Atlas: Table of Contents

Pages from the California Atlas are available for online viewing and can be downloaded as PDF files for free. Permission to use the maps for educational and non-commercial purposes is granted as long as credit is given to the California Geographic Alliance. The PDF files are formatted for 11″ x 14″, the same as the print version, so adjust as needed if you choose to print pages. You can access a free download of Adobe Acrobat Reader here.

A map reading and interpretation guide provides some guidance and support for reading the maps in the atlas.

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Page Description/Link Geographer’s Notebook Worksheets
Front Cover
1 Welcome and Table of Contents
2-3 California & The World
4 What is a Map/How Cartographers Use Symbols #1 – Map Symbols
5 Map Scale/Using Scale Bars #2 – Map Scale
6 Making a Globe Become a Map/Map Projections
7 Map Distortions / Latitude & Longitude Lines #3 – Latitude and Longitude
8 Types of Maps
9 Earthquakes and Fault Zones #5 – Earthquakes and Fault Zones
10 Physical Geography
11 Land Cover
12 North American Watersheds
13 Physiographic Regions
14 Minimum January Temperatures
15 Maximum July Temperatures
16 Climographs and Elevation Profiles
17 Annual Precipitation
18 Native Americans of 1770
19 Native American Lands Today
20-21 Spanish Missions & California Missions
22 Exploration & Early Settlement #12 – Early Exploration and Settlement
23 Spanish and Mexican Land Grants
24 Gold Rush Routes #14 – The Gold Rush
25 The Gold Rush
26 Territorial Evolution of California #15 – California’s Territory
27 California Counties
28 Railroad Development #16 – Railroads and Federal Land
29 Federal Lands
30 Native American Trade Routes
31 Major Highways
32 Hydrology Before Human Settlement #18 – Hydrology and Water Resources
33 Water Resources
34 Water Storage & Transport
35 Urban Water Transfer & Irrigated Lands
36 Urban & Agricultural Lands
37 Agricultural Products
38 Agricultural Exports
39 California & the World: Leading Export Markets 2017
40 Immigration
41 Population Diversity
42-43 Population Density & Population Change Since 1860 #23 – Population Density and Change
44-45 California Cities & Towns
46-47 Animal Migrations & Sources
48 Public Colleges & Universities
49 Glossary and Credits
Back Cover