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Map of Mongolia
BBC News provides a general overview of the landlocked East Asian country of Mongolia. Focus is on history, country facts, leaders, and media. Provides links to a timeline of key events and recent news articles.
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Field Trip Earth: Takhi Recovery in the Gobi
Field Trip Earth takes a look at the Prezewalski Horse Recovery done in Mongolia's Gobi desert. This was a species of horse that was brought back from near extinction. Learn about the project, the species, and the region it inhabits....
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Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Mongolia
Learn about religion in Mongolia, in this Association of Religion Data Archives country profile; includes general facts, history, and religious data.
Latimer Clarke Corporation
Atlapedia Online: Political Map of China, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Macau
A great map of China and surrounding countries, with locations of major cities and bodies of water. Below map are links to general information on China and other countries.
Latimer Clarke Corporation
Atlapedia Online: Physical Map of China, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Macau
Here is a physical map of China and surrounding countries. Includes links below map to further information on each country shown.
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Mongolian Culture
Introduces Mongolian culture, with many links to additional information and resources about Mongolia and its history.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Mongols
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Mongols of Mongolia. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc....
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Ewenki
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Ewenki of Mongolia. Gives basic facts about location, language, folklore, foods, social customs, family life, education, religion, pastimes, societal challenges, etc....
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Unesco: Mongolia: Uvs Nuur Basin
The Uvs Nuur Basin (1,068,853 ha), is the northernmost of the enclosed basins of Central Asia. It takes its name from Uvs Nuur Lake, a large, shallow and very saline lake, important for migrating birds, waterfowl and seabirds. The site...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Animals: Bactrian Camel
Great site for youngers researching the Bactrian camel. Video clip, photos, and easy to read facts about habitat, young, enemies, food, adaptation to environment, and humps!
Museums Victoria
Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Tarbosaurus Bataar
Tarbosaurus bataar was a large, meat-eating theropod from the Late Cretaceous Period, discovered in Mongolia. Some information and pictures can be found here.
Museums Victoria
Melbourne Museum: Meet the Skeletons: Talarurus Plicatospineus
Talarurus plicatospineus was an herbivorous ankylosaur from Mongolia that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period. Some information and pictures can be found here.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to Tibetan Buddhism
Buddhism was introduced into Tibet from India and China beginning in the 600s. Over the succeeding centuries, Buddhism became the dominant cultural form in Tibet, exerting a powerful influence not only over religion, but also over...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Asian Educational Media Service
A tremendous resource for finding sites, multimedia, and other resources for teaching about or studying Asian countries. Search by country, media type, or grade level. Includes lesson plans and links to great online resources.
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Asia Society: Policy
A comprehensive storehouse of all types of information on Asia, both current and past: maps and statistics, Asian food, travel guides, photographs, articles, timelines, and more. Asia Source is the work of the Asia Society, a national...
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo: Bactrian Camel
Get the facts about the Bactrian Camel. Information includes where it lives in the wild, its niche environment, what its diet consists of, what it looks like as well as its reproduction habits.
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Virtual Exploration Society: Roy Chapman Andrews
Read about a real life Indiana Jones. Roy Andrews was a paleontologist who discovered fossils from the Cretaceous period in the middle of the Gobi Desert.
China State Council Information Office and the China International Publishing Group
China.org.cn: Plateaus
Extensive examination of the plateaus in China. Includes a look at how plateaus and rivers affect the geography of China.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Mongolian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Mongolian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: What Do You Know? Horses
A quick way to learn horse vocabulary. Students take an interactive quiz, check their answers, and then read why each answer is correct or incorrect.
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People and Places of the World: Great Wall 2005
Here is a collection of beautiful photos of the Great Wall of China. Photos are accompanied with notes about the Wall, its sections, and its symbolism.
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Museum of Nature: Bactrian Camel
Bactrian camels are found wild in the Gobi Desert, and in the grasslands of China and Mongolia. Details about this animal can be found here along with photos.
Buddha Dharma Education Association
Buddha Net: Tibetan Buddhism Timeline
Buddhanet offers a timeline of the history of Tibetan Buddhism beginning around 200 C.E. and continuing to the present.
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Gobi Expeditions O Logy Card
Flip this interactive card to start learning about Gobi Expeditions. Answer multiple-choice and fact-or-fiction questions and review some fast facts about this expedition where paleontologists and scientists gather to collect Cretaceous...
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