World: Countries & Topics

COLLECTIONS: Countries of the World <New>  
CPL Kids Pages: Countries http://www.cantonpl.org/kids/country.html
CyberSleuth Kids: Geography http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Geography/
Kids Links to Cities and Countries (KidsWorld) http://www.northvalley.net/kids/cities.shtml
Peace Corps Kids World http://www.peacecorps.gov/kids/world/
World Almanac for Kids http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com/explore/nations.html
   
COLLECTIONS: World Facts (see also Atlases & Maps and Research & Reference)
CIA World Factbook * http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
CountryReports.org http://www.countryreports.org/
Food Timeline http://www.foodtimeline.org/
GreatestPlaces.org http://www.greatestplaces.org/
NationMaster http://www.nationmaster.com/
Today in History http://search.teach-nology.com/today/today2.pl
Travel Channel.com http://travel.discovery.com/
WorldAtlas.com http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
World Flag Database http://www.flags.net/index.php
   
COMPETITIONS & CHALLENGES  
Do You Know Europe? (PowerPoint challenge online) www.dagbladet.no/download/doyouknowEurope.pps
Geography Cup <New> http://www.geographycup.com/
   
CONVERSION & TRANSLATION TOOLS  
Currency Converter http://www.xe.com/ucc/
Glossaries by Language http://www.lai.com/glossaries.html
   
COUNTRIES & TOPICS BY NAME:  
Africa  
Cycles: African Life Through Art http://www.ima-art.org/cycles/
   
Arctic & Antarctic (North & South Poles)  
EducaPoles: Fun Zone (Internat. Polar Found.) <New> http://www.educapoles.org/
   
Aztecs, Incas, Mayans  
Incan Ice Mummies (PBS: Nova) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/worlds/
MesoAmerican Ball Game http://www.ballgame.org/
   
Biomes  
Biomes of the World http://mbgnet.mobot.org/
   
China  
Beijing Highlights.com http://www.beijinghighlights.com/
China Highlights.com http://chinahighlights.com/index.htm
China Maps http://www.maps-of-china.com/
ChinaToday.com http://www.chinatoday.com/
Chinese Home (Yin Yu Tang) http://www.pem.org/yinyutang/
Chinese Writing http://www.omniglot.com/writing/chinese.htm
Regent China Tour http://regenttour.com/china/
   
Commonwealth Games  
Melbourne, Australia 2006 http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Channels/
   
Current Events (see Current Events on main menu)
   
Egypt (Ancient & Modern)  
Ancient Egypt (British Museum) http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/
CMA Kids Egyptomania http://www.clevelandart.org/kids/egypt/index.html
Color Me Egypt http://touregypt.net/kids/
Cyber Mummy (World Heritage Museum) http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/Cyberia/VideoTestbed/Projects/Mummy/mummyhome.html
Egypt Fun Guide (Seaworld?!) http://www.seaworld.org/fun-zone/fun-guides/egypt/index.htm
Eternal Egypt * http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet
How Are Mummies Made? (U.Mich.) http://www.si.umich.edu/CHICO/mummy/howtext.html
Little Horus.org (from Egypt, for kids!) http://www.horus.ics.org.eg/en/
Pyramids: (PBS: NOVA) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/
Theban Mapping Project: Valley of the Kings http://www.thebanmappingproject.com/
   
Europe  
Do You Know Europe? (PowerPoint challenge) <New> www.dagbladet.no/download/doyouknowEurope.pps
   
Flags  
Coloring Book of Flags http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/cbk.html
WorldAtlas.com http://www.worldatlas.com/
World Flag Database http://www.flags.net/index.php
   
Geographic Regions of the World (see Regions of the World below and Geography on main menu)
   
Greece (Ancient & Modern)  
Ancient Greek World http://www.museum.upenn.edu/Greek_World/Index.html
Greek Mythology http://www.entrenet.com/~groedmed/greekm/myth.html
MythWeb http://www.mythweb.com/
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/
   
History (see History on menu)
   
Languages & Writing Systems  
Omniglot.com: guide to written language http://www.omniglot.com/
   
Maps & Atlases (see Atlases and Maps on menu)
Mexico  
MesoAmerican Ball Game http://www.ballgame.org/
Mexico for Kids http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/index_kids.html
   
Oceans and Seas http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/ocean/Blue.shtml
Olympic Games (see Olympics on menu)
   
Tunisia  
ArabNet: Tunisia http://www.arab.net/tunisia/index.html
Banknotes of Tunisia http://www.banknotes.com/tn.htm
Star Wars II: filmed in Tunisia! http://www.starwars.com/kids/explore/bts/f20001016/indexp4.html
Travel and Tourism http://www.tourismtunisia.com/
Tunis: The Modern Capital http://lexicorient.com/tunisia/tunis.htm
Tunisia (CIA Factbook) http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ts.html
Tunisia Facts at a Glance (Gov't of Canada) http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/CIDAWEB/webcountry.nsf/VLUDocEn/Tunisia-Factsataglance
Tunisia Online http://www.tunisiaonline.com
   
Regions of the World  
Biomes of the World http://mbgnet.mobot.org/
Do You Know Europe? (PowerPoint challenge)   http://www.dagbladet.no/download/doyouknowEurope.pps
   
World Views From Space  
NASA: World Wind http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
   
World Wars (see also History and Museums on main menu)
Canadian War Museum http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/cwme.asp
   

 


Updated March 27, 2007
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