Flags, Maps, Geography, Timelines, This Day in History, Holidays, Distances, Money


Updated April 2009

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FLAGS
World Flag Database  
    Welcome to Flags Of The World - FOTW Topical Index
  Flags Of The World - Your Supplier for Flags and US Military Memorabilia 
  Glossary of Flag Terms 
  Flag Glossary  
  War Flags Glossary 
  Flag Information on the Web
  3D animated flags--3DFlags.comState and district flags of the United States - Country and national flags of the world
   Flag Days of the World - what days to fly your flag around the world!
  Flags of all Countries - mirror site
  AllStates Flag & Banner Co. - Historical Flags 
   Ultimate Flags
Info on Flags - US and Foreign, Historical
 
Flag of the United States of America - USA Flag info can be found in the FLAG section on my General U.S.A. History page.
More flag images can be found in the General & Comprehensive section on my Country Information page.


MAPS
GENERAL & COMPREHENSIVE
Making Sense of Maps 
    PCL Map Collection - the BEST!
  Atlapedia Online
  Physical Map Index - Atlapedia Online 
  Political Map Index - Atlapedia Online 
Amazing Map Collections - MAPS.COM 
  Maps.com Reference Maps 
  Graphic Map's, World Atlas, & Geography Facts - mirror site 
   CIA - The World Factbook -- Reference Maps 
Graphic Maps clipart and maps for web sites and business 
  World Atlas and World Maps - Geography  
  Quick Maps of the World
  Maps on the Web - More Maps sites
  *The Map Guide!* - Map links to World, Country and more maps 
   HRW WORLD ATLAS - World 
MAPS: The World 
  MAPS: Polar Regions & Oceans
    City Map Sites 
    Xpeditions @ nationalgeographic.com
   Map Machine @ nationalgeographic.com - also has Flags
  UC Atlas of Global Inequality
  National Atlas home page
MAPS: Rivers seen from space
    Map Skills Page - North Canton Schools
Map Maker
  OMC: How to Make a Map
Welcome to GIS's Conversion Tools Online
   Map-It: Form-based Simple Map Generator
Martindale's 'The Reference Desk: Navigation/GPS Calculators
   Map - 20th Century Governments
Map - Single Party Governments
Map - Military Governments
Map of Monarchies in the 20th Century
Map - Democracies in the World
  Religion Maps 
  Welcome to the United Nations Cartographic Section 
  World timezones map with current time 
  USA time zones map with current local time 
  Maps and Atlases 
  TopoZone - The Web's Topographic Map 
  The Mercator Projection 
   Cartogram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Cartograms of the social and economic world
  Worldmapper: The world as you've never seen it before
  Cartogram Home 
  Thematic map - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  THEMATIC MAPS  
  Types of Thematic Maps 
  Thematic Maps of World
  Thematic Maps - Perry-Castañeda Map Collection - UT Library Online  
  Maps101®--Educational Maps
  The Luso-Hispanic World in Maps (Library of Congress) 
  1990 Census Tiger Map Server Browser 
  Animated Atlas 
  COOL IMAGE: "Earth at Night" from NASA 
  Welcome to TerraServer - see aerial photos of your hometown!!!
  Google Earth - Home 
  Maps.com Online Map Games 


THE UNITED STATES
Maps of the United States 
USIA - An Outline of American Geography - Maps
  Boundaries of the Contiguous United States - Super animated map: See each state added by year!!!
How the U.S. has changed over time: Animated Map
  Animated Atlas: Growth of a Nation 
Latitude & Longitude - Look Up for most U.S. cities
Color Landform Atlas of the United States 
  HISTORICAL MAPS: USA
 
For many, more USA maps, check out my General U.S.A. History & 50 states pages.

SPECIFIC COUNTRIES
For maps not found in the General section above, please check out my specific country pages: England, Great Britain, UK, France, Russia, Meso and Latin America, Non-Western Cultures, & Country Information.

OUTLINE & BLANK MAPS
MAPS: Outline and Blank Maps 
  Outline Maps
  OUTLINE MAPS 
  More OUTLINE MAPS 
   Online Map Creation 
OUTLINE MAPS: HISTORICAL AMERICA - click on HISTORICAL when you get to the site.


DRIVING MAPS & DIRECTIONS
Mapblast! BlastOff 
  Microsoft Expedia Maps - Home
   Yahoo! Maps and Driving Directions - WOW!!! - Type in an address...get a map...AND driving directions from WHATEVER location you type in!!!
Another super driving directions site: Take a Free Trip on AutoPilot®  


HISTORICAL MAPS
***** HISTORICAL MAPS & MORE HISTORICAL MAPS have fantastic selections of historical maps!!!
Fantastic site for maps relating to the US: Rare Map Collection
     HISTORICAL MAPS: Maps of the World 
  HISTORICAL MAPS: Africa 
  HISTORICAL MAPS: The Americas
  HISTORICAL MAPS: Asia  
  HISTORICAL MAPS: Australia & the Pacific
  HISTORICAL MAPS: China 
  HISTORICAL MAPS: Europe 
  HISTORICAL MAPS: Polar Regions & Oceans
  HISTORICAL MAPS: Middle East  
  HISTORICAL MAPS: Russia and the Former Soviet Republics
  HISTORICAL MAPS: United States 
  MORE HISTORICAL MAPS: United States
   Historic World Maps 
  Religion Maps 
  Images of early maps on the web
  Maps of Ancient Earth 
*** Historical Atlas of the 20th Century
  MAPS: Antiquity - 20th Century 
   MAPS: The History of Printing
The Earth & the Heavens: The Art of the Mapmaker 
Ancient Maps Cover Page & Ancient Map Web List
  Historic Atlas Resource - Europe 
  World Cultures Atlases
Classical Atlas Project 
  Image Archive: Old World Maps
Theban Mapping Project
   MAP: Ancient Egypt
MAPS: Regions & Cities of Ancient Greece 
   MAP: Celtic Tribes and Caesar's campaigns in Gaul, 58-50 BC 
  MAP: Caesar's crossings to Britain, 55 - 54 BC
  MAP: Roman Forum 
    Historical maps of Europe from 001 AD to 1700 AD 
HISTORICAL MAPS: Britain 
   MAP: Europe, The Age of Absolutism 
OUTLINE MAPS: HISTORICAL AMERICA - click on HISTORICAL when you get to the site.
  U.S. Panoramic Maps Collection 1847-1925
   Map Collections Home Page from the Library of Congress: 1597 - 1988
  MAP - 20th Century Urban Growth 
MAPS: World War II and the Holocaust 
MAPS: World War II Theaters Maps 
OSSHE Historic Atlas Resource Library
   A World of Antique Maps and Prints
Antique Maps of Asia Menu
America Menu of Antique Maps
      Africa Menu for Maps
Europe Menu of Antique Maps
British Isles Antique Maps Menu
   Cultural Maps 
   Cartographical Curiosities
 
For many, many more historic maps, please check the specific topic pages on my Table of Contents page.

GEOGRAPHY
FOR EVERYTHING IN THE UNIVERSE & ON THE EARTH - VISIT MY NEW WORLD GEOGRAPHY PAGE!!! 
Please excuse some double links on this page as I transfer them to the new page.
 

 
CONSERVATION & GLOBAL ISSUES 

   Geography, Environment, Conservation: National Geographic Geography Action
  ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION LINKS 
  UC Atlas of Global Inequality 
  Acid Rain - What is it? 
  The EPA Global Warming Kids Page 
  The EPA Global Warming Kids Page--Global Warming and Earth Process Animations 
  The Greenhouse Effect  
  EPA : EPA Global Warming Site 
  WWF - Global environmental conservation organization 
  US Global Change Research Program 
  WHO | Global environmental change 
   CNN.com In-Depth Specials - Global Warming: U.S. turns its back on Kyoto
  
More environmental links are available in the Science section on my Other Subjects page. 

GEOGRAPHY IMAGES & CLIP ART
  IMAGES: International Photo Gallery Project 
  IMAGES: NOAA Photo Library
  IMAGES: Historic National Weather Service Album 
  GEOGRAPHY CLIP ART - Maps, Flags, etc. 
CLIP ART: Geography
 
Images are available at many of the sites listed in the Geography section.
 
VARIOUS GEOGRAPHY TOPICS
 
Dale Lightfoot's Virtual Cultural Geography Lesson 
  The Geography Site 
  Federal Emergency Management Agency 
  Natural Disaster Reference Database
  The Disaster Finder 
  ALMANAC OF DISASTERS
  Ancient geography 
  The Atlas of Ancient and Classical Geography.
  Historical Geography of the Ancient World  
  WORLD GAME INSTITUTE: Worldometers - real-time view of fuel, food 
The Association of American Geographers  
  Physical Geography Quizzes and Trivia -- World's Largest Trivia Site!
  Practice Quizzes for Physical Geography 
  QUIZ: The Geographic Grid and Time Zones 
  Geography Exchange: Geography Crosswords 
  Geography Quizzes, Games, Jokes, Trivia
  Geography Humor   
  Test Your Geography Knowledge 
  Careers in Geography! Jobs in Geography! 
  What can you do as a geographer? 
  USGS Learning Web: Fun Stuff Main Page
  Maps.com Online Map Games
 

 

 
WEATHER
GENERAL SITES
  GLOSSARY: Weather
  CLIMATE (PHYSICAL PROCESSES) 
  Curricular Resources in Weather and Climate 
  Geography World (Weather / Climate) 
DAN'S WILD WILD WEATHER PAGE 
  Web Resources for Weather 
  Weather Wiz Kids 
  WeatherNet Classroom  
  Natural Disaster Reference Database 
Climate, Climatology, Meteorology, and Weather
  Weather 
  Exhibits Collection -- Weather 
World Climate: Weather rainfall and temperature data 
    Global Climate Listings 
  MAP: USA Climate Zones
  USWX : Weather
   United States Climate Page: Clickable Map of US States
   United States Climate page: Displays various climatological information 
The Climate Diagnostics Center
     COLA/IGES Weather & Climate Images  
  NCDC Climate Resources
NCDC: Get/View OnLine Climate Data
  Humidity 
  Global Warming/Climate Change Theme 
   weather.com - local weather forecasts, radar and reports from The Weather Channel
 

  WEATHER EXTREMES - STORMS - TORNADOES - HURRICANES - FLOODS
  IMAGES: Historic National Weather Service Album
  National Hurricane Center / Tropical Prediction Center
  Hurricanes: Nature's Greatest Storms 
  FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency  
  Natural Disaster Reference Database 
  The Disaster Finder 
Billion Dollar U.S. Weather Disasters
   NCDC: Climatic Extremes and Weather Events
  Hazards/Climate Extremes 
  Temperature Extremes 
  El Niño Theme Page: distributed information on El Niño 
  FAQ : HURRICANES, TYPHOONS, AND TROPICAL CYCLONES 
  Miami Museum of Science-National Hurricane Center 
  HURRICANES AND TROPICAL METEOROLOGY 
  CNN.com - Special Reports - Hurricane Season 2006 
  Hurricanes Theme Page 
  What paths do hurricanes take? 
  IMAGE: Hurricane Cutaway 
   Miami Museum of Science-Hurricane Main Menu 
  Tropical Cyclones: Hurricanes and Typhoons 
  NOAA Websites - Sciences - Atmosphere/Space - Hurricanes 
  Hurricanes: online meteorology guide 
  Interaction with El Niño: how hurricane frequency may be affected
   Saffir-Simpson Scale 
  FEMA: Hurricane
  The Deadliest Atlantic Tropical Cyclones, 1492-1996
  The Deadliest, Costliest, and Most Intense United States Tropical Cyclones
  Costliest U.S. Hurricanes 1900-2004 (unadjusted)
  The Most Intense Hurricanes in the United States 1851-2004
  U.S. Hurricane Strikes by Decade
  U.S. Mainland Hurricane Strikes by State, 1851-2004 
  Teachers' Lounge: Hurricane Lesson Plan 
  Tsunamis Theme Page 
  Home - stormguy.com
   GOES Project Science: Storms viewed from Space
The Online Tornado FAQ 
  Tornadoes 
  100 Tornado Movies 
  Tornadoes Theme Page 
  CNN.com - How a tornado forms 
  IMAGES: Meteorological Monsters - Tornadoes
  Blizzards & Snow Theme Page 
  FloodsTheme Page 
  National Severe Storms Laboratory - Thunderstorms - Lightning - Flooding


$$$$$ MONEY $$$$$
***** The Inflation Calculator - Accounting for inflation, $5.00 in 1957 is now worth $37.67!!! The $0.35 loaf of bread my Mom sent me to the store to purchase in 1970 now costs $1.91! Click in an amount and find the corresponding worth in any year from 1800 - 2009!
***** dMarie Time Capsule is a Super site!  Find out what a house cost, how much you paid for a loaf of bread, what the average salary was...you just type in the year!!!
  Cost of Living Calculator - USA 
  History of Money from Ancient Times to the Present Day

For info on Money Around the World, please visit the MONEY section on my Country Information webpage.
For info on U.S. Money, visit the MONEY section on my U.S. Government page.

 

 

TIMELINES
***** Great frames version of HyperHistory has timelines on Western, African, Asian, and other cultures with clickable links to info on events, people, and other super things from pre-history to modern day.
  ***** Great frames version of HyperHistory has timelines on Western, African, Asian, and other cultures with clickable links to info on events, people, and other super things from pre-history to modern day.
  WebChron: The WebChronology Project
  Timeline of History: 4.3 million Years Ago to 2010
***** 19th Century American Culture Kingwood College Library 
   ***** American Cultural History - The Twentieth Century
  Timeline Index - People, Periods, Places, Events... 
  Timelines.com: Discover, Record and Share History with Timelines - Popular Timelines - Timelines.com 
  HistoryWorld Timelines
  BBC - History - British History in depth: British History Timeline
  TIMELINES: World History
  TIMELINES: Natural and Man-made Disasters 
  World Timelines - Home
  Timeline Archive  
  WebChron: The Web Chronology Project 
  Timelines of History, Today in History, World History 
    History Timelines on the Web ... The History Beat 
   Parthenon Graphics.....Timelines, Histories, etc. 
  Parthenon Graphics Timelines:  Full Size Images  
   Timeline Archive
  Year by Year: 1900-2005 
  CNN.com - Millennium: A Perspectives Series
  WhoWhatWhen - Interactive Historical Timelines 
  Timeline: Media History Project
  Tables of history 
  Timelines - AlternaTime 
  Chronology of Money Timeline
  TIMELINES: The World - The Americas - Asia - Africa - Europe - Oceania 
World History Chronology
  Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  History of the Second Millenium
Timeline of The Major League Baseball Teams
  Chronology of Money Timeline 
  TIMELINE: Ancient History
  TIMELINE & INFO: Some Ancient Civilizations  
  Medieval Technology Pages - Timeline
Timeline of British History
  Eighteenth-Century Chronology
The History Place - Holocaust Timeline
  Hobbes' Internet Timeline
Transportation Technology Timeline 
The Food Timeline - Yummy!
    TIMELINE: Eastern World Religions - Western World Religions 
  TIMELINE: Painting History 1250-1950
  TIMELINE: Art History - The World (BC/BCE) - The World (AD/CE) 
  Timeline of Ancient Egypt
Timeline of The Old Testament
Timeline of Classical Education from 5000 BCE to 450 CE - 450-1600 - 1600-1850 - 1850-Present
Timeline of the Roman Republic & Timeline of The Roman Empire
Timeline of The Byzantine Empire
  Timeline of Classical Music
Timeline of the Crusades
Timeline of the Reformation
Timeline Ancient Art History
  Timelines | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Timeline of Western Art History from 1400
Timeline of American Literature
Timeline of The British Monarchy 
A Chronology of Mathematicians
MendelWeb Timeline Homepage
  The Timetable of World Legal History 
    The World at War - Global Timeline 1918-48
Pop Culture Sites--Timelines of the Atomic Age
   A chronology of Dictatorial Regimes between the World Wars
  1980s Timeline
  1980s - Timeline Index 
   The Boomer Years
Baby Boomers!!!: 1946-1964: What happened the year you were born? 
  20th-Century Toys and Games Timeline 
  Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum: Timeline 
**** TIMELINE: Iraq Crisis, 2002–2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 
  TIMELINE: Terrorism on Sept. 11, 2001 
  TIMELINE: Terrorism in September: the Aftermath - For more info, please visit my War on Terrorism page.
For MANY more timelines, check out the specific time period links at the Table of Contents page.

TODAY IN HISTORY
This Day in History — History.com — What Happened Today in History 
   BBC - History: On This Day
  Today in History » HistoryNet - Picture of the Day » HistoryNet - Daily Quiz » HistoryNet

  Today in History
  Emuseum Main Page - This Day in History 
  Timelines of History, Today in History, World History 
  This Day in History 
  Library of Congress Today in History 
  Today in History 
ANY-YEAR Today-in-History - pick the day, pick the year and find important birthdates, death dates and info on the day you selected. Hey, why not enter your own birthday and see what comes up!?!
    Yahoo! - This Day in History 
Famous Birthdays
   This Day in Ancient History
  this day in disney history home 
    Daily Calendars -- The Calendar Zone
440 International Those Were the Days
    This Day in Movie History 
World War II Plus 55: Daily events from around the globe
Pop History Now!  Facts for this week in history 
  See which inspiring women were born on your birthdate!
Baby Boomers!!!: 1946-1964: What happened the year you were born?

CALENDARS
The Calendar Zone -- Bringing Order to Calendrical Chaos!
  24 Hour Translations - Date Converter. 
Calendopaedia - The Encyclopaedia of Calendars 
A Base for Calendar Exploration thru Time 
  Calendar Home.com!
  calendar-365.com
  Earth Calendar - Celebrate every day!  
  2010 Calendar of World Religion sacred times - plus calendars in the past and future!  
**** Introduction to Calendars 
   Links to Calendar History and Development Pages 
  Leap Year 
   Virtual Perpetual Calendars
10,000-Year Calendar!
Calendars through the Ages
  Martindale's 'The Reference Desk: Calendar Calculators
Calendars - Historical information and FAQ about the Chinese calendar
Ecclesiastical Calendar: Enter a Year...
Diversity Calendar
The Chinese Calendar
Western-Chinese Calendar Converter
  Customize countdown to any date
  Calendars through the Ages – various calendars
   The World Calendar
Ancient Calendars 
  Ancient Egyptian Calender System 
Origins of the Days of the Week 
  Origins of the Months
    The Georgian Calendar (1745) 
  The Calendar Act: Reform in Great Britain/America(1752)
  Poor Richard's Almanack (1752) - Ben Franklin's comments on Calendar Reform
  Cultural Calendars -- The Calendar Zone
Chinese Astrology Calendar
Chinese Calendar
History & info - the Islamic calendar 
    Russian Calendar History

TIME AFTER TIME
CURRENT TIME ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD 
  USA time zones map with current local time 
  World timezones map with current time 
  MAP: Standard Timezones of the World 
  Greenwich Mean Time 
   Time Info 
  Time FAQs 
  Time Zones History 
  Daylight Saving Time 
  Greenwich Time: Daylight Savings Time Rules 
   The World Time Server 
  WORLDTIME: By Country 
The World Clock
   www.timeanddate.com
Clockworks: From Sundials to the Atomic Second
A Walk Through Time - History of Time Measurement
Time Service Department The official clock of the U.S. at the Naval Observatory.
World Time Zone Map
Timezone Converter
   The Science of Time, Timekeepers ( Clocks, Watches ) and Timekeeping 
    Today Date and Time
  Equation of Time
 

HOLIDAYS
Earth Calendar - Celebrate every day!  
  2006 Calendar of World Religion sacred times  
  World Holidays and Special Days 
   Holidays & Festivals - Encyclopedia of Days  
Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A. 
  History of the Holidays
  Holiday Index
  Holidays Around the World for K-12
  Holidays around World
  Holiday Calendars -- The Calendar Zone 
Holidays and Other Dates in the US Secular Calendar
  China: Celebrations, Holidays and Customs
Symbols and Traditions
Holidays on the Net - Holiday Descriptions
Billy Bear's on Holidays
makestuff.com - Crafts for Kids: Printable Holiday coloring pages 
    The Holiday Page -- History, Traditions, Customs, and Holiday Trivia
Holiday Celebrations
    Kid's Domain Holidays
Bizarre American Holidays Home Page
  New Year's Day -- History, Traditions, and Customs
New Year's Day
Chinese New Year - NewYear fortune cookies, Chinese calendar, Chinese Ne
  Lyn's Valentine's Links
   Valentines Day
   Billy Bear's Happy St. Patrick's Day  
  April Fool's Day Gallery 
Easter - Its Origins and Meanings 
  History of the Easter Egg - History of the White House Easter Egg Roll 
  Mother's Day (Second Sunday in May) 
   A Mothers Day Tribute
  Memorial Day 
  Memorial Day: History
  Flag Day (June 14) 
  Father's Day (Third Sunday in June) 
  4TH OF JULY Graphics and Clip Art Index
Kid's Domain July 4th Clip Art 
  Labor Day (First Monday in September)
  Halloween -- History and Customs 
   Halloween Crossword Puzzles
Halloween Haunted House
Halloween Printables
  Veterans' Day (Second Monday in November)
Historical Info on Thanksgiving can be found on my From Colonies to Revolution page.
Harvests Around the World
  Harvest Festivals from Around the World. HarvestFestivals.Net. Songs, recipes  
  Hannukah - hannukah 
Billy Bear says... MERRY CHRISTMAS! 
  Christmas On the Net
Welcome to Christmas.com's WorldView: Christmas Around the World!
   Santa's Net: Christmas Traditions around the world 
  The Legends of Christmas 
  A Victorian Christmas- Victorian Christmas Cards 
  "Country-Cards.com Collections - Post Card Shoppe" 
  MelaNet®: Kwanzaa Information Center 
  Free Electronic Greeting Cards From 123greetings.com 
  Blue Mountain -- The World's Favorite eCards 
  All-Yours greeting cards and digital postcards
 

FOR MORE INFO, CHECK OUT:
General World History
Western Civilization - History & Impact of Europe
Country Information - Info & Statistics on countries all over the world
Non-Western Cultures - Asia, China, Japan, Africa, India, Middle East, Oceania, Caribbean, & Various other cultures.

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