Spanish AP Language - Cultural Comparison: Country Information
General Country Resources
- 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."
- Country Studies (Library of Congress)"The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world."
- CIA World Factbook"The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities."
- North America (National Geographic)Brief country overviews, gorgeous photographs, current issues, and more.
- South America (National Geographic)Brief country overviews, gorgeous photographs, current issues, and more.
Culture Databases
- CultureGrams This link opens in a new window
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Browse by region or search by country name.
- Discovering Collection: Cultures
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Browse by topic or search the collection by keyword or subject. - Encyclopedia of World Cultures (ebook)
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"This reference set lists and describes more than 1,500 global cultures. Based on research of social scientists, it is the source for historical, social, political, economic, linguistic, religious, and other information on virtually every existing culture."
Travel Guide Websites
**Mouse over "Destinations" in top left corner of each site and select your country**
- U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets-country info. from the U.S. government
- U.S. Passports and International Travel-government info. complete with travel warnings, etc...
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