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50 States |
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Profiles of the 50 United States and their capitals. |
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About.com - Geography - Maps |
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Index to thousands of sites that feature various types of maps. |
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American Memory |
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Library of Congress collection of primary documents. |
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Aneki.com |
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Country information, world rankings and comparisons. |
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Atlapedia |
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Contains full color physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world. |
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COUNTRY REPORTS LW (NCEMC) |
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Expansive country culture & customs info. w/ maps, flags--also includes Photo Gallery, recipes, Nat. Anthems --music & words (many w/ native tongue & English trans.) |
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COUNTRY WATCH LW (COUNTRY WATCH) |
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Critical country-specific intelligence and data-- provides daily news coverage. |
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CULTUREGRAMS LW (PROQUEST) |
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Country culture & customs info. w/ maps, flags--also includes Photo Gallery, recipes, developing video clip collection. |
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Exploring Africa |
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Five unit curriculum, current events pages, and national profiles of African countries. Sponsored by Michigan State University. |
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Flags of the World |
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Internet's largest site devoted to vexillology (the study of flags)--more than 35,000 pages about flags with more than 66,000 images of flags.
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IgoUgo: Photo Gallery of Places |
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Contains photo gallery of places-- firsthand reviews, advice, and inspiring stories from everyday travelers. |
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Library of Congress: Country Studies |
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Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.
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Library Spot: Country Information |
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Index of general country directories. |
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Lonely Planet |
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Travel information--weather, health and safety,culure with an image library containing 250,000+ downloadable travel photographs. |
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National Geographic |
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Places Directory containing information on continents, countries, regions, states, provinces and selected world cities. |
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Planetware |
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Pictures of cities and places to visit in countries of the world. |
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Theodora |
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Flags, maps, world facts. |
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United States: Department of State--Country Information |
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Portal for information from the U.S. State Department--includes countries of the world information, current issues, etc |
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United States: Department of State--Travel |
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Includes world travel information, including travel warnings and alerts. |
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USA Tourist |
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Private Internet business that publishes information about travel to the United States-- easy-to-understand, useful, quality content in multiple languages to assist foreign tourists and business travelers in planning their visit to the USA--includes photos.
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World Fact Book |
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Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)publication containing extensive country profile, maps, flags. |
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World Flag Database |
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Flags for organizations, countries, territories and sub-national regions. Also included is basic information on the country, including its formal name, capital city, area, population, currency, languages, and religions. The flags include the national and state flags, ensigns, and sub-national flags. |
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World Travel Guide |
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Known as 'the Bible of the Travel Industry'--complete travel information for countries, cities, airport and many other attractions. |
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WorldBank.org |
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Source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. |
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