The people known as Swahili live along the narrow East African coastline and the adjacent islands between southern Somalia and northern Mozambique; they also live in the Aomoro Islands and northwestern Madagascar, and there are Swahili...

The Sakalava inhabit an expansive region of Madagascar; their territory today encompasses nearly all of the west coast of this large Indian Ocean island. "Sakalava" is a compound term meaning "the long valleys" or "rivers." A noun as...

NOAA discusses its reaction to the tsunami that rocked South Asia in 2004 and gives a scientific explanation to why it happened. Interesting animated map of the tsunami.

This is a map quiz of the physical features of South Asia. It contains lists of land bodies, rivers, and water bodies to be matched to a map of South Asia. It can be used as a study tool.

Article provides a brief examination of the merchants and traders of Africa during the early period of African history.

Presents a travel guide and country profile of the tropical island of Seychelles including a background overview and numerous links to comprehensive information on the islands' culture, history, geography, economy, environment,...

Features a travel guide and country profile of Maldives in Southern Asia including a broad overview and numerous links to comprehensive information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news,...

The BBC explains how the South Asian tsunami disaster happened with an animated map.

This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of the French Southern and Antartic Lands. The content covers the area's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and...

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...

Offers an excellent online resource and country profile of the Southern African island of Madagascar, background overview, and numerous links to comprehensive information on the island's culture, history, geography, economy, environment,...

The resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for a high school world history course. This section assesses students' knowledge of the Srivijaya Empire.

Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the island of Comoros in Southern Africa.

Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the island nation of Madagascar in Southern Africa.

Discover statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for the island nation of the Maldives in South Asia.

Learn about storms and cyclones with this website. Understand how storms are classified and predicted. Also learn about tropical cyclones which are revolving storms that occur in the Southwest Pacific and Indian Ocean. Site focuses on...

Learn about the five oceans of the Earth, life in the oceans, and why oceans are salty.

Conduct a demonstration to learn about how waves function in water. Create a poster that shows the physics of waves, how tsunamis work, the devastation caused by the 2004 tsunami or information about relief efforts for the 2004 tsunami.

Identify the world's oceans through this interactive quiz.

Kids learn about the Clownfish, orange and white famous coral reef fish from Finding Nemo.

Brief discussion of the 2004 tsunami disaster. Find links to other resources on the tsunami that rocked South Asia in 2004.

This page contains links to four sources that cover different topics related to the early days of exploration and expansion that led to the world's interconnectedness.

A great lesson plan that has your students exploring the interaction between the people of the Corps of Discovery and the Indian tribes they met on their journey to and from the Pacific Ocean. Web site resources, worksheets, and...

A map from 1910 of the Indian subcontinent and the Central Asia region showing the typical rainfall distribution patterns during the winter monsoons, keyed to show areas of rainfall ranging from very light to heavy rainfall. The map...