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COUNTRY INFO
Encyclopedias and Databases
Lands and Peoples
http://go.grolier.com
Encyclopedia of countries and cultures.
Grolier Online
http://go.grolier.com
Search for country information in three general encyclopedias at once:
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Americana, New Book
of Knowledge.
World Book Encyclopedia
http://www.worldbookonline.com
Great general encyclopedia with lots of information on each country,
plus maps and flags.
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Country Comparisons & Rankings
Aneki.Com: Country Information, Regional and World Rankings
http://www.aneki.com/
Which country is the richest? Cleanest? Most expensive to live in? In
addition to general information on countries, you can find social,
economic, technological, environmental and academic rankings of many
of the world's nations at this site.
NationMaster.com
http://www.nationmaster.com
Choose the countries you want to compare, then generate maps and
graphs to illustrate their rankings in dozens of categories. Great for
reports.
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Country Profiles
The CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
Profiles of countries of the world, prepared by the U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA). Includes maps.
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Flags of the World
World Flags
http://www.flags.net/
National flags, as well as U.S. state flags.
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Maps
Outline Maps
http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/index.html
Various types of outline maps.
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/Map_collection.html
Enormous collection of online maps, including historical maps.
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National Anthems
The National
Anthems
http://www.thenationalanthems.com/
Lyrics to national anthems of 192 countries and MIDI files to hear
them.
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