- About.com: Homework Help
Includes atlas, countries, maps, quizzes, and facts. Also answers to FAQs.
 http://geography.about.com/cs/homeworkhelp/
- Atlantic Ocean
Provides facts about the second largest ocean including background, geography, economic significance, transportation.
http://bartleby.com/151/zh.html
- Bears Go West
Follow as four stuffed bears travel the major trails used during westward expansion. Each bear travels from one school to the next making its way across the country.
http://www.sciencejoywagon.com/kwirt/bears/
- Bermuda Triangle
Information about myths, legends, and folklore surrounding this phenomenon.
http://octopus.gma.org/Tidings/myths/bermuda.html
- Break the Cycle
Follow the travels of David Brunk, who rode his bicycle across the southern United States to raise money for Habitat for Humanity.
http://boe.cabe.k12.wv.us/habitat/
- CIA Kids Page: Geography
Interactive quizzes test knowledge of lands around the world.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/ciakids/games/geography/index.shtml
- CIA World Factbook 2000
Government resource provides detailed information on countries and non-self-governing territories around the world.
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
- City Population
Statistics and maps about the major population clusters of the world. Also information about the capitals and principal cities of many countries. In English and German.
http://www.citypopulation.de/
- ClassBrain: State Reports
Includes information on people, products, history, maps, symbols, places of interest, state capitols and tourism.
http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/
- Climate Zone
Climate information for cities and countries all over the world
http://www.climate-zone.com/
- Countries Quest
Features articles about different countries organized by continent. Offers information on natural resources, people, arts, economy, government, and history.
http://www.countriesquest.com
- Countries of the World
Cultural and geographical information about countries of the world through interactive maps.
http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/menu_infopays.html
- Cyber School Bus
Stories, games, coloring activities, questions, and an online story to help kids learn about the world.
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/
- Distinctive Geography of the Earth
Identifies the biggest, highest, deepest, lowest, tallest, longest, and most populous countries, landmasses, oceans, lakes, rivers, mountains, and land surface depressions on Planet Earth.
http://home.comcast.net/~igpl/Earth.html
- Flags and Maps of the World
Offers views of national flags and maps for countries of the world.
http://www.plcmc.org/forkids/mow/
- Future State: U.S. Department of State for Youth
Includes maps, geographic news, country information, flags, and facts. Content categorized by school grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12.
http://future.state.gov/
- Geo Game
Offers adventures from around the globe.
http://school.discovery.com/schooladventures/geogame/
- GeoBee Challenge
National Geographic offers quizzes and questions that have stumped geography whizzes.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/geobee/
- GeoNet Kid's Place
Explore the geography of the United States in this interactive game created for students.
http://www.eduplace.com/geonet/
- GeoQuiz
Online geography quiz. Topics are shapes and locations countries, regions, places, national flags, capitals and others. Requires free registration.
http://www.geoquiz.com/
- Geographia
Provides information about the people, history, culture, natural terrain, and tourist attractions in Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
http://www.geographia.com/
- Geography 20G
Provides a wide variety of information on regions of North America. Also project planners and homework schedules for the author's class.
http://www.geocities.com/geography20g_s
- Geography Terms
Interactive definition matching game using geography vocabulary.
http://highschoolhub.org/hub/geography.cfm
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Searchable database of place names around the world tells where it is located. Includes more than a million ancient and contemporary names including variations.
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html
- Great Circle Calculator
Features calculating direct line distances between any two points on the earth's globe.
http://www.gb3pi.org.uk/great.html
- Himalayas: Where Earth Meets Sky
Examines the geography, history, environment, and culture of this mountain range.
http://library.thinkquest.org/10131/
- HomeTownLocator Gazetteer
Gazetteer with physical features, cultural features, aerial photos and various maps. U.S. Census 2000 data can be accessed by city, town, county and zip code.
http://Gazetteer.HomeTownLocator.com/
- Lesson Tutor
Features a selection of interactive puzzles on the states, countries, 13 colonies, capitals, and sign language finger spelling.
http://www.lessontutor.com/ltpuzzlehome.html
- Library of Congress: Country Studies
Contains information on geography, weather, government, religion, social, economic, and political issues for many countries.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
- Mapzones
Maps of countries plus information about their history, economies, and politics.
http://kids.mapzones.com
- Memorize U.S. Capitals
Learn the states and capitals in the order the states were admitted to the U.S. using the mnemonic device of location. Features mnemonic pictures of the states and their capitols.
http://members.aol.com/uscaps/index.html
- Mr. S's Humanities Club
Includes information about mountains, rivers, weather, Greece, links and software reviews.
http://humanitiesclub.users.btopenworld.com
- Name that State
Geography game about the 50 states of the United States.
http://www.primarygames.com/states/start.htm
- National Geographic Kids
Contains games, contests, articles, experiments, jokes, and activities.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
- National Geographic: Xpeditions
Offers a large selection of maps, virtual expedition and museum, forums, and lesson plans.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/
- Quia: Geography World
Collection of online games concerning geographical topics.
http://www.quia.com/dir/geo/
- Rockdoctor's Guide to Southwest Pennsylvania
Explore the history and current issues of the region
http://www.cobweb.net/~bug2/vft/Rockdoctor's%20Guide%20to%20Pennsylvania.htm
- State Web Games
Collection of 34 web games about the fifty states. Designed to teach capitals, abbreviations, locations, and trivia.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm
- Teach: Great Lakes
A large collection of information about North America's Great Lakes, including the region's geography, geology, history and culture, plants and animals, pollution concerns, and economy. Includes answers to kids' questions and a few other interactive features.
http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/geog/intro/intro_1.html
- Test your Geography Knowledge
Contains quizzes on maps of continents, countries, and states.
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/
- U.S. Gazetteer
Enter name or ZIP code in the United States for maps and 1990 census information.
http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
- U.S. State Capitals Quiz
How quickly can you match the states with their capitals?
http://kidshub.org/kids/capitals.cfm
- Where in the UK is Barnaby Bear?
Join Barnaby Bear on a virtual tour of Devon, Cornwall and the Lake District.
http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/barnabybear/p3.htm
- Where is That
Maps and games for naming countries, states, and capitals. Also two player version.
http://www.funbrain.com/where/index.html
- World Capitals Quiz
Match game for countries and their capitals.
http://quizhub.com/quiz/f-cities.cfm
- World Flag Database
Large collection of information and pictures of each country in the world. Also features historical flags.
http://www.flags.ndirect.co.uk/
- World Gazetter
Provides population figures for cities, towns, and countries of the world. Also images of current national flags.
http://www.population-statistics.com/
- World Monuments Map Puzzle
Interactive puzzle for locations and significance of the cultural monuments of the world. Also printable map of continents.
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/monuments.htm
- World Trivia Web Quizzes
Learn fascinating facts about world countries. Each quiz selects 10 world trivia facts at random from a total set of 480.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_trivia_world.htm
- Your Nation
Ability to rank nations in ascending or descending order, for a number of different statistics.
http://www.your-nation.com/
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