Website from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) provides interactive reference material for regional and world maps in the World Factbook Library. Students and teachers can search for information about any country in the world.

Maps of major areas of the world can be downloaded here. The maps have excellent detail and are in color.

This classroom activity features geography facts of countries around the world. Students explore latitude, longitude, area, climate, and more. They examine maps of the area, and discover the location of a country with respect to other...

Complete learning module offering students a look at the Five Themes of Geography. Site contains informational text, maps, video and links to further resources. Teachers will find handouts, lesson assignment instructions and questions...

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...

A world map featuring active volcanoes, plate tectonics, hot spots, and ring of fire.

This unique combination of data, demographics and innovative visuals resizes countries on a world map in relation to a menu of insightful data-driven topics, such number of deaths from cancer or amount of steel produced, giving us a new...

An index of maps and flags of countries throughout the world. Also provides political maps, time zones, population, and religious maps of every region of the world.

Interactive world map depicting the areas of the world where specific religions are practiced. Clicking on a religion causes the map to show how the religion has spread from its beginning as well as a brief synopsis of the religion and...

Test your knowledge of the countries of North American with this interactive.

Test your knowledge of world geography with this learning game.

A simple game where one must identify each continent on a world map as its name is presented.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed to quiz students about their general knowledge of World Geography. Use as a review or pre-test prior to instruction or just for fun.

Check out a world map hosting a variety of options for views of various soil types. Identify the different soils and where they can be found.

Provides continent, country, and ocean floor maps from all over the world. Click on a continent's name to access the detailed maps which also include statistical facts on each available country.

Test your geography of Asia with this interactive.

This lesson features a world map with labeled countries, a global map, and an interactive map of the seven continents.

UNESCO designates natural and man-made sites of "outstanding universal value" as world heritage sites to protect them for future generations. View sites by country or use an interactive world map to locate sites from around the world...

Are you studying about hunger in the world? This interactive world map with targets on 'hunger hot spots' and factual text is an excellent resource!

Find out what the political world map looked like after World War II in 1945. Enlarge the map so you can see what countries belonged to the UN, which were still dependent territories, and which did not belong to the UN.

Running Reality is the history of human civilization which can be browsed using a timeline and a world map. Click on a period of time between 3000 BC and 2000 AD and civilizations appear on the map. Click on any of these to see the time...

Test your geography of Africa with this interactive.

Test your knowledge of European geography.

Students develop and express claims through discussions and writing which examine the origins and experiences of the Aborigine people and evaluate their effectiveness in preserving their culture.