Here are our recommended Web sites and other resources for your school assignment on geography.

• About Geography
  http://geography.about.com/?once=true&

• Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection
  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/
• Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
• National Geographic Map Machine
  http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/

• CIA: The World Factbook
  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
• U.S. Department of State
  http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/
• Political Resources on the Net
  http://www.politicalresources.net/

• Grolier Online
• America the Beautiful
• Lands and People Online
• Europa World Yearbook

Sample search terms:
• Cartography
• Geographic Information Systems
• Geography
• Geography, ancient
• Geography, historical
• Human geography
• Mapping
• Maps
• Names, geographical
• Physical geography
• Population geography


Also try searching for a country or place name with the subdivision 'maps'
for example: France -- maps
or for a geographical feature
for example: Rivers -- environmental aspects or Mountains -- origins