Social Studies - World Geography

Quicklinks

Longitude and Latitude Sites Travel Guides Europe Latin America
Rainforests Flags Asia Geography
Countries of the World Geography Games Middle East Int'l Foods
Mount Everest      
Mrs. McCormack's Country Desktop Handouts:
Country Desktop Presentation  Desktop Checklist Project Ideas
Fact Box  Flag Report Culture?
Poster Ideas    

Factbook Logo 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

Travel Guides
Destinations http://www.lonelyplanet.com/scoop/
Fodor’s Travel Guides http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/
Frommers http://www.frommers.com/destinations/
Planet Rider http://www.planetrider.com/
Rough Guides http://travel.roughguides.com/
Travel.org http://www.travel.org/index2.html
World City Guide http://cityguide.lycos.com/

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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