A brief introduction to the unifying elements of Arabic culture--language and religion--in a collection of images from around the Arabic world.

A short pictorial introduction to Finland, with explanatory notes that describe the Finnish language, people, and Finnish culture.

A short pictorial introduction to Denmark, with explanatory notes that describe the Danish people, the Danish landscape, and some of Denmark's cultural hallmarks.

Images with descriptions of Greece and Greek culture.

A short pictorial introduction to Italy, with explanatory notes that describe Italian cultural landmarks, traditions, and works of art.

A short pictorial introduction to Hungary, with explanatory notes that describe the Hungarian language and some of the architectural highlights of the Hungarian capital Budapest.

A short click-through slideshow about Iran that gives visitors a sense of the country's history, language, and religious identity.

A short, illustrated introduction to Israel that tells of its language, history, and landscape.

A short pictorial introduction to Ireland, with explanatory notes that describe the Irish language, people, and landscape.

A short pictorial introduction to Bulgaria, with explanatory notes that describe the Bulgarian language, people, landscape, and society.

This creative infographic from SuperScholar helps us understand how much William Shakespeare's plays and poetry have influenced both our language and our culture today.

A map of the land inhabited by Indian tribes in the eastern part of the United States before European settlement. Map shows linguistic stocks as well as culture areas, major, and minor tribes.

A series of photos and rubbings from Mayan stone calendars and standing stones (stelae) that could be used as primary sources for a unit on Mayan history.

Here you will find a collection of maps of Afghanistan from the Perry-Castaneda Collection. There are political maps, relief maps, cultural maps, historical maps, and links to maps on other sites.

Get a brief idea about the various features related to Chile. Find detailed information on Chile's profile, geography and history, its people, its history, its flag, its economy, its culture - all have been covered in this section.

This simple chart lists the 39 consonants and the 5 vowels of the Khowar language. It explains how to pronounce each of them, as well. Included are many links for other aspects of the Khowar language.

Online exercises with demonstrative adjectives and brilliant photos to help in answering the fill-in-the blanks.

Colby College provides a great explanation of how to conjugate verbs in the future tense, with English translations of the examples. Twenty sentences provide fantastic practice in changing verbs from preterite tense to future tense...

Mesoweb provides a timeline that shows which cultures existed when in Mesoamerica and where.

Humberstone and Santa Laura works contain over 200 former saltpeter works where workers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia lived in company towns and forged a distinctive communal pampinos culture. That culture is manifest in their rich...

This site has articles about the Slovaks and Slovakia (part of former Czechoslovakia). There are articles on culture, language, and demographics.

This site has articles about the Slovaks and Slovakia (part of former Czechoslovakia). There are articles on culture, language, and demographics.

" Ethnolinguistic Groups - Almost all inhabitants of mainland China are of Mongoloid stock, and ethnic distinctions in the country are largely linguistic rather than racial. The Han comprise nearly 95 percent of the population; the...

" North China includes the densely populated and intensively cultivated North China Plain, the loess-covered uplands of Shansi, northern Shensi, and eastern Kansu, and the sparsely populated, semiarid steppes of Inner Mongolia....