DATA RESOURCES - TEXTBOOK BY THE UNIT - GEOGRAPHY TOOLS - INTERACTIVE QUIZZES
(AND, A LITTLE BIT OF SILLINESS)
COUNTRY
DATA RESOURCES
CIA - The World Factbook
Updated
Textbook Regional Data File by Unit
World Leaders — Central Intelligence Agency -
CIA Background Notes/Country Fact
Sheets
MAPS 101 - Username & Password
available from Mrs. Osborn or in the RHS Library
RHS LIBRARY COUNTRY RESOURCES
SUGGESTED SITES FOR INFORMATION, DATA & IMAGES:
RHS LIBRARY -
Online access Databases such as
Culturegrams, the
Encyclopedia Britannica, and
World Book.
Log In:
rowletths ,
Password:
gisd.
GLOSSARY
Geography Glossary
YOUR TEXTBOOK
Resources by Regional Unit
(including updated Regional Data File info)
CREATE A GRAPH
Create a Graph &
Create a Graph Classic - Great for projects! Just enter the data and
print out pie charts and graphs!
Distance, Coordinates, Elevations, World Time, Compare Countries, Currency
Converter
How Far Is It? - Find
distances from place to place!
Latitude & Longitude
- Look Up
Census Geocoder - type in your home address
and get coordinates, and a map!
Elevations and Distances in the United States
Time - Current time around the
World and standard time zones map of the world -
World Clock
Infonation Advanced - From the United Nations - Compare countries around the
world
XE.com - The Full Universal
Currency Converter
POPULATION INFORMATION & PYRAMID RESOURCES
2012 Population Reference Bureau Interactive Map &
2012 Data Sheet
International Population Pyramids and Projections
CLIMATE & CLIMOGRAPHS
Climographs for Selected U.S. Cities
Climographs for Selected International Cities
CARTOGRAMS
Worldmapper: The world as
you've never seen it before
CONVERSION TOOLS
Website - Conversion Formulas -
Fahrenheit to Celsius Converter
-
Celsius conversion calculators, tables and formulas -
Area conversion
calculators for metric and imperial units -
Meters to
Feet conversion calculator -
Miles
to Kilometers conversion calculator -
Length and
distance conversion calculators -
Weight
conversion calculators for imperial and metric units -
Volume
conversion calculators for imperial and metric units
Free Online Unit
Converter
GIS Conversion
Tools
ANIMOTO PROJECTS
Click HERE & use the following log on
info: trosborn@garlandisd.net;
Password: student!
EDMODO
Click HERE to access our class page!!!
Just because...
Google Earth - Home
Cost of Living Calculator -
USA
Cleave Books -
Specialist Calculators
TONS & TONS MORE ON THE
TEXTBOOK BY UNIT PAGE & MY
GEOGRAPHY SITES PAGE.
INTERACTIVE GAMES FOR STUDY, TEST REVIEW & FUN!!!
Find specific Unit Games/Quizzes on each unit page (return to main
page to access unit pages). Click
HERE for links to all 10
TEXTBOOK Units.
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World Geography Textbook Quiz Reviews by Unit ****
Test Your Geography Knowledge
- Maps.com -- Map Games (Great
for Test Reviews)
Free
Geography Educational Games to Play Online
Light A Candle For
Peace
FreeRice -
Free Flour Game - Help end world hunger by
answering trivia questions for free
The Traveler IQ
Challenge™
Travel Quizzes -- National Geographic
World
Continents Quizzes - geography online games
World Maps -
geography online games
Geographic Continent Map
Game
Maps.com -- Alienz!
Maps GeoTournament -
Crossword Map Game -
Super Quiz Map Game
Practice Quizzes for Physical Geography
Quia - Know Your World
Jeopardy
Geospy -- National Geographic Kids -
Copycat: Memorize the Continents
QUIZ - Countries of the World
- QUIZ - World Capitals -
QUIZ - Countries and Capitals of the
World
Shock-ing Geography by
Daniel J Pfeifer
NewsMania - The News Trivia
Game as Fresh as Today's Headlines
Physical Geography Quizzes and Trivia -- World's Largest Trivia Site!
World Highest Mountains Map Quiz -
Mountain Ranges Map Quiz -
Oceans and Seas Quiz -
World's Longest Rivers Map Quiz
Polar Regions Quizzes and Polar Regions Trivia
Animals
of the World (educational game for kids)
Products of the World (educational game for kids)
QUIZ - Geography and Map
Skills Handbook
Ilike2learn.com Home Page
Fun Trivia Quizzes -
World's Largest Trivia and Quiz Site!
Quia - Shared Activities
Quia - Geography Games
Funbrain.com Where is
that
GAME: Don't Gross Out the World - Food Customs Around the World
Geography
Quizzes and Geography Trivia -- Fun Trivia
History
Quizzes and History Trivia -- Fun Trivia
America The Story of Us — Ultimate History Quiz — History.com Interactive Game
World Quizzes
and World Trivia -- Fun Trivia
Quia - Geography World -
Culture (Ancient to Industrial Revolution)
Quia - Geography World -
Culture (Modern)
Quia - Geo
Kids' Games, Animals,
Photos, Stories, and More -- National Geographic Kids
Download & Play Free
Online Games at National Geographic
Extreme Earth Quiz -- National Geographic
Global Warming Quiz
Habitats Information, Quiz - National Geographic
International Foods Quiz -- National Geographic
Holidays and Festivals Quiz -- National Geographic
Monarchies and Royalty Quiz -- National Geographic
Mysterious Places Quiz -- National Geographic
Movies Around the World Quiz -- National Geographic
Hangman Word
Games - Learn Expressions, Slang, Proverbs, Idioms in Many Languages
English
Word Games - English Expressions, Slang, Proverbs, Idioms
Educational
games for kids & teens - Students of the World
Games — Central
Intelligence Agency
BBC - History -
Interactive Content
Maps.com Online Map
Games - Maps.com -- Free
Stuff
World Maps -
geography online games
Geography
Quizzes and Games | Online Games & Trivia by Sporcle
Toporopa: Geography of
Europe
WOW! iPhone - iPad - iPod Touch Applications!
World History Atlas -
GeoQuiz
Free -
GeoQuiz
Deluxe -
US
State Flashcards
NOW, SOME MISCELLANEOUS SITES I JUST CAN'T CATEGORIZE & A LITTLE BIT OF
SILLINESS
YUMMY! WORLD FOOD!
International Recipes,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7
International Foods Quiz -- National Geographic
The History of
Spices - Spice
FAQs - Spice Encyclopedia
History of Food, History and Legends of Favorite Foods, Food History
American Regional Cooking, Food and History
Mexican Food Info -
Italian Food Info -
Chinese Food Info -
Indian Food Info
Global Cola War
(and other familiar scenes)
Cornflakes
from Around the world
COOL STUFF I JUST CAN'T CATEGORIZE
Globe
Trekker TV.com
Teacher Oz's History
Kingdom (Mrs. Osborn's own site)
This Day in History
- History.com - What Happened Today in History
BBC - On This Day
- Today in History -
Famous Birthdays on this
Day in History
Today in History »
HistoryNet - Picture
of the Day » HistoryNet
Daily Quiz » HistoryNet
The Baby
Name Wizard's NameVoyager - just type in your name and see a graph on its
popularity.
Play 20 Questions at 20Q.net Inc.
Interactive history games
Stop
Signs from Around the World
For you horse-lovers - The Legacy of the
Horse - the history of the horse throughout history! COOL!
We Didn't Start The Fire
UC Atlas of Global Inequality
WHTour : World Heritage
sites in panography - 360 degree imaging
Panoramas.dk - Travel to
Rome-New York-Paris-China ...from your computer
Visited States
& Visited Countries
- just click on the places you have visited and a map is generated highlighting
those places!!!
Joseph Wu's Origami Page
TAKE A
QUIZ: Britney Spears vs. Shakespeare - What is Art?
Optical Illusions and
Visual Phenomena
Starry Nights -
glowing -
Whirligig -
Living Wallpaper
Geography
Humor
ENCHANTED LEARNING
HOME PAGE
Coloring Books - I love to color! Great books from Dover Publications.
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