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Use the following sites to help you gather information
on countries of South and Central America. Read the information
and then click on the link. Use the CIA
World FactBook to get LOADS of information for your country. Get a
map, background information, and find out about the geography, people,
government, economy, communication, transportation, military, and
transnational issues. Altapedia Online offers a
HUGE weatlth of information and statistics for your country. Check
it out at http://www.atlapedia.com/online/country_index.htm Need
great maps and a picture of your flag? The Interactive Fact Book is
awesome and has lots of information on the geography, people, government,
economy, transportation, communications, and defense. Use the Grolier Multipedia
Encyclopedia Online to gather information on your country. Just type
in your country’s name and click go or use the sidebar buttons
to go to a specific category. Geographia offers an interesting array of information and beautiful pictures for a few South American and Latin American countries. Go to http://www.geographia.com/indx05.htm National Geographic’s
Map Machine is an excellent site to get maps, flags, and facts. Just
click on the category you want or type in your country name. Infonation is a database that
allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data
for members of the UN. Go to
http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/e_infonation.htm
Still need more information?
You can always do some searching on your own through Yahooligans.
Go to http://www.yahooligans.com/Around_the_World/Countries
and click on the country
of your choice.
Webquests Take
a Trip to Latin America
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