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Unesco: Japan: Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and Its Cultural Landscape
The Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine in the south-west of Honshu Island is a cluster of mountains, rising to 600 m and interspersed by deep river valleys featuring the archaeological remains of large-scale mines, smelting and refining sites and...
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Science Kids: Science Images: China Flag
The national flag of the People's Republic of China, a country in East Asia.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Japan Flag
The national flag of Japan, an island country in East Asia.
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Science Kids: Science Images: North Korea Flag
The national flag of North Korea, a country in East Asia.
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Science Kids: Science Images: South Korea Flag
The national flag of South Korea, a country located in East Asia.
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Science Kids: Science Images: Taiwan Flag
The flag of Taiwan, an island state located in East Asia.
Curated OER
Science Image: Dog
This article, published by Scientific American (Novemeber 22, 2002), explores new findings tracing the domestic dog's lineage to East Asia.
University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh:folk Links Folk:fairy Tale Site
This site offers links to folk tale and fairy tale sites. Students and teachers will benefit from this useful reference guide.
Earth Life
Earth Life Web: Bird Identification
Interested in doing some bird watching? This website from Earth-Life Web offers information on not only identifying birds in your own backyard, but in other countries as well. A long list of resources is included.
Other
The Wonders of Eurasia on Kamchatka
"Kamchatka, a peninsula comparable in size to Japan, is washed by the Pacific Ocean and the Bering and Okhotskoe Seas." This site provides good geographical information about Eurasia with clickable links for maps and more related pages.
Sam Houston State University
Shsu: Early Japan: Taiho
This site contains a brief, informative explanation of the Taiho Code. The explanation is in the last paragraph of the section labeled "KOFUN AND ASUKA PERIODS, CA. A.D. 250-710."
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Korea, North
On this site, students can learn about North Korea's history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Korea, South
Kids learn about the geography and history of South Korea on this website.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Mongolia
On this website, students can learn about the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of Mongolia.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Geography for Kids: Taiwan
This site explores the history, capital, flag, climate, terrain, people, economy, and population of Taiwan.
Other
Karate Do Shotokai Enyclopedia: What Is Bushido?
This site contains good information about Bushido, the code that the samurai followed.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Angel Island Immigration Center
Learn interesting facts about the Angel Island Immigration Center, a detention center for immigrants from China, Japan and Asia who entered the United States from the east.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Jews of Iran
Until mass emigration began in 1948, Jews constituted one of the largest and longest-settled non-Muslim populations in Iran. Dispersed in every city and town in the country, Iranian Jews were almost always a minority except in a few...
Quia
Quia: World Capitals Concentration
Use this website to practice matching world capitals and the corresponding country in a concentration game type format.
Quia
Quia: World Capitals Word Search
Practice matching world capitals and the corresponding country in a word-search format.
Quia
Quia: World Capitals Matching
Use this website to practice matching world capitals and the corresponding country.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Yemenis
The Yemenis are a Muslim and Arabic-speaking people who are mainly Arabs, although a small percentage of the population has African and Asian ancestry. Yemeni values have traditionally relied on a hierarchical, tribally organized, and...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Circassians
The Circassians are a people indigenous to the northwestern Caucasus who are also found today as minority communities in four Middle Eastern countries: Turkey, Syria, Jordan, and Israel. They call themselves "Adyge," the term...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Portrait of Sin Sukju
"Portrait of Sin Sukju" reflected both the honor that Sin Sukju brought to his lineage as a meritorious official in Korea as well as Confucian beliefs about the afterlife. View the portrait and read about the person it commemorated.