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World Geography Games
World Geography Games: Countries of Asia
Test your geography of Asia with this interactive.
Central Intelligence Agency
Cia: World Factbook: Regional and World Maps
Maps of major areas of the world can be downloaded here. The maps have excellent detail and are in color.
Columbia University
Columbia University: Characteristics and Spatial Distribution of Ecosystems
An understanding of the geography of East Asia - its land, water, people, agriculture, and why we call it "East Asia" - is crucial to understanding the history, civilization, and contemporary events in East Asia and the world. In this...
Columbia University
Columbia University: Asia for Educators: East Asia in Geographic Perspective
This teacher resource is devoted to teaching about the geographic history of East Asia. Includes standards information and links to related lesson plans. Also features a downloadable world map (PDF, requires Adobe Reader).
United Nations
United Nations: Cartographic Section: The World in 1945 [Pdf]
Find out what the political world map looked like after World War II in 1945. Enlarge the map so you can see what countries belonged to the UN, which were still dependent territories, and which did not belong to the UN.
Other
Harper College: North Africa/ Sw Asia Map Tutorial
Quiz yourself on the physical geography of Southwest Asia and North Africa by using this tutorial to Check your knowledge of landforms, bodies of water, and rivers in this area of the world.
BBC
Bbc: News: Country Profile: Maldives
BBC News offers a general overview of the South Asia islands of Maldives. Focus is on history, country facts, political leaders, and news media. Provides access to a timeline of key events, recent news articles, and related internet...
Other
Kids World Travel Guide: Continent Facts
Provides interesting and fun facts on the continents of the world.
Other
Atlas of World History
This interactive historical map focuses on the history of Europe, Africa, Asia to the year 1000 CE. Click on a region to learn historical facts about each location. Requires JavaScript. Offers map translation into Greek, Turkish, Serbian...
BBC
Bbc: News: Country Profile: Sri Lanka
BBC News features a general overview of the South Asia island of Sri Lanka. Focus is on history, country facts, political leaders, and news media. Provides access to a timeline of key events, recent news articles, and related internet...
BBC
Bbc: News: Country Profile: India
BBC News offers a general overview of the populous South Asian country of India. Focus is on history, country facts, political leaders, and news media. Provides access to a timeline of key events, recent news articles, and related...
BBC
Bbc: News: Country Profile: Bhutan
BBC News features a general overview of the tiny South Asian kingdom of Bhutan. Focus is on history, country facts, political leaders, and news media. Provides access to a timeline of key events, recent news articles, and related...
Other
Paleomap Project
Virtual reality animation map showing continental drift from 200mya to the present. The animation map is small but effective in showing the positions of the land masses.
BBC
Bbc: News: Country Profile: New Zealand
Read all about the Pacific nation of New Zealand from the BBC. View a map and timeline of events while learning about its leaders and history.
BBC
Bbc: News: Country Profile: Micronesia
Explore the western Pacific islands of Micronesia in this overview from the BBC. Learn facts and history of the country, view a timeline and learn about its leaders.
BBC
Bbc: News: Country Profile: Afghanistan
BBC News features a general overview of the South Asian country of Afghanistan. Focus is on history, country facts, political leaders, and news media. Provides links to a timeline of key events, recent news articles, and related internet...
Curated OER
Carver, Jonathan 1781, New Map of North America
"The David Rumsey Historical Map Collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century North and South America cartographic history materials. Historic maps of the World, Europe, Asia and Africa are also represented. The collection categories...