Social Studies - World Geography

World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

What are you doing to help other countries? http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/7thheaven-darfur

Mt. Everest
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/everest/lost/
Mt. Everest WebQuest http://questgarden.com/63/01/2/080325080356/

Longitude and Latitude Sites:
World Factbook
Indo.com
US Gov Census Gazatteer
InfoPlease Lagitude and Longitude of World Cities
Latitude and Longitude of World Cities

Rainforests: 
Rainforest Web South America: http://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Regions/South_America/
KidsKonnect: Rainforest: http://www.kidskonnect.com/Rainforest/RainforestHome.html
Rainforest Education: http://www.rainforesteducation.com/

Countries of the World
Countries and Regions Index (World Bank) http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/regions.htm
CountryWatch.com http://www.countrywatch.com/
InfoNation (Compare statistics for member nations of the UN) http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
K-12 Africa Guide http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Home_Page/AFR_GIDE.html
World Factbook http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Library of Congress Country Studies http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
State Department Background Notes http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/index.html
Educational Resources on Asia http://www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/Resource.htm
National Geographic Index http://www.nationalgeographic.com/publications/explore.html
World Heritage Sites http://www.unesco.org/whc/nwhc/pages/sites/main.htm

Flags
Flags of All Countries http://www.theodora.com/flags.html
Flags of the World http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags
World Flag Database http://www.flags.net

Geography Games
http://www.triviaplaza.com/geo4
http://users.bigpond.net.au/gradley/GREurope.htm

Europe
Interactive Europe Geography Quiz: http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/euroquiz.html
Europe Today: http://www.mrdowling.com/708europe.html
Visit Europe: http://www.visiteurope.com/
Virtual Tourist:  http://www.virtualtourist.com/Europe/?s=@984865356-4033&
UK National Portrait Gallery: http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/
British History 1700-1960: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Britain.html
British History: http://britannia.com/history/
CNN Europe: http://europe.cnn.com/
Basic Phrases for Eastern European Countries: http://www.cusd.claremont.edu/~tkroll/EastEur/
Culture Quest Europe: http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/europe/europe.html
EuroDocs Primary Historical Documents of Western Europe: http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/
European Union Online: http://europa.eu.int/index_en.htm
INCORE Internet Country Guides of Countries in Conflict: http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html
Europe's Rock Music Site: http://www.rockmine.music.co.uk/

Asia
Asia Art: http://www.asia-art.net/
Ask Asia: http://www.askasia.org/
Southeast Asia: http://sunsite.nus.edu.sg/asiasvc.html
Electronic Passport Eastern Asia: http://www.mrdowling.com/615seasia.html

Middle East
Encyclopedia of the Orient: http://i-cias.com/e.o/index.htm
Middle East and Northern Africa: http://www.mrdowling.com/607mena.html
Arabian Wildlife http://www.arabianwildlife.com/main.htm
The Middle East Times (Newspaper) http://www.metimes.com/
Middle East Network Information Center http://inic.utexas.edu/menic/
Middle East Regional and Country Resources http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/region.html
Food of the Middle East http://www.goodcooking.com/mideast.htm
Water in the Middle East http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/water.html
BBC News Middle East Edition http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/default.stm
PBS Connections: The Middle East http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/index.html
U.S. State Department Background Notes on Middle East Countries http://www.state.gov/www/background_notes/neabgnhp.html
Also use these travel sites:
http://www.fodors.com
http://www.frommers.com
http://www.travel.org/mideast.html
http://travel.lycos.com/destinations/location.asp?pid=28471

Latin America
Panama Canal worksheet http://terrax.org/sailing/locks/canallock.aspx
Culture Quest Latin America: http://www.ipl.org/youth/cquest/southamerica/southamerica.html
Mexico: Celebrating the Day of the Dead: http://www.inside-mexico.com/featuredead.htm
Mexico and Central America Electronic Passport: http://www.mrdowling.com/711mexico.html

Geography
GeoNet 50 States Game: http://www.eduplace.com/geo/
National Geographic GeoBee: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geobee/

International Foods
Recipe Source: http://www.recipesource.com/
Asia Food: http://www.asiafood.org/
Greek Cuisine: http://www.greekcuisine.com/
Indian Food Site: http://www.sanjeevkapoor.com/
Iranian Recipes: http://tehran.stanford.edu/

 

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