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History, Society and World Cultures: Countries

BBC News Country Profiles
Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. Relevant archival audio and video from the BBC is included.

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Cities of the World
A compilation of current information on cultural, geographic, and political conditions in 193 countries and their cities covering six continents, based on the Department of State’s Post Reports. Maps and photos of many cities included.

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Countries of the World
Provides country profiles, including geography, maps, flags, languages, literacy rate, religion.

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Cyber School Bus
United Nations data on countries.

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Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations, 5th ed.
Presents profiles of 194 countries of the world. Topics include climate, plants and animals, population and ethnic groups, religions, transportation, history, government, political parties, judicial system, economy, education, arts, media, tourism, and famous people.

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Library of Congress Country Studies
Contains 100 countries and their political, economic and social issues.

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Portals to the World from the Library of Congress
This site contains selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.

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World Fact Book
This site is easy to use for finding all kinds of information on countries. Maps and flags are provided as well as information on a country’s geography, people, government, economy, etc.

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