The Guardian
Guardian: World News: How Well Do You Really Know Your Country?
This interactive article engages readings in a series of questions about statistics about a chosen country. Students will predict a statistical answer and receive immediate answers relative to their accuracy. Students will also be able...
University of Washington
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation : Gbd Compare
Impressive visualization of the causes of death in every country around the world. You can choose to have the data displayed in different chart forms.
Other
Map Fight
A useful tool that facilitates comparison of any two countries to find out the land size ratio between them.
Other
Fiarfield University: The Urbanization of the World
A focused look at urbanization in first and third world societies . Interesting charts compare urbanization trends in more vs. less developed regions of world.
Bob Dunn
History Globe: The Oregon Trail: 1843 Map
Take a virtual tour of the historic Oregon Trail and see photos of the landmarks along the way. Compare the map of 1843 with a modern map of today.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Comparative Areas of the United States and Other Countries, 1872
A map from 1872 of the United States used to illustrate the comparative area sizes of the states to other countries in the world. The map shows state and territory boundaries at the time (Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming,...
Other
Metrocosm: Your World Map Is Hiding Something
The Mercator projection is the map everyone is most familiar with, however, this map gives a distorted view of our world. Find out why and compare other map projections. Have fun clicking on the maps and changing the projections to see...
Other
Metrocosm: The History of u.s. Government Spending, Revenue, and Debt
The amount of national debt is a hot button issue today. Compare our current national budget to years past to see when our country was in our deepest debt. By analyzing the following charts, students will see the evolution of U.S....
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Etc: Maps Etc: Physical and Political Map of Africa, 1879
Map of pre-colonial Africa, showing the predominately native countries and territories of the African continent in 1879. The counties include the Barbary States of Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Tripoli and Fezzan, the Egyptian territories of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Pre Colonial Africa, 1872
A map of Africa showing the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...
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Monopoly/monopsony Power in Trade
Examples of large country importers and large country exporters are used to explain and compare the concepts of monopolies and monopsonies.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colonial Africa, 1904
A map of Africa shortly after the Berlin Conference of 1885, which established the European colonial territory claims on the continent. These European and independent boundaries include Algeria and the Saharan Sphere of French Influence,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: European Possessions of Africa, 1906
A map of Africa after the Berlin Conference of 1885, which established the European colonial territory claims on the continent. This map shows the Belgian, British, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish claims, and the Turkish...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Asia, 1904
A map of Asia from 1904 showing country boundaries at the time, major cities, rivers, lakes, deserts, terrain, and coastal features. This map shows the extent of the Russian Empire and Turkish Ottoman Empire in Asia, the Empire of Japan...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Asia, 1899
A map of Asia from 1899 showing country boundaries at the time, foreign possessions, capitals and major cities, rivers, canals, lakes, deserts, terrain, and coastal features. This map shows the principal railways and caravan routes of...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Physical and Political Asia, 1870
A map of Asia from 1870 showing country boundaries at the time, major cities, mountain systems, rivers, lakes, deserts, terrain, and coastal features. An inset map details the area of Palestine, and an outline map of Pennsylvania at the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: India, 1904
India, showing country, province and native state borders current to 1904, major cities, railroad lines, and navigable rivers. Physical features include mountain ranges with elevation measured in feet, major rivers and watersheds, and...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Mexico, 1872
A map from 1872 of Mexico, showing states and state capitals, major cities, towns, and ports, railroads, lakes and rivers, mountain systems, terrain, and coastal features. Steamship routes to major ports are shown, with distances marked...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: South America, 1898
A map of South America in 1898. The map shows capitals and major cities, railroads, terrain, rivers, and coastal features, and includes an insert map of the Isthmus of Panama. "The chief industries in South America are herding,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Cities and Towns of the United States, 1898
A map from 1898 of the contiguous 48 states showing the distribution pattern of the major cities and towns at the time. The size of the dots indicate comparative populations. "Most of the manufacturing of the world is carried on in...
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Click for Larger Flag of Chile
Go to this site for facts and figures on Chile. Besides a background paragraph, there is a data list that can be compared with other countries. Top and bottom rankings for Chile are featured. There are also historical and current maps.
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Click for Larger Map of Chile
Go to this site for facts and figures on Chile. Besides a background paragraph, there is a data list that can be compared with other countries. Top and bottom rankings for Chile are featured. There are also historical and current maps.
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Santiago, Chile
Go to this site for facts and figures on Chile. Besides a background paragraph, there is a data list that can be compared with other countries. Top and bottom rankings for Chile are featured. There are also historical and current maps.
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Chile (Shaded Relief) 1974
Go to this site for facts and figures on Chile. Besides a background paragraph, there is a data list that can be compared with other countries. Top and bottom rankings for Chile are featured. There are also historical and current maps.