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Geographia - Provides information about the people, history, culture, natural terrain, and tourist attractions in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
Your Nation - Ability to rank nations in ascending or descending order, for a number of different statistics.
Library of Congress: Country Studies - Contains information on geography, weather, government, religion, social, economic, and political issues for many countries.
Quia: Geography World - Features games to help kids understand plate tectonics and continental drift. Includes matching, flashcards, concentration and word search.
U.S. Gazetteer - Enter name or ZIP code in the United States for maps and 1990 census information.
Bermuda Triangle - Information about myths, legends, and folklore surrounding this phenomenon.
World Monuments Map Puzzle - Interactive puzzle for locations and significance of the cultural monuments of the world. Also printable map of continents.
Name that State - Geography game about the 50 states of the United States.
National Geographic: Xpeditions - Offers a large selection of maps, virtual expedition and museum, forums, and lesson plans.
CIA World Factbook 2000 - Government resource provides detailed information on countries and non-self-governing territories around the world.
Geography 20G - Provides a wide variety of information on regions of North America. Also project planners and homework schedules for the author's class.
City Population - Statistics and maps about the major population clusters of the world. Also information about the capitals and principal cities of many countries. In English and German.
GeoBee Challenge - National Geographic offers quizzes and questions that have stumped geography whizzes.
World Capitals Quiz - Match game for countries and their capitals.
World Gazetter - Provides population figures for cities, towns, and countries of the world. Also images of current national flags.
Arctic Ocean - Provides basic facts about the world's smallest ocean, including geography, economic significance, and transportation.
Lesson Tutor - Features a selection of interactive puzzles on the states, countries, 13 colonies, capitals, and sign language finger spelling.
Atlantic Ocean - Provides facts about the second largest ocean including background, geography, economic significance, transportation.
Great Circle Calculator - Features calculating direct line distances between any two points on the earth's globe.
Break the Cycle - Follow the travels of David Brunk, who rode his bicycle across the southern United States to raise money for Habitat for Humanity.
Countries of the World - Cultural and geographical information about countries of the world through interactive maps.
Where is That - Maps and games for naming countries, states, and capitals. Also two player version.
Test your Geography Knowledge - Contains quizzes on maps of continents, countries, and states.
About.com: Homework Help - Includes atlas, countries, maps, quizzes, and facts. Also answers to FAQs.
Geo Game - Offers adventures from around the globe.
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names - Searchable database of place names around the world tells where it is located. Includes more than a million ancient and contemporary names including variations.
Cyber School Bus - Stories, games, coloring activities, questions, and an online story to help kids learn about the world.
Bears Go West - Follow as four stuffed bears travel the major trails used during westward expansion. Each bear travels from one school to the next making its way across the country.
World Flag Database - Large collection of information and pictures of each country in the world. Also features historical flags.
GeoNet Kid's Place - Explore the geography of the United States in this interactive game created for students.
US State Department: Geographic Learning Site - Includes maps, geographic news, country information, flags, and facts. Content categorized by school grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12.
State Web Games - Collection of 34 web games about the fifty states. Designed to teach capitals, abbreviations, locations, and trivia.
World Trivia Web Quizzes - Learn fascinating facts about world countries. Each quiz selects 10 world trivia facts at random from a total set of 480.
Teach: Great Lakes - A large collection of information about North America's Great Lakes, including the region's geography, geology, history and culture, plants and animals, pollution concerns, and economy. Includes answers to kids' questions and a few other interactive features.
Road Rally Game - An online "Wherever You Go, There You Are Road Rally" course that canvasses across five continents. At each checkpoint, competitors will be shown an image of that location as seen from the perspective of space.
Mr. S's Humanities Club - Includes information about mountains, rivers, weather, Greece, links and software reviews.
ClassBrain: State Reports - Includes information on people, products, history, maps, symbols, places of interest, state capitols and tourism.
CIA Kids Page: Geography - Interactive quizzes test knowledge of lands around the world.
Flags and Maps of the World - Offers views of national flags and maps for countries of the world.
Himalayas: Where Earth Meets Sky - Examines the geography, history, environment, and culture of this mountain range.
U.S. State Capitals Quiz - How quickly can you match the states with their capitals?
Where in the UK is Barnaby Bear? - Join Barnaby Bear on a virtual tour of Devon, Cornwall and the Lake District.
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