Bar Percival dy D
uth Fortes Lakes esert
cue
Riv
T E R
G
Onslow er
ulf
Exmouth
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AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES
The original inhabitants of Australia had an intimate A U S T R A L I A
understanding of the environment. This connection to the Kalbarri Mount Magnet
land and its plants and animals affects every aspect of their Great Victoria
culture. When Europeans started arriving in the late 1700s, Lake Carey
only the Aborigines in remote areas escaped contact with Geraldton Lake Barlee Desert
the diseases they brought. Today, Aborigines rarely live off
6 the land, but instead work in factories or on farms. Lake Moore
Lake Rebecca
Moora
Kalgoorlie Reid
Zanthus
Plain
MINING Southern Cross Coolgardie larbor
Australia has one of the world’s Gingin Nul
Merredin Lake Cowan Eucla
most important mining industries, Perth Northam
with resources including gold (left), Fremantle Brookton Norseman
coal, natural gas, iron ore, copper, Balladonia
Mandurah Narrogin
Australian Bight
and opals. However, damage to
Bunbury Wagin
7 the environment—and Aboriginal Collie Katanning a t
claims over land used for mining— Esperance
G re
still need to be faced. Busselton
Manjimup
Augusta
Albany
0 km 200 400
OUTDOOR SPORTS
8 0 miles 200 400 A warm climate, with
easy access to beaches
and wilderness areas, has
made outdoor activities an
AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL important part of modern
A popular sport here is Australian Rules Australian life. Watersports,
Football. One of the rules is that players can such as swimming, sailing,
kick or punch the ball, but they must not throw and surfing, are especially
it. Many Australians either play the game popular. Because of the
themselves or support their favorite team. danger of exposure to
9 As the name implies, the game originated in strong sunlight, people
Australia, but it now has leagues in other are told to cover up and
countries, such as Great Britain and the U.S. always use sunscreen.
104 A B C D E F G H
AUSTRALIA
I J K L M N O P
es Strait
Torr
Arafura Sea UNIQUE WILDLIFE
Croker Island
Badu Island
Prince of Wales Island
Moa Island
Cape York Animal parks and refuges allow Voting in
Wessel Islands t “townies” and tourists to get close to 1
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South Goulburn
government
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see marsupials, such as koalas
elections in
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and wallabies (left), as well as
Gulf of Cape crocodiles, snakes, and the
e
York world’s only egg-laying Australia is
a
Arn hem Carpentaria mammals—the platypus
Peninsula Princess
L an d Charlotte
and the echidna.
compulsory.
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Katherine Bay
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AUS TR AL I A Callabonna B arw o n R i ve
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Grafton regions,
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Port Broken Hill than 90 countries.
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Whyalla Ivanhoe re Muswellbrook
Darling
M u rrumb
Sydney Most Australians live in the coastal towns and cities of
ce
Port Lincoln Hay Riv Cootamundra southeastern Australia, where the climate is cooler. Although
it
Adelaide er Wollongong
Goulburn Canberra is the capital, Sydney is the largest and oldest city
Investigator Stra Tailem Wagga Wagga
Bend Ouyen Deniliquin Mount Kosciuszko CANBERRA and is beautifully situated around Sydney Harbor. One of the
7310ft AUSTRALIAN world’s most famous landmarks is Sydney Opera House (below),
Kangaroo Keith Albury (2228m)
s
Shepparton CAPITAL TERRITORY which has five separate auditoriums for concerts, operas, and
lp
Island Horsham Bendigo Wodonga Cooma plays. The design echoes the sails of a ship.
A
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Mount Sunbury A u s
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Moe Sale
Warrnambool Geelong
as
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South East Point T
King Island B a s s S t r a i t Flinders
Island
Hunter Island Ba nks
S t r a Cape Barren Island
Marrawah Burnie it 9
Devonport Launceston
TASMAN IA
I J Maria Island M N O P 105
Hobart
B C D E F G H I
AUCKLAND
With its safe harbor and nearby scenic 1
New Zealand islands, Auckland is known as the
“city of sails”. It boasts more pleasure
boats per person than anywhere else in
M ade up of two main islands and several smaller the world. The water that separates
ones, New Zealand is one of the most isolated countries the bigger islands is home to
dolphins, families of
in the world. Located in the southern Pacific, the country blue penguins, and the
has a mild climate, with warm summers and cool, wet occasional whale.
2 2
winters. Both main islands have mountains, short,
swift-flowing rivers, forests, and fertile farmland. Until the
Europeans arrived, most of the landscape was covered in Three Kings
Islands
dense forest known as native bush. Today, although forests Cape Reinga North Cape
N
remain, most has been cleared for farming. Most
in
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New Zealanders live on North Island, which is warmer Te Kao Bay
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3 3
ile
and less mountainous. Although New Zealanders are of
Be
mostly British descent, the Maoris—a people of Polynesian origin—
ach
were the first to arrive about 1,000 years ago. Today, non-Maori Kaitaia Kerikeri
Paihia
Polynesians and Asians are adding to the ethnic mix. The country Okaihau
has a liberal, clean,“green”image and a high standard of living. a
Hokiang r Kaikohe
ar b o u Hikurangi
H
a
iro
Whangarei
Wa
4 MAORI CULTURE 4
Maoris make up almost 16 percent of the Greenstone Little
population, with most living on North Island. (jade) carving, Barrier
Ruawai Island Great
Before the coming of the Pakeha (white man), an example of
Barrier
Maori history was orally passed on to Maori art Wellsford Co Island
lv i
succeeding generations. This included many ur lle
Kaipara Harbo Warkworth
Ch a
nn e l
legends and waiata (songs). Their carvings
Hauraki In 1893,
T
in wood (left) and stone (right) were another Helensville Gulf
a
way in which they recorded and remembered Coromandel
events. In recent years, interest in Maori Takapuna New Zealand was
5 Whitianga 5
culture has increased, and schoolchildren are 0 km 50 100
sm
Auckland Manurewa
now taught the Maori language. Papakura the first country
Thames Mayor
0 miles 50 100
an
Cambridge
a
Sea
Otorohanga Rotorua
Opotiki
ar
Kawerau
Tokoroa Rotorua um
Te Kuiti k
R au
Murupara
North Taranaki Taupo
Lake
Bight Ohura Taupo Gisborne
Lake Po
Waitara Taumarunui
North Waikaremoana ve
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Cape Turangi B ay 7
New Plymouth
AN
Hastings
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Bight Patea Havelock North
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Cape Cape Campbell
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Springs ce
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10 Runanga C la Kaikoura 10
Greymouth Lake
Brunner Hanmer
Springs
FILM INDUSTRY Hokitika Hurunui
New Zealand has a well-established film Ross Otira Arthur’s Pass
industry. Today, thanks to the acclaimed 3018ft (920m) Waipara
Tolkien trilogy Lord of the Rings (above), the Abut Head
s
country has become increasingly popular with lp Pegasus
Whataroa AN AGRICULTURAL NATION
international studios for location work. The Oxford Rangiora
A Rak Bay Agriculture is of prime importance, and it
aia
country offers an unusually wide range of Kaiapoi accounts for more than half of national
11 Fox Glacier 11
scenery, as well as technical experts. rn Darfield Christchurch export earnings. Orchards produce a wide
e South Flightless
Aoraki (Mt Cook) Plains Lyttelton Kiwi bird range of fruit, from apples (above) to kiwi
ry
th
12,283ft (3744m) Mayfield rbu Lake Banks fruit (below). Cereals and other crops,
e
n
Haast Mountu t Ashburton Ellesmere Peninsula such as sunflowers, add color and
Ca
Cook
o Island variety to the landscape. Traditional
S
Hinds Canterbury
Lake Fairlie Geraldine sheep and cattle farming has
Pukaki Bight UNIQUE WILDLIFE
Temuka expanded to include deer,
New Zealand has many unique and endangered goats, and even ostrich.
Lake Timaru animal species, especially birds. There were no mammal
Milford
12 Sou Wanaka Lake predators before humans introduced them, so many 12
nd
Hawea animal species have few means of defense, and some
W
Wanaka ai Studholme
Milford ta
ki birds, such as the kiwi, cannot fly. Conservation
George S Lake Waimate
ound Sound Wakatipu programs are now in place to protect
Caswell Sound Queenstown endangered species.
Lake Cromwell
Te Anau Oamaru
Alexandra
n g s to n e M ts .
GREEN ENERGY Lady Knox geyser,
ts.
Hampden
nd
M
Most of the country’s North Island
ri
L i vi
a
electricity comes from
Taie
Te Anau
Eyre
C lutha
13 hydroelectric power. 13
dl
Resolution Lake Lumsden
r
Dunedin It is generated by river
Island Manapouri
Ma
Mosgiel water gushing through
W
West
tau
Otago turbines inside dams
ra
Fio
Cape
aiau
Lake Gore Milton Peninsula at power plants.
Winton New Zealand also VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
Hauroko
y Riverton Mataura Balclutha has geothermal energy, A fault line runs through
e Ba using heat taken from New Zealand, where two major
Ta W a e w a Invercargill
Fov inside Earth. tectonic plates meet. It has
ea Tokanui caused devastating earthquakes
14 u To 14
et o
Codfish Island but has also helped create
xS
e s B ay
t
ra Ruapuke breathtaking scenery. This
Halfmoon Bay it Island includes South Island’s Southern
ADVENTURE-SPORTS PARADISE Alps and many smaller volcanic
Stewart Island New Zealand offers a huge range of adventure mountains, hot springs, and
Muttonbird sports and outdoor activities, from white-water geysers on North Island.
Islands South West rafting (below) to bungee jumping. The latter
Cape originated in Queenstown on South Island.
The town is billed as the country’s top
15 adventure-tourism destination 15
because its surrounding lakes,
mountains, and rivers—
and its mostly dry
climate—are ideal for
outdoor pursuits.
16 16
A B C D E F G H I
107
PACIFIC OCEAN
B C D E G H
Pacific Ocean
HAWAII
This chain of eight volcanic islands
and 124 islets forms the 50th state
of the United States of America,
and was admitted to the union
The largest ocean on earth, the Pacific covers in 1959. The dramatic landscape and
palm-fringed beaches make Hawaii
one third of Earth’s surface. The island nations of a popular destination for tourists.
Today, native Hawaiians are
Japan, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, and many a minority in their own land.
others are completely surrounded by this enormous
2 ocean, which stretches from the Arctic in the north to
the Antarctic in the south. The Pacific is also the ASIA
Hawaiian conch shells, once
world’s deepest ocean—its greatest known depth is in blown to sound a warning
the Mariana Trench, off Guam, which plunges steeply an
J ap a)
for 36,198 ft (11,033 m). Within the Pacific, there are of e
a tS
S e Eas
T re pan
many smaller seas that lie near land. These include (
h
nc
Ja
Yellow Japan
3
the Tasman Sea, the South China Sea, and the Marine iguana on Sea
black volcanic rocks,
Emper or Se a m o u
Bering Sea. There are more than 30,000 islands
a
Se
Galápagos Islands
S h i ks i n
ch
in the Pacific. Most are too small or barren to
in
Ba
h
en
C
st
Tr
oku
be inhabited, but others are home to people Ea u
u ky
of many different cultures and religions. The Taiwan Ry
n
Philippine
ts
Sea NORTHERN
groups—Polynesians, Melanesians, and
riana
Bas ine
MARIANA
sin in a
nch
in
ISLANDS
pp
4
Micronesians. Although the word pacific
Ba h Ch
(to U.S.)
Tre
Ma
Phili
GUAM
means “peaceful,” strong currents, tropical
ut
(to U.S.) Challenger
So
Philippines Deep
storms, and tsunamis can all make this 36,201ft
PALAU (11,034m)
ocean far from peaceful. South
Caro lin e I s lan ds
China
GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS Sea Celebes MICRON
TSUNAMI When British naturalist Charles Darwin (1809–1882)
traveled to the Galápagos Islands, he found many Sea
Earthquakes beneath the Borneo
5 unusual animals. He also noticed differences between M
Ocean may cause giant
Celebes
e l
waves called tsunamis. animals of the same species living elsewhere. This led
These can travel great him to believe that, over time, animals adapt, or E a s t I n d i e s
evolve, to suit their habitats. J a v a Sea New
distances across the ocean, Banda Guinea
building into a huge wall Java Sea
of water as they approach Ar
Black smoker af Torres
the coast. They can leave Timor ur Stra
i
immense damage in their chimney Timo r
t Gr
Coral
Se
wake. S ea
I N DI AN Sea
e at ee f
6
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Ba
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SURFING
The Hawaiian sport of surfing ranks as the oldest sport
in the USA. It was first practiced by the nobility as a form
AUSTRALASIA
of religious ceremony until the 1820s, when missionaries,
who thought it was immoral, tried to ban it. Today,
& OCEANIA
surfing is one of the most popular watersports and can
7 be enjoyed all over the world, from Australia to the U.K.
Great
l
Au s t r a i a n B i g h
t
r a it
South ss S t
Ba
Large
red tube Australian Tasmania
worms
Basin
8 DEEP-SEA VENTS
Underwater exploration has
revealed some amazing places
deep in the Pacific. Large vents,
formed by solidified minerals, act
The Pacific is
as chimneys for super-hot steam
and gas that stream up from the larger than
sea bed. These vents are known as
black smokers. Scientists have Earth’s entire
found a variety of new creatures
9 living in this hostile environment. land surface.
108 A B C D E F G H
I J K L M N O P
ARCTIC OCEAN
it
tr a
S
i ng
Ber
Bering
Aleutian Sea
Sea of ds
Okhotsk Basin
s l an Gulf of
R
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tP ok T
es
o
w n Chino Easter Island in the Pacific lies more than
u
or
th a s i no F rac tur e Zone NORTH 2,000 miles (3,218 km) from the nearest
n
N B Mendoci populated land. It is best known for the
t a
AMERICA gigantic stone figures known as Moai that
were carved from volcanic rock and erected
i n
facing the ocean. It is thought that the people 3
e Zone
s
r who built the statues were of Peruvian descent.
ractu
MIDWAY ray F
ISLANDS Mur
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e Gulf of
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WAKE ISLAND idge
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(to U.S.)
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MARSHALL
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P A C I F I C CLIPPERTON
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ture Zone Guatemala
(to U.S.) Frac ISLAND
n P a c i f i c PALMYRA erto
n (to France) Basin ge
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Basin JARVIS ISLAND
s
(to U.S.)
co
(to U.S.)
ia
Melanesian
Basin Co
O C E A N ract
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one Galápagos Islands
SOUTH
EL NIÑO 5
Peru-Chile
NAURU BAKER & (to Ecuador) Every few years, winds off the
a HOWLAND ISLANDS a g os F Gallego South American coast weaken,
n láp AMERICA
(to U.S.) Ga Rise causing an unusually warm ocean
e KIRIBATI Marquesas Z one current known as El Niño. This kills
TUVALU TOKELAU P o Islands cture Bauer
(to N.Z.) Fra off plankton that provide food for
s
a
Tre
(to France)
e e ocean temperatures and keep track
nc
SAMOA u re
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ISLANDS FRENCH A u s t Z on e
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(to N.Z.)
s
TONGA
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(to N.Z.)
az
(to Chile)
Islands
Lor
(to Chile)
(to Australia) Southwest
onia
Pacific
si
Lo
7
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Ch al l (to Chile)
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North Island
Ri n
si
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sv
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re Zo act are the most important fish. However, it is
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NEW
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Paci i c R Pa c i fi c B a si n
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SOUTHERN OCEAN
Tuna fishing needs
to be carefully
monitored.
I J K L M
ANTARCTICA
B C D E F G H
DAYTRIPPERS
The frozen continent of antarctica is covered by a vast to wear insulated clothing and goggles
to protect their eyes from the glare
off the ice.
icecap, many thousands of years old, and surrounded by the freezing
waters of the Southern Ocean. It is the only continent with no
permanent inhabitants—the only people who come here are scientists
2 or tourists. Although the land is rich in oil and minerals, mining is 2
prohibited under the laws of the Antarctic Treaty. This Treaty, agreed by
45 countries, made Antarctica OZONE HOLE
a “continent for science” High up in the atmosphere, ozone (a gas) forms
to be used for peaceful a natural shield that protects us from the Sun’s
ultraviolet rays. Scientists at both poles have
purposes only. found holes in the ozone layer, caused by
chemicals known as CFCs, once used in
3 Orcadas
(Argentina) South aerosols, fridges, and plastic packaging. SOU 3
Orkney TH
Signy Islands Sanae (South Africa) ER
(U.K.) Novolazarevskaya N
Georg von Neumayer OC
ge
(Russian Federation)
South (Germany) Lützow
EA
sa
Islands 0 km 500
L a n d aud N
e P
(U.S.) en (Australia)
ha
in Belgrano II
su S e a
m
Palm al (Argentina)
er
Rothera San Martín
Berkner Cape Darnley
La
16,066ft (4897m)
ice samples, for Ellsworth
(U.S.) Antarctic animals.
an
13,717ft (4181m)
Sea Mount Siple Casey
Ross Ice
s
Vic
U McMurdo Base
tori
O TH
(U.S.)
7 Ross Sea Mount Erebus Terre Emperor penguins 7
C
EA ERN
12,448ft
a La
Dumont d’Urville
(France)
FLOATING ICE
Icebergs are giant chunks of Antarctica Cape
Adare
George V
Land South
Geomagnetic
floating ice that break away,
or calve, from ice sheets or is actually Leningradskaya
(Russian Federation)
e
Pole
PENGUINS
9 Penguins walk awkwardly on land but can 9
swiftly swim to catch fish. Waterproof feathers
and a thick layer of fat help keep them warm.
110 A B C D E F G H
ARCTIC OCEAN
B C D E F G H
Arctic Ocean 1
t
tr a i
region is home to a range of wildlife, such as reindeer, Arctic Circle LONG DAYS
gS
musk oxen, foxes, and wolves. Some Seasons at the poles are extreme.
ri n
Polar summers are short, but there
people, including the Inuit of
Be
can be sunshine for 24 hours a day
Chukchi as the Sun never dips below the
Canada and the Sami of horizon (above). This is because
Sea
3 northern Scandinavia, Earth rotates at an angle to the Sun. 3
Ostrov
have also adapted to this Vrangelya
tough environment. East
Siberian
Sea
Beaufort
lf
Gu
FE
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4 4
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N
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ALASKAN OIL Victoria
Reserves of oil and gas in the Island Sea
N
Beaufort Sea, off the coast of
Alaska, have attracted interest
Melville
Island
A R C T I C
5 However, the introduction of 5
ships and oil platforms brings CANADA North
Geomagnetic
problems. In a bid to protect Pole
the area, several environmental Queen Severnaya
organizations are actively Zemlya
working to prevent drilling for Elizabeth North
Pole
more oil in this area.
L a nc as t er
Islands
6
Elle
smere Island O C E A N
Lincoln Franz
So u n
Na r es
S tr a Kara
it Sea Josef Land Se a
d
coasts.
VI
SVALBARD
Lan erik
7 (to Norway) 7
Spitsbergen NORTHERN LIGHTS
d
d
Fre
Sea
ct
irc g C hr i st ia n
8 le Kon d near Antarctica, where the effect 8
IX L an JAN MAYEN Sea is called the southern lights.
ARCTIC SURVIVORS (to Norway)
Polar bears live along the Arctic coasts of Canada,
Greenland, and Russia. They hunt seals and fish rk Strait
at points where the sea ice melts. With so much nma
De
Arctic ice having melted away in recent years,
the polar bear’s habitat is slowly disappearing.
An insulating layer of fat called blubber helps the ICELAND
bears survive the cold. Their white fur also REYKJAVÍK
9 provides essential camouflage on the ice. 9
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Aymará people, 27 Christianity, vii, 39, 40, 42, 81, 102 Dinka people, 39
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gas, 4, 6, 32, 36, 37, 50, 69, 78, 84,
Azerbaijan, 76, 77 churches, 17, 20, 49, 61, 66, 72, 73 dinosaurs, 88 111
Azeri people, 82 cities, vii Dnieper, River, 69 gemstones, 27, 40, 44
Aztecs, 18, 19 Asia, 80, 91, 92, 97 Dominican Republic, 2, 23 Geneva, Switzerland, 56
Australasia, 105 Dracula, Count, 68 Georgia, 75, 76, 77
Europe, 47, 48, 50, 51, 54, 58, dress, 63, 71, 79, 87, 92 geysers, 15, 33, 107
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kite-flying, 96 mountains, iv, 5, 26, 32, 54, 74, 85, Papua New Guinea, 100, 102 San Marino, 47, 60 temples, 20, 65, 67, 76, 81, 91, 92, 95
Kostelic, Janica, 64 87, 88, 89, 96 Paraguay, 24, 30 San people, 44 Texas, U.S.A., 16, 17
krill, 110 Mozambique, 34, 45 Paris, France, 54 São Paulo, Brazil, vii, 28, 29 textile industry, 70
Kurds, 77, 82 music, 10, 24, 31 people, see population São Tome and Principe, 35, 42 Thailand, 74, 94, 95
Kuwait, 75, 82 opera, 60, 105 Persian Gulf, 99 Sarajevo, Bosnia, 65 Tibet, 88, 89
Kyrgyzstan, 74, 85 singing, 68, 70, 88 Peru, 24, 26, 27 Sardinia, 60 Tigris River, 82
Labrador, Canada, 7 musical instruments, 31, 68 Petra, Jordan, 81 Saskatchewan, Canada, 5 timber, 4, 28, 43, 49, 71
languages, vii, 50 Muslims, see Islam Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 8 Saudi Arabia, 74, 82, 83 Titicaca, Lake, 27
Africa, 34, 35, 39 Myanmar, 74, 94 Philippines, 74, 96, 97 saunas, 49 Tokyo, Japan, vii, 92
Asia, 74, 75, 78, 79, 82, 85, 86, Phuket, Thailand, 95 savanna, vii Tonga, 102, 103
Pinatubo, Mount, 97 Scandinavia, 48–49, 111 tornadoes, 12
88, 92, 96
Central America, 20, 22
Europe, 46, 47, 50, 53, 56, 64,
N Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 8
Poland, 46, 62
scientists, 97, 109, 110
Scotland, 50
Toronto, Canada, 6
totem poles, 4
66, 69 NASA, 17 polar regions, v, 110, 111 seasons, iv, v, 110 tourism
North America, 2, 3, 6, 7, 10, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A., 10 pollution, 32, 33, 49, 62, 70, 72 Seattle, Washington, U.S.A., 14 Africa, 36, 38, 40, 45
11, 17, 19 national parks, 10, 14, 39, 43, 45, see also air pollution Seoul, South Korea, 91 Antarctica, 110
Papua New Guinea, 102 105 Polynesian Islands, 102, 108 Serbia, 46, 64 Asia, 76, 95, 98
South America, 24, 25, 26, 30 natural resources, 28, 44, 78, 84, population, vii Seychelles, 75, 98, 99 Atlantic islands, 32
Laos, 74, 94 97, 104 Africa, 34, 35, 39, 40, 42 Shanghai, China, viii, 91 Australasia and Oceania,
Lapland, 48 Navajo people, 16 Asia, 74, 75, 77, 79, 82, 86, 87, Shinto religion, vii, 92 102, 105, 107, 108
Latvia, 46, 70, 71 Near East, 80–81 96, 98 shipping, 32, 52, 99 Central America, 20, 23
Lebanon, 75, 80, 81 Nenet people, 79 Australasia and Oceania, Siberia, 78, 79 Europe, 49, 50, 51, 54, 57, 59,
Lesotho, 35, 44 Nepal, 74, 86, 87 100, 101, 104, 106 Sibiu, Romania, 68 63, 64, 66, 68
Libya, 34, 36, 37 Netherlands, 46, 52, 53 Central America, 2, 3, 22 Sierra Leone, 35, 40 North America, 5, 7, 11, 13,
Liechtenstein, 47, 56 New Brunswick, Canada, 7 Europe, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 69 Silicon Valley, California, U.S.A., 15 15, 16, 19
New Mexico, U.S.A., 16 North America, 2, 3, 5, 16, 19 Silk Road, 85 South America, 29
life expectancy, 6, 23, 42, 72, 78,
New Orleans, Mississippi, U.S.A., 10 South America, 24, 25 Singapore, viii, 75, 96 trams, 58, 66
84, 90, 93,
New York City, U.S.A., vii, 2, 8, 9 poverty, vii slavery, 10, 26, 28, 42, 68, 89, 99 Trans-Siberian railway, 79
Lisbon, Portugal, 58
New Zealand, 100, 101, 106–107, Africa, 38, 40, 42, 44 Slovakia, 46, 62, 63 Transylvania, 68, 69
Lithuania, vi, 46, 70, 71
108 Asia, 84, 86, 90, 97 Slovenia, 46, 56, 57 tsunami, 58, 108
London, U.K., vii, 50, 51
Newfoundland, Canada, 7 Central America, 20 soil erosion, 38, 41 Tuareg people, 37
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., 14
Nicaragua, Lake, 20 Europe, 71, 73 Somalia, 34, 38 tundra, v, 72
Louisiana, U.S.A., 10
Niger, vi, 34 North America, 10, 18 South Africa, 34, 44, 45, 99 Tunisia, 35, 36, 37
lumbering, see timber
Nigeria, 34 South America, 20, 28 South America, vi, vii, 24–31 Turkey, 34, 76–77, 80
Luxembourg, 47, 52, 53
Nile, River, 38 Prague, Czech Republic, 62 South China Sea, 108 Turkmenistan, 74, 85
nomads, 37, 38, 39, 41, 78, 81, prairies, vii, 4, 5, 7 South Dakota, U.S.A., 12
M 88, 89
North America, vi, vii, 2–19
North American Free Trade
Prince Edward Island, Canada, 7
Pueblo peoples, 17
Pyrenees Mountains, 54, 58
South Korea, 74, 90, 91
Southern Lights, 111
Southern Ocean, 110
U, V
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Machu Picchu, Peru, 25, 27 North Korea, 74, 90, 91 Quechua people, 27 84, 85, 91 United Kingdom, 32, 46, 50, 51
Madagascar, 25, 45, 98 North Sea, 50 Spanish colonies, 18, 22, 26, 30 Ural Mountains, 72, 79
Madrid, Spain, 59 sport, 54, 89, 104, 107 Uru people, 27
Maine, U.S.A., 9
maize, 12, 13, 64, 66
Northern Lights, 111
Norway, 46, 48, 49
Nova Scotia, Canada, 7
R Australian Rules football, 104
baseball, 93
Uruguay, 24, 30
U.S.A., 2, 4, 5, 8–17, 108
Malawi, 35, 45 nuclear power, 54 railways, 5, 27, 54, 73, 79, 86, 93 cricket, 86 U.S.S.R., see Soviet Union
Malaysia, 74, 96 Nunavut, Canada, 5 rain forests, v cycle racing, 55 Uzbekistan, 74, 84, 85
Maldives, 75, 98, 99 Africa, 34, 42 dogsled racing, 4 Uzbeks, 85
Manaus, Brazil, 29 South America, 26, 28 football, 13 Vancouver, Canada, 4
Mandela, Nelson, 45
mangroves, 99
O rainfall, v, 15, 39, 41, 86, 98
Rastafarian religion, 22
gymnastics, 71
horse racing, 11, 50
Vanuatu, 100, 102
Vatican City, 47, 60, 61
Manitoba, Canada, 5 observatories, 31 recycling, 49 ice hockey, 6 Venezuela, 24, 26, 27
Mao Zedong, 91 Oceania, 100 Red Sea, 38, 99 rugby, 51 Venice, Italy, 60
Maori people, 106 oceans, iv, 32–33, 98–99, 108–109, refugees, 43, 81, 84 skiing, 15, 48, 57, 64 Victoria Falls, 45
maple syrup, 6 111 religion, vii, 74, 81 soccer, 24, 28, 60, 80 Victoria, Lake, 34
Mariana Trench, 108 oil industry, 26, 32 Africa, 36, 39, 40, 41, 42 surfing, 108 Vienna, Austria, 57
markets, 21, 36, 71, 80, 95 Africa, 36, 37, 42, 44 Asia, 76, 87, 88, 92, 96 Sri Lanka, 75, 86, 87, 98 Vietnam, 74, 94, 95
martial arts, 93 Asia, 74, 77, 78, 81, 82, 84, 97 Central America, 20, 22 Statue of Liberty, 2, 8, 9 vineyards, 31, 55, 105
masks, 41, 42, 60 Europe, 50, 69 Europe, 59, 61, 62, 64, 67, 73 Stonehenge, U.K., 51 volcanoes, v
Mauritius, 35, North America, 4, 6, 16, 17, North America, 17 Sudan, 34, 38, 39 Central America, 20
Maya people, 18, 20, 21 111 Oceania, 102 Suez Canal, 38, 99 Europe, 60
Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 83 Okavango, River, 44 South America, 24, 28 sugar cane, 21, 22, 28, 45 Iceland, 33
medicine, 41, 84, 86, 89, 97, 104 Oklahoma, U.S.A., 16 Rhine, River, 52 Sumatra, 96 Pacific, 97, 107, 108
Mediterranean, 54, 60, 76 olive oil, 61 rice, 76, 90, 93, 94, 97 Sun, v, 48, 104, 110, 111 Volta, Lake, 41
Melanesia, 102, 108 Olympic Games, 4, 6, 64, 66, 71 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 24, 29 Superior, Lake, 7
Oman, 74, 83 Rocky Mountains, 3, 4, 5, 14, 15
Melbourne, Australia, 105
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A., 10
Mexico, 2, 18–19
Ontario, Canada, 6
Ontario, Lake, 6, 7
Roman Catholicism, 17, 20, 28, 61,
62, 64, 96
Suriname, 24, 26
Sweden, 46, 48, 49
Switzerland, 47, 56, 57
W, Y
opium, 95 Romans, 37, 55, 63 Wales, 50, 51
Mexico City, vii, 18, 19 Sydney, Australia, vii, 100, 105
Oregon, U.S.A., 14 Rome, Italy, 60, 61 war, 38, 64, 80, 81, 82
Miami, Florida, U.S.A., 11 Syria, 74, 80, 81
orphans, 84, 94 Rotterdam, Netherlands, 52 see also civil war
Michigan, Lake, 13 Washington, D.C., U.S.A., 8
Micronesia, 100, 102, 108 Orthodox Church, 64, 67, 73 rural life, 13, 42, 63, 73, 94
Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 32, 33
Middle East, vii, viii, 82–83
Osaka, Japan, 92
Ottawa, Canada, 6
Rushmore, Mount, 12
Russia, 47, 70, 72–73, 78–79, 92,
111
T Washington state, U.S.A., 14
water, 16, 39, 44, 78, 80, 83, 84, 86
waterfalls, 27, 45
minerals, 27, 28, 40, 42, 78, 85 Ottoman Empire, 66, 76 taiga, 79
overcrowding, 92 Rwanda, 35, 39 wealth, viii, 3, 10, 49, 52, 54, 56,
mining, 15, 19, 28, 40, 43, 44, 78, Taiwan, 90, 91 82, 96, 97
84, 104, 110 ozone layer, 110
Tajikistan, 74, 85 weather, iv, 12, 31
Minsk, Belarus, 71
Mississippi River, U.S.A., 10
P, Q S Tajiks, 85
Tallinn, Estonia, 70
see also climate
Western Sahara, 36, 37
Missouri, U.S.A., 12 Sahara Desert, v, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42 Tamils, 86 whales, 32
Monaco, 47, 54 Pacific islands, 102–103, 108–109 Sahel, 40, 41 Tanzania, 39 wheat, 5, 12, 13, 26, 66, 90, 104
Mongolia, 74, 88–89 Pacific Ocean, 96, 100, 108–109 St. Lawrence Seaway, 6, 7 Tartars, 73 wildlife, see animals
monsoon, 86, 98 Pacific Ring of Fire, 97, 108 St. Petersburg, Russia, 72 Tasman Sea, 108 wine, 31, 55, 64, 66, 69, 105
Montenegro, 47, 64, 65 Pakistan, 74, 86, 87 salt, 99 Tatra Mountains, Slovakia, 63 Winnipeg, Canada, 4
Montevideo, Uruguay, 30 Palestine, 80, 81 Samarqand, Uzbekistan, 85 tea, 39, 45, 77, 87 Yalta, Ukraine, 69
Montreal, Canada, 6 pampas, 31 Sami people, 48, 111 technology, 5, 68, 91, 92, 93, 96 Yellowstone National Park,
Moors, 58 Pamplona, Spain, 59 San Diego, California, U.S.A., 14 tectonic plates, vi, 32, 67, 92, 107 U.S.A., 14, 15
Morocco, 34, 36 Panama, 2, 21 San Francisco, California, U.S.A., temperature, v, 15, 16, 88 Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, 19
Moscow, Russia, 72, 73 Panama Canal, 21 14, 15 ocean, 109 Yugoslavia, 64
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