A&E Television
History.com: The States
Learn unique facts about each American state. You can also read a more in-depth history of each state, watch videos and play a game about all the states.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: United States History Map: 50 States
Read about the regions of the United States, find the states in those regions on maps, and play a game to locate the states. A great interactive review.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Us History Map Assessment: Test Your Skills
Test how much you know about major U.S geographic features, Indian tribes, states and regions, European colonists and territorial expansion. View your correct and incorrect answers, and print out your assessment.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Maps of the United States
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collection of physical and political maps of the United States broken up by region.
Central Intelligence Agency
Cia: World Factbook: Regional and World Maps
Maps of major areas of the world can be downloaded here. The maps have excellent detail and are in color.
NOAA
Noaa: Cpc: Regional Climate Maps
Provides large colorful maps of climate data about each continent for the current week, month, or previous quarter.
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Etc: Maps Etc: United States Forest Regions, 1901
A map from 1901 of the United States showing the forest regions, coded to show heavily forested and moderately forested areas. Areas of typical forest types are shown, including pine and hardwoods, spruce, birch, and maple in the...
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Etc: Maps Etc: United States Economic Regions, 1900
A map from 1912 of the United States showing the principal industries of the region. The map is color-coded to show the areas of fishing grounds, industrial centers, coal mining areas, petroleum fields, and iron ore fields. This map...
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Earth Journalism Network: Climate Commons
A unique interactive tool that embeds news articles and information about climate change into a map of the United States. Users are able to explore what the impact of climate change at a local, regional or national level, as well as...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Forest Planting Regions in the United States, 1919
A map from 19169 of the United States showing the forest planting regions of the United States. The un-shaded areas are treeless except along the streams (riparian).
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Etc: Earthquake Activity in the United States, 1872 1882
A map from 1888 of the United States showing the regions shaken by earthquakes since 1872 and the extent of the area in which the earthquake was felt. The month and year of each earthquake is indicated in its boundary line.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Forest Regions of the United States, 1904
A map from 1904 of the United States showing the principal forest regions, including the forests of Alaska.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Forest Regions of the United States, 1906
A map from 1906 of the United States showing the principal forest regions, including the forests of Alaska.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Mineral Regions of the United States, 1910
A map from 1910 of the United States showing the regions of mineral resources. The map is keyed to show areas of gas and petroleum resources, gold and silver deposits, and copper deposits.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Forest Regions of the United States, 1911
A map from 1911 of the United States (from the U.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Relief of the United States, 1904
A relief map from 1904 of the United States showing the mountain systems and highlands, plateaus, plains, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. This map divides the area into the main groups of the St. Lawrence Basin, Allegheny Region,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Coal Mining Regions of the United States, 1904
Coal mining regions of the United States.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Coal Mining Regions of the United States, 1906
Coal producing regions of the United States.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Coal and Iron Deposits in the United States, 1910
A map from 1910 of the contiguous United States showing the regions of iron coal deposits. The map is keyed to show deposits of iron ore, lignite coal, bituminous coal, and anthracite coal in the region.
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Etc: Maps Etc: Forest Areas of the United States, 1901
A map from 1901 of the United States showing the principal forest regions. The map is color-coded to show heavily forested areas and areas where forests occur in more or less open areas.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1906
A map from 1906 of the continental or 'lower forty-eight’ United States showing state boundaries and state capitals, major cities and towns, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. Inset maps show the entire North American...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: United States, 1906
A map from 1906 of the continental or 'lower forty-eight’ United States showing state boundaries and state capitals, major cities and towns, mountain systems, lakes, rivers, and coastal features. Inset maps show the entire North American...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Commercial Map of the United States, 1872
A commercial map from 1872 of the United States showing the principal railroad and steamship routes in the region at the time. The map shows state boundaries and capitals, major cities and ports, submarine telegraph cables to Europe,...
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Etc: Territorial Development of the United States, 1783 1889
A map from 1889 of North America showing the expansion in the region of the United States from the original Thirteen Colonies at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783 to the time the map was made, around 1889, before the territories...