•STUDENT LINKS

Assignment: The World Links for Kids
Learn about your world with these educational links.

• CIA World Factbook:
  Learn about all the countries of the world. Find out facts about government, people, geography, economy, communication, transportation, military and transnational issues.
  
  
• Chiefs of State Listing: Who are the leaders of governments of the world. Find out here!
  
  
  
• World Geography Trivia Quiz (from CIA):
  Test your knowledge of geography.
  
  
• U.S. Census Bureau FactFinder Kids Corner:
  Learn the facts about the Census and geography. Test your knowledge with the quiz. There are easy and hard levels.
  
  
• The Why Files: Science behind the news.
  
  
• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names:
  Browse the world by name. Type in the name of a location and find out where it is located and its latitude and longitude.
  
  
• U.S. Census 2000 QuickFacts
  Look-up information about people, business and geography by state or county based on the information collected in the 2000 Census.
  
  
• United Nations Cyberschoolbus site.
  (Geography, culture, world issues)
  
  
• LearnWeb from US. Geological Society (USGS)
  
  
  
  
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