Links

*** EXCELLENT game for identifying countries and capitals of the world.
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/map-puzzles.htm

Econopolis

 NASA for middle-school students
http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/index.html

  National Geographic for Kids
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/kids/

This website gives climate and biome information for Windows on the 
World 
project.
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/climate.htm

The CIA World Factbook
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/in.html

Info Please has information about maps and absolute location.
http://www.infoplease.com/index.html

Encarta's online encylopedia has good basic information about the 
countries 
and good maps.
http://encarta.msn.com/

World climate is an excellent site for absolute location and 
temperature.
http://www.worldclimate.com/

Mapquest contains maps of the world. You can zoom in to see a map of a 
particular city.
http://www.mapquest.com/atlas/?region=europe

Sites Atlas includes wonderful maps and information.
http://www.sitesatlas.com/Maps/countries.htm

* Great Buldings of the World website gives interesting pictures and 
facts 
  about the world's great architecture.
http://architecture.about.com/library/bl-buildings.htm

Map of Europe - Good for map test.
http://www.addictinggames.com/europemap.html

***EXCELLENT*** Map of Northern Africa and the Middle East  -  Good 
for map 
test.
http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html

*****EXCELLENT****** Quiz-type games of maps of the world.
http://www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz/asiaquiz.html