Nepal

China

East Asia

Chile

Belize

Bolivia

Guatemala

Honduras

Peru

El Salvador

Latin America

Mauritania

None

Mexico

North America

India

Pakistan

South Asia

Kuwait

Jordan

Lebanon

Qatar

Egypt

Iraq

Israel

Palestine

Saudi Arabia

Iran

Syria

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana

Senegal

Burkina Faso

Ethiopia

Guinea

Zimbabwe

Eritrea

Mali

Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map highlights early cultural hearths. Major hearths in dark green are located in the Middle East, Northern India, and Pakistan. Secondary hearths in light green are found in Mesoamerica, West Africa, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Guatemala, Peru, and North Korea.

Locations of major culture hearths, areas of cultural innovation that gave rise to a particular culture region

Major Hearths

World

nature

Alabama

Alaska

Alberta

Arizona

Arkansas

British Columbia

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Manitoba

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Brunswick

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

Newfoundland and Labrador

North Carolina

North Dakota

Northwest Territories

Nova Scotia

Nunavut

Ohio

Oklahoma

Ontario

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Prince Edward Island

Québec

Rhode Island

Saskatchewan

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Yukon

A map of North America displaying per capita G D P in U S dollars. Dark green indicates regions Yukon, Alberta, and Nunavut. Green shows British Columbia and Ontario. Light green shows Alaska and Quebec. Very light green most of south U S A.

Gross domestic product for administrative subregions (states, provinces, etc.)

US / CA States

Per Capita Gross Domestic Product (North America)

US dollars

Anthropogenic Biomes

Areas at Risk of Soil Degradation

Average Annual Precipitation

Biomes

Climate Zones

Global Mean Temperature, January

Global Mean Temperature, July

Global Surface Warming: Worst-Case Projections (NASA)

Insolation

Land Cover

Major Soil Orders

Prevailing Agricultural Practices

World Elevations

Major Hearths		Per Capita Gross Domestic Product (North America)
Major hearth	Secondary hearth	Class	Rank	US dollars
3.31%	1.87%
	26.8%
	30.0%
22.1%
30.6%
	23.8%
	11.1%