Links+for+World+Geography

W orld G eography is one of the courses that I teach. I am putting together a list of links to the course in this section. Students are invited to insert a link that they feel is of value to the course under the correct heading.

For a world map game that is absolutely a panic and difficult at the same time see [|World Map Game] Here's a website with games in geography of various ranges of difficulty. The focus of the games is from nations to rivers and everything in between.[|Games for Kids][|National Geographic Map Maker]
 * __Map Games__**

Location: Here's a website for places around Seoul and Korea. Enjoy: [|서울지도] For an explanation of the Five Themes of Geography see [|About dot com: 5 Themes of Geography] [|The Geography of Jobs] [|You Type in the Coordinates and We Tell You the Place] [|Population Pyramids for Countries Around the World]
 * __Five Themes of Geography__**

For maps of the world and world regions and nations see[| World Atlas] What's going on in Asia (a lot more than you think). See: [|Asia Society] For a source of trivia and possibly some facts about countries see [|Mental Floss] Religions of the world. For more information about world religions go to [|Religion] For those of you looking to connect to other young people around the world for your assignments or just out of personal interest, check out [|Taking It Global] [|Language families of the world] [|World Map of Languages] [|700 million want to immigrate] "Say, how much is that in dollars?" [|Universal currency converter] [|The Break Up of the Soviet Union Interactive] [|The Russian Mafia] BBC
 * __Regions of the World__**

__**Issues in Economic Development [|Food Crisis - the Facts]**__

This site links human rights and globalization and seeks to improve human rights via trade: [|Globalization 101] Want to know a lot of facts immediately about the world? See [|Worldometers]
 * __Globalization__**

The New York Times deals with news from all around the world and has a large amount of information about what is happening in the world of business. It also provides quick video tapes: [|New York Times] A selfless plug for the CBC. Canada's public broadcasting system. This particular link is related to archived stories. The search feature allows one to locate news footage by theme or region: [|CBC News Archives] Here's a site that provides English translation of what is being covered in Korean News and in news around East Asia (including Southeast Asia): [|Korea Beat] Newspapers from around the world [|Newseum] For a site related to documentaries related to a variety to topics see [|Download Free Political Documentaries] Events that are impacting the world right this very minute [|10 x 10]
 * __Current Event Issues/News Related to Geography__**