Geography & Maps

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50 States.com
Maps, Worksheets, Flashcards, and more. Teaching and homework help resource for state report assignments. State flags, songs, symbols. This site is the premier resource of state information for students, teachers, and their parents. Featured in the 2003 Educators Road Map to the Web by The Journal.

Atlapedia Online
Atlapedia Online contains key information on every country of the world. Each country profile provides facts and data on geography, climate, people, religion, language, history, and economy, making it ideal for personal or family education and for students of all ages.

CIA World Factbook
Extensive data, maps, and flags of all the countries in the world. Current Web edition is 2002.

Historical Maps of the U.S.
Maps give us a great overall perspective of history that no other historical documents can match.  Find well over a hundred maps at this University of Texas site that express information such as the growth of America and its territories.  here you can find historical regional maps as well as hard to find historical city maps.

National Geographic
Maps, cultures, and facts from around the world. Includes a special section for kids.

National Park Service ParkNet
This site provides information on the National Parks and their history.

U.S. Gazeteer
Part of the U.S. Census Bureau. You can enter a place name or zip code and get needed information from census data from the 1990 Census Lookup server. Includes a link to the Census 2000.

World Safari
An 11-year-old’s page that travels to a different country each month. Includes country facts and histories of the countries.