The connections between wealth and poverty, housing and education, war and crime are evident when examining the data provided by the Real World Atlas. The wealth of a country is a key factor in the success of the education system. If a country can afford to maintain and develop its education system, people will benefit. It is essential to understand the general statistics of each: wealth and poverty; housing and education; and war and crime before analyzing how each relates to the other. If a population is educated, those individuals are likely to be wealthier than those who are uneducated; this same population is also prone to less violent crimes. Furthermore, if a given population can provide for itself, the living situation will be better. Furthermore, the more stable the homes, the safer the inhabitants will be. Wealth and Poverty Looking at the maps within the Wealth and Poverty subtitle of the Real World Atlas it is obvious that developed nations are richer than developing nations. Over the past 60 years, the richest countries in US dollar terms have been the United Kingdom, New Zealand, the United States, the United Arab Emirates, France and Switzerland – all developed countries. At the other end of the spectrum, one might predict that developing countries, such as most countries in Africa and South Asia, would be among the poorest in the world; one would be correct in their hypothesis. The data supports this claim; Chad, Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana and Malawi are among the many African countries that rank last in the wealth category. “The industrial revolution… greatly increased the ability of some groups, especially Europeans at first, to produce g… half of paper… employment, a highly educated population, obviously more wealth and less violent deaths from crime . Even though they had more prisoners in total, this was due to the stable and effective justice systems, unlike third world countries which fail to catch criminals at all. Works Cited Capelli, P. (2008). The dream school: more education is not a cheap elixir [Electronic version]. Issues in Science and Technology, 24(4), 59-64. Dorling, D., Newman, M., & Barford, A. (2008). The Atlas of the Real World. New York, NY: Thames and Hudson Inc. Minerd, J. (2000). How governments can promote wealth [Electronic version]. Futurist, 34(5), 8.Dan Usher. (1997). Education as a deterrent to crime. The Canadian Journal of Economics, 30(2), 367-384. Retrieved from http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=12615859&Fmt=2&clientId=44880& RQT=309&VName=PQD