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A Trip Around the World

Scroll down to browse, or you can go straight to a continent:
North America | South America
Africa | Asia | Europe
Australia | Antarctica

Countries of the World

"Each Country Profile provides information on: Geography, Maps, Flag, History, Current ruler, Area, Population, Capital, Largest cities, Languages, Ethnicity/race, Religion, Literacy rate, Economy, Government." Part of the Fact Monster site.
URL: http://www.factmonster.com/countries.html

Our World

Information and links to sites about lots of places in our world, from the IPL2 For Kids -- Kidspace, the kids' section of The Internet Public Library.
URL: http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=12&cid=3&tid=4245&parent=0

Places Directory -- National Geographic

From National Geographic's Places Directory, get information about continents & regions, countries, U.S. states, and cities.
URL: http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/places/directory.html

Where is That?

A game from FunBrain.com that uses maps. You choose the country or continent and the difficulty level.
URL: http://www.funbrain.com/where/index.html

FX Converter

How much is a U.S. dollar worth in the currency of the country you are studying? This Foreign Exchange Currency Converter lets you compare 164 currencies.
URL: http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic

North America

Mexico

Mexico Country Facts, Information, Photos, Videos

Facts and photos from National Geographic.

Magic Tales of Mexico

Mexican folktales you can read on-line, in English and Spanish.
URL: http://www.g-world.org/magictales/

Spanish For Kids | 123TeachMe

Learn a few words and phrases in Spanish! Go to the category you are interested in and click on a picture to hear the Spanish word.
URL: http://www.123teachme.com/learn_spanish/spanish_for_children

Canada

Zoom School: Canada

URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Canada/

CanadaInfo

"CanadaInfo is more than 400 pages of information about Canada - its government, history, facts, people, security, geography, provinces, symbols, and more."
URL: http://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/index.html

United States

IPL2 KidSpace » Our World » North America » USA

Links to sites on the United States, provided by the Internet Public Library.
URL: http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=12&cid=3&tid=4447&parent=4407

There are many other United States links on the Social Studies page on this site.

South America

InterKnowledge - Latin American Destinations

Information about several countries in Central and South America.
URL: http://www.geographia.com/indx05.htm

Zoom School: Brazil

Find out about Brazil and some of the animals that live there. Or perhaps you want to learn some Portuguese by studying the picture dictionary.
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Brazil/

Africa

Zoom School: Africa

URL: http://www.zoomschool.com/school/Africa/

Wildlife Gallery

There are facts about many different African animals on this page from the African Wildlife Foundation.Click on the small picture of an animal to get a larger pcture and some important facts, then click "Learn More" to get a longer article about the animal.
URL: http://www.awf.org/section/wildlife/gallery

Asia

IPL2 KidSpace » Our World » Asia

Links to sites about Asia and individual countries in Asia. From KidSpace at The Internet Public Library.
URL: http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=12&cid=3&tid=4384&parent=4245

InterKnowledge - Asia Homepage

Information about several Asian countries.
URL: http://www.geographia.com/indx04.htm

Zoom School: China

Find facts about China, including information about the Great Wall, and pandas, which live in China. Or learn to make tangrams or write Chinese numbers!
URL: http://www.zoomschool.com/school/China/

Kids' Japan

Try the Mt. Fuji hiking game, where you have to answer questions about kids' lives in Japan to climb to the top of the mountain. Don't worry, you can find the information you'll need if you surf the site!
URL: http://www.kids-japan.com/

Zoom School: Japan

There are Japanese crafts and haiku, information on Japan and its culture, and even a Japanese/English picure dictionary.
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Japan/

Pieces and Creases

Origami activities from a site created for ThinkQuest Junior. (Don't forget to see the rest of this prize-winning site. Just peek under the Japanese symbols at the top of the page.)
URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/5402/activities.html

Maps | AskAsia.org

Australia

Zoom School theme: Australia

Facts about Australia (Geography, States and Territories, Population, etc), a flag to print out and color, and more.
URL: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Australia/

IPL2 KidSpace » Our World » Oceana & Antarctica » Australia

Links to sites about Australia from KidSpace at The Internet Public Library.
URL: http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=12&cid=3&tid=4426&parent=4424

Antarctica

Zoom School: Antarctica

Map and geography of Antarctica, information on explorers, plus links to Snow Science, Fossils Found in Antarctica, and other fun and interesting things.
URL: http://www.zoomschool.com/school/Antarctica/

IPL2 KidSpace » Our World » Oceana & Antarctica

Links to sites about Antarctica and Oceana. From the KidSpace at The Internet Public Library.
URL: http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=12&cid=3&tid=4429&parent=4424

Europe

IPL2 KidSpace » Our World » Europe

Links to sites about Europe and individual countries in Europe. The countries with resources listed are: Ireland, United Kingdom (includes England and Scotland), Germany, Poland, Hungary, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Scandinavia, and Albania. From KidSpace at The Internet Public Library.
URL: http://www.ipl.org/IPLBrowse/GetSubject?vid=12&cid=3&tid=4372&parent=4245

URL: http://www.wssu.org/nes%20library%20page/world.html