USEFUL WEB SITES

Population

US Census Bureau (census information and data)

www.census.gov

Population Reference Bureau (population information)

www.prb.org

Urban Geography

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

www.lincolninst.edu

Culture

Peace Corps (information on countries where it works)

www.peacecorps.gov/home/html

Agriculture, Economic Geography

CTI Centre for Geography, Geology, & Meteorology (links to human geography topics including agriculture, development geography, economic geography)

www.geog.le.ac.uk/cti/hum.html

Geospatial

GEOPlace (a source of geospatial information)

www.geoplace.com

Global Geography

UN Environment Programme (UNEP) (links to global issues and resource databases)

www.unep.ch

Physical Geography

US Geological Survey (maps, data, and resources for geographers)

www.usgs.gov

General

About.com Geography (hyperlinks to specific areas of geography)

http://geography.about.com

National Geographic Society (archive of maps, articles, videos, etc.)

www.nationalgeographic.com

Map Practice, Games, Quizzes, Review Activities

Lizard Point (test your geography knowledge)

www.lizardpoint.com/fun/geoquiz

Shepard Software (geography games)

www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm

Maps.com (map games)

www.maps.com/FunFacts.aspx?nav=FF#

Quia Web (learning activities, quizzes)

www.quia.com