Contains background notes on the geography, people, history, government and leaders, political conditions, economy, and defense systems of the world's countries, each with information on relations with the U.S., arranged alphabetically from Namibia to Zimbabwe; features profiles of international treaty organizations; and includes reports on various aspects of foreign travel.
Presents comparative data for various countries of the world in catagories such as population growth, illiteracy, unemployment, military spending, and censorship.
Presents a visual survey of global trends and current events, with statistics on population, life expectancy, ethnicity and diversity, literacy and education, urbanization, income, inequality, quality of life, and more.
Between 1821 and 1880, the Santa Fe trail was primarily a commercial highway connecting Missouri and Santa Fe, New Mexico. When the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War in 1848, the Santa Fe trail became a national road connecting the United States to the new southwest territories.
Contains background notes on the geography, people, history, government and leaders, political conditions, economy, and defense systems of the world's countries, each with information on relations with the U.S., arranged alphabetically from Afghanistan to Mozambique.
