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Research Places

InfoPlease.com - Encyclopedia, Atlas, Dictionary, and more
HyperHistory - "HyperHistory is an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronoptic lifelines, timelines, and maps."
CIA Database of Countries - yes, the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C. - information, maps, and flags of the world!
Maps - outine maps of the world from WorldAtlas.com
Maps - outline maps from EduPlace.com
City Net - a listing of countries and lots of related links
Student Research Sites - the "Big Page" - somebody's personal page and a good source of links to a variety of pages
NGS - National Geographic Online
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
The Universal Currency Converter(tm)  - How much is a Canadian dollar worth in another country?
World Time - "is a service featuring an interactive world atlas, information on local time as well as sunrise and sunset times in several hundred cities, and a database of public holidays worldwide."
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Africa

South Africa: Discover a Vast & Varied Land
Postcolonial Literature in Africa: An Overview
Southern Africa Environment Page
City.Net Africa

 

 

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Asia

Japan

Travel Japan Site - links to the different prefectures
A Teachers' & Textbook Writers'(Contents Page) - a great source of information. High reading level.
ABC Country Book of Japan - geography, flag, economy, ...based on the CIA database
Japan - geography
Japan - geography, maps, ...Information from the National Geographic and CIA - the Mining Company
Kids Web - Japan
Nature and Climate of Japan
Japanese Information - lots of general information and starting points
Kenji's page on Japanese Culture
Asahi Newspaper (English)
Japan Times Newspaper (English)
Links to Japanese Culture
Japanese Culture is Strange - some writings about life in Japan
Kimono Hypertext: Introduction
Japanese Baseball

 

 

 

 

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Europe

North America

Canada

Yennadon's pages on Canada
The Canadian Resource Page - a HUGE source of links
Canadian Geographical Names - Origins Page
B.C. Govt. Home Page
Canadian Cities - a HUGE listing of towns and cities in Canada
GEOGRAPHIC CROSS REFERENCE - VISUAL RECORDS - BC ARCHIVES
Canada's Maple Leaf: As set of Quiz material for each chapter (Gr. 3)

General

Facts and Figures

Law

History

Screen

Music

Canadaian Jazz Sites - Many good music related sites.

Museums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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South America

Central America/Carribean - Virtual Tourist
Colombia
Venezuela
Guyana
Suriname
Bolivia
Ecuador
Peru
Brazil
Paraguay
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Falkland Islands
French Guiana

 

 

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Page edited by Brent, Nov.14, 2001