mapping Countries Quest

• Africa
• Algeria
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Plants and Animals
• Soils
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Political Divisions
• Language and Religion
• Education
• Culture
• Libraries and Museums
• Literature
• Economy
• Labor
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Mining and Manufacturing
• Currency and Banking
• Commerce and Trade
• Transportation
• Communications
• Government
• Executive and Legislature
• Judiciary
• Local Government
• Political Parties
• Health and Welfare
• Defense
• History
• Ancient Times
• Medieval Islamic Dynasties
• Ottoman Rule
• French Colonization
• Rise of Algerian Nationalism
• War of Independence
• Independence
• Boumedienne’s Rule
• Unrest and Civil War
• 21st-Century Algeria
• Angola
• Land and Resources
• Natural Regions
• Rivers and Lakes
• Climate
• Mineral Resources
• Vegetation and Animal Life
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Principal Cities
• Language and Religion
• Education
• Economy
• National Output and Labor
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• Energy
• Currency and Banking
• Foreign Trade
• Transportation
• Government
• Local Government
• Political Parties
• History
• Advent of Europeans
• Native Resistance
• War and Independence
• The Lusaka Protocol and Recent Developments
• Benin (formerly Dahomey)
• Land and Resources
• Rivers and Lakes
• Climate
• Plants and Animals
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Language and Religion
• Education
• Cultural Institutions and Communications
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Mining and Manufacturing
• Energy
• Transportation
• Currency and Banking
• Foreign Trade
• Government
• History
• Colonization
• Independence
• Botswana
• Land and Resources
• Population
• Economy
• Government
• History
• Burkina Faso
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Political Divisions and Principal Cities
• Language and Religion
• Education
• Economy
• Labor
• Agriculture
• Mining and Manufacturing
• Energy
• Currency and Banking
• Commerce and Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• Executive and Legislature
• Judiciary
• Health and Welfare
• Defense
• History
• Burundi
• Land and Resources
• Rivers and Lakes
• Plants and Animals
• Natural Resources
• Climate
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Ethnic Groups and Languages
• Religion
• Education
• Way of Life
• Social Issues
• Culture
• Literature, Music, and Dance
• Art and Architecture
• Economy
• Agriculture and Fishing
• Mining
• Manufacturing and Services
• Energy
• Transportation and Communications
• Foreign Trade
• Currency and Banking
• Government
• Judiciary
• Local Government
• Political Parties
• Social Services
• Defense
• International Organizations
• History
• European Colonization
• Independence and Violence
• Further Instability
• Cameroon
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Plants and Animals
• Natural Resources
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Education
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Mining and Manufacturing
• Currency, Banking, and Commerce
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• Executive and Legislature
• Judiciary
• Political Parties
• History
• European Rule
• Independence
• Rebellion and Unity
• Cape Verde
• Land and Resources
• Population
• Economy
• Government
• History
• Central African Republic
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Religion and Language
• Education
• Economy
• Agriculture and Forestry
• Manufacturing and Mining
• Currency, Commerce, and Trade
• Transportation and Communication
• Government
• History
• Chad
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Political Divisions and Principal Cities
• Language and Religion
• Education
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Industries
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• History
• Comoros
• Land and Resources
• The People of Comoros
• Economy
• Government
• History
• Congo
• Land and Resources
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Principal Cities
• Education
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Mining
• Manufacturing
• Currency and Banking
• Foreign Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• History
• Cote d'Ivoire
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Plants and Animals
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Political Divisions and Principal Cities
• Education
• Culture
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Mining and Manufacturing
• Currency, Banking, and Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• History
• Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)
• Land and Resources
• Natural Regions
• Rivers and Lakes
• Plants and Animals
• Natural Resources
• Climate
• Environmental Issues
• People and Society
• Ethnic Groups
• Language
• Religion
• Education
• Way of Life
• Social Issues
• Social Services
• Arts
• Literature
• Art
• Music, Dance, and Theater
• Museums and Libraries
• Economy
• Labor
• Mining
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Manufacturing
• Services
• Energy
• Transportation
• Communications
• Foreign Trade
• Currency and Banking
• Government
• Constitution
• Executive
• Legislature
• Judiciary
• Local Government
• Political Parties and Groups
• Defense
• International Organizations
• History
• Kongo Kingdom
• European Control
• King Leopold’s State
• Belgian Congo
• Postindependence Turmoil
• Secession of Katanga
• UN Peace Efforts
• The Mobutu Years
• Authenticity and Kleptocracy
• Political Maneuvers
• Refugee Problem
• Rebellion
• Kabila’s Government
• Djibouti
• Land and Resources
• The People of Djibouti
• Economy
• Government
• History
• Egypt
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Plants and Animals
• Environmental Issues
• People and Society
• Principal Cities
• Ethnic Groups
• Language
• Religion
• Education
• Social Structure
• Ways of Life
• Social Issues
• Social Services
• Arts
• Literature
• Art and Architecture
• Music and Dance
• Theater and Film
• Libraries and Museums
• Economy
• Government Role in the Economy
• Labor
• Agriculture
• Fishing
• Manufacturing
• Mining
• Services
• Tourism
• Energy
• Transportation
• Communications
• Foreign Trade
• Currency and Banking
• Government
• Executive
• Legislature
• Judiciary
• Local Government
• Political Parties
• Defense
• International Relations
• History
• Egypt Under the Caliphate
• Mamluk Rule and Ottoman Conquest
• Muhammad Ali
• Increased Foreign Involvement
• British Rule
• British Protectorate
• Qualified Independence
• Coup and Independence
• Egypt Under Nasser
• Suez Crisis
• United Arab Republic
• War with Israel
• Egypt Under Sadat
• Egypt Under Mubarak
• Equatorial Guinea
• Land and Resources
• Population
• Economy and Government
• History
• Eritrea
• Land and Resources
• Population
• Economy
• Government
• History
• War of Independence
• Independent Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Plants and Animals
• Soils and Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Political Divisions
• Principal Cities
• Religion
• Language
• Education
• Culture
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• Energy
• Currency and Banking
• Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• Executive and Legislature
• Local Government
• Judiciary
• Defense
• History
• European Influence
• The Italo-Ethiopian Wars
• The Later Reign of Haile Selassie
• The Mengistu Regime
• Resistance and Revolution
• Gabon
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Principal Cities
• Education
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• Currency and Foreign Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• History
• Gambia
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Plants and Animals
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Religion and Language
• Education
• Economy
• Agriculture and Fishing
• Manufacturing, Currency, and Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• History
• Ghana
• Land and Resources
• Rivers and Lakes
• Plant and Animal Life
• Natural Resources
• Climate
• Environmental Issues
• The People of Ghana
• Ethnic Groups and Languages
• Religion
• Education
• Way of Life
• Culture
• Literature
• Art and Architecture
• Music and Dance
• Theater and Film
• Libraries and Museums
• Economy
• Labor
• Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• Services and Tourism
• Energy
• Transportation
• Communications
• Foreign Trade
• Currency and Banking
• Government
• Executive
• Legislature
• Judiciary
• Local Government
• Political Parties
• Defense
• International Organizations
• History
• Early States and Kingdoms
• European Influence
• The British-Ashanti Wars
• Colonial Gold Coast
• Early Nationalist Movements
• Kwame Nkrumah
• Independent Ghana
• Nkrumah’s Regime
• Ghana Since Nkrumah
• Guinea
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Plants and Animals
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Religion and Language
• Education
• Economy
• Government
• History
• Guinea Bissau
• Land and Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Economy and Government
• History
• Kenya
• Land and Resources
• Natural Regions
• Rivers and Lakes
• Plant and Animal Life
• Natural Resources
• Climate
• Environmental Issues
• The People of Kenya
• Ethnic Groups
• Language and Religion
• Education
• Way of Life
• Social Issues
• Culture
• Music and Dance
• Literature
• Theater
• Libraries and Museums
• Economy
• Role of Government
• Labor
• Agriculture
• Tourism and Other Services
• Manufacturing and Mining
• Forestry and Fishing
• Energy
• Transportation
• Communications
• Foreign Trade
• Currency and Banking
• Government
• Executive
• Legislature
• Judiciary
• Local Government
• Political Parties
• Social Services
• Defense
• International Organizations
• History
• History of the Coast
• British Colonization
• African Opposition to the British
• Independent Kenya
• Lesotho
• Land and Resources
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Religion and Language
• Education
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Currency and Foreign Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• History
• Colonial Rule
• Independent Lesotho
• Recent Events
• Liberia
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Plants and Animals
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Political Divisions and Principal Cities
• Religion and Language
• Education
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Mining and Manufacturing
• Currency and Banking
• Foreign Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• Judiciary
• Health and Welfare
• History
• Relations with Indigenous People
• Tubman’s Regime
• Violent Change
• Civil War
• Return to Democracy
• Libya
• Land and Resources
• Natural Regions
• Cyrenaica
• Tripolitania
• Fezzan
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Plants and Animals
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Principal Cities
• Religion and Language
• Education and Cultural Institutions
• Economy
• Government Role in the Economy
• Labor
• Agriculture
• Fishing
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• Tourism
• Energy
• Currency and Banking
• Foreign Trade
• Transportation
• Communications
• Government
• Local Government
• Judiciary
• Defense
• History
• Kingdom Established
• Overthrow of the Monarchy
• Qaddafi’s Regime
• Recent Developments
• Madagascar
• Land and Resources
• Rivers and Lakes
• Climate
• Vegetation and Animal Life
• Mineral Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Language and Religion
• Education
• Cultural Institutions
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Mining and Manufacturing
• Energy
• Foreign Trade
• Currency and Banking
• Transportation
• Communications
• Government
• History
• French Encroachment
• Movement Toward Independence
• Ratsiraka’s Rule
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• Malawi
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Political Divisions and Principal Cities
• Religion and Language
• Education
• Economy
• Energy
• Currency and Foreign Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• Legislature
• Judiciary and Local Government
• Defense
• History
• Mali
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Plants and Animals
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Political Divisions and Principal Cities
• Education
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Currency, Banking, and Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• History
• Mauritania
• Land and Resources
• Natural Resources
• Plants and Animals
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Political Divisions and Principal Cities
• Religion and Language
• Education
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Fishing
• Mining
• Currency and Foreign Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Manufacturing and Energy
• Government
• Judiciary and Defense
• History
• Mauritius
• Land and Resources
• Population
• Economy
• Government
• History
• Mayotte
• Land and Resources
• The People of Mayotte
• Economy
• Government
• History
• Morocco
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Plants and Animals
• Soils
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Principal Cities
• Religion
• Language
• Education
• Culture
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• Energy
• Currency and Banking
• Foreign Trade
• Transportation
• Communications
• Labor
• Government
• Executive
• Legislature
• Political Parties
• Local Government
• Judiciary
• Health and Welfare
• Defense
• History
• Muslim Conquest
• European Intrusion
• Fight for Independence
• Unification
• Saharan War and Recent Developments
• Mozambique
• Land and Resources
• Rivers and Lakes
• Plant and Animal Life
• Natural Resources
• Climate
• Environmental Issues
• The People of Mozambique
• Language, Ethnicity, and Religion
• Education
• Way of Life
• Culture
• Economy
• Labor
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Industry
• Mining
• Energy
• Transportation and Communications
• Foreign Trade
• Currency and Banking
• Government
• Executive
• Legislature
• Judiciary
• Local Government
• Political Parties
• Defense
• International Organizations
• History
• Europeans Arrive
• Ivory and Slaves
• The Gaza Empire
• British Influence
• Control by the Concessions
• Resistance and Independence
• Namibia
• Land and Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Economy
• Government
• History
• European Presence
• South Africa’s Occupation
• Independent Namibia
• Niger
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Plants and Animals
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Political Divisions and Principal Cities
• Religion and Language
• Education
• Culture
• Economy
• Agriculture and Fishing
• Mining and Manufacturing
• Currency and Banking
• Foreign Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• Executive and Legislature
• Judiciary
• Health and Welfare
• Defense
• History
• Nigeria
• Land and Resources
• Topographic Regions
• Climate and Vegetation
• Rivers and Lakes
• Animal Life
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Issues
• The People of Nigeria
• Urbanization
• Ethnicity
• Language
• Religion
• Education
• Way of Life
• Social Issues
• Arts
• Literature
• Art and Architecture
• Music and Dance
• Theater and Film
• Museums and Libraries
• Economy
• Labor
• Agriculture
• Services
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• Forestry and Fishing
• Energy
• Transportation
• Communications
• Trade
• Currency and Banking
• Government
• Executive
• Legislature
• Judiciary
• Political Parties
• State and Local Governments
• Defense
• Social Services
• International Organizations
• History
• Precolonial History of the Savanna
• The Kanem-Bornu Empire
• The Hausa-Fulani
• Precolonial History of the Forest and Coast
• The Yoruba
• The Igbo
• Colonial Expansion
• The Scramble for Africa
• Indirect Rule
• Opposition to the British
• Independence
• Civil War
• Oil and Coups
• The Short-Lived Second Republic
• Return of the Military
• Nigeria Under Abacha
• Transition to Democracy
• Reunion
• Rwanda
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Plants and Animals
• Mineral Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Political Divisions and Principal Cities
• Education
• Way of Life
• Culture
• Social Problems
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• Currency and Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• Local Government
• Judiciary
• Health and Welfare
• History
• Foreign Rule
• Independence
• Civil War
• Saint Helena
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Land and Population
• Economy and Government
• History
• Senegal
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Vegetation and Animal Life
• Mineral Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Principal Cities
• Language and Religion
• Education and Culture
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Mining and Manufacturing
• Energy
• Transportation and Communications
• Currency and Foreign Trade
• Tourism
• Government
• Executive
• Legislature
• Judiciary
• Local Government
• Political Parties
• History
• European Rivalry
• French Rule
• Independence
• Regional Issues
• Political Developments
• Seychelles
• Land and Population
• Economy and Government
• History
• Sierra Leone
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Mineral Resources
• Vegetation and Animal Life
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Religion and Language
• Education
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• Currency and Foreign Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• Judiciary
• Local Government
• Health and Welfare
• Defense
• History
• Colonial Rule
• Independence
• Somalia
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Vegetation and Animal Life
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Religion and Language
• Education
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Manufacturing
• Currency and Banking
• Foreign Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• Local Government
• Health and Welfare
• Defense
• History
• European Colonization
• Independence
• Civil War
• South Africa
• Land and Resources
• Natural Regions
• Rivers and Lakes
• Coastline
• Geology and Soils
• Plant and Animal Life
• Natural Resources
• Climate
• Environmental Issues
• People
• Ethnic Groups
• Language
• Religion
• Education
• Way of Life
• Social Issues
• Arts
• Literature
• Art and Architecture
• Music and Dance
• Theater and Film
• Libraries and Museums
• Economy
• Labor
• Services and Tourism
• Manufacturing
• Mining
• Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing
• Energy
• Transportation
• Communications
• Foreign Trade
• Currency and Banking
• Government
• Executive
• Legislature
• Judiciary
• Provincial and Local Government
• Political Parties
• African National Congress
• Democratic Party
• Inkatha Freedom Party
• New National Party
• Health and Social Services
• Defense
• International Organizations
• History
• Arrival of Europeans and the Mfecane
• Early British Settlement
• Cape Frontier Wars
• The Establishment of the Afrikaner Republics
• The British in Natal
• The Boer War
• A Segregated Nation
• A Segregated Nation
• Apartheid Instituted
• Resistance to Apartheid
• Struggle with the United Nations
• Deepening Crises
• Negotiations and Change
• Mandela’s Presidency
• The Truth and Reconciliation Commission
• Political Developments
• Sudan
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Plants and Animals
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Principal Cities and Political Divisions
• Religion and Language
• Education
• Culture
• Libraries
• Museums
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• Energy
• Currency
• Foreign Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Labor
• Government
• Executive
• Legislature
• Judiciary
• Local Government
• Defense
• Health and Welfare
• History
• Mahdist Revolt
• British-Egyptian Sovereignty
• Sudanization and Independence
• Abboud’s Rule
• Nimeiry’s Regime
• Civil War
• Swaziland
• Land and Resources
• Population
• Economy
• Government
• History
• Tanzania
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Education
• Culture
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• Currency and Foreign Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Labor
• Government
• Executive
• Legislature
• Judiciary
• Local Government
• Political Parties
• Defense
• History
• Zanzibar
• Tanganyika
• Tanzania Under Nyerere
• The Nature of the Federation
• The Economy
• Foreign Policy
• Tanzania Since Nyerere
• Togo
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Plants and Animal Life
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Language and Religion
• Education
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Mining and Manufacturing
• Currency and Banking
• Foreign Trade
• Transportation
• Government
• Judiciary
• Political Parties
• History
• Tunisia
• Land and Resources
• Natural Regions
• Climate
• Vegetation and Animal Life
• Mineral Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Principal Cities
• Language and Religion
• Education
• Cultural Institutions
• Communications
• Economy
• Labor
• Agriculture
• Fishing
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• Energy
• Transportation
• Currency and Banking
• Foreign Trade
• Tourism
• Government
• Executive
• Legislature
• Judiciary
• Local Government
• Political Parties
• Social Services
• Defense
• History
• Arab, Spanish, and Turkish Rule
• An End to Piracy
• The French Protectorate
• Tunisian Resistance to French Rule
• The Republic
• Tunisia Tightens Its Ties with the Arab World
• Uganda
• Land and Resources
• Natural Regions
• Rivers and Lakes
• Plant and Animal Life
• Natural Resources
• Climate
• Environmental Issues
• People and Society
• Ethnicity and Language
• Religion
• Education
• Social Structure
• Way of Life
• Social Issues
• Social Services
• Arts
• Literature
• Art and Architecture
• Theater and Film
• Music and Dance
• Museums and Libraries
• Economy
• Agriculture
• Forestry and Fishing
• Services and Tourism
• Manufacturing and Mining
• Energy
• Transportation
• Communications
• Foreign Trade
• Currency and Banking
• Government
• Constitution
• Executive
• Legislature
• Judiciary
• Local Government
• National Resistance Movement
• Defense
• International Organizations
• History
• Precolonial Kingdoms
• European Influence
• Missionaries
• Rise of British Control
• British Protectorate
• Preeminence of Buganda
• Nationalist Pressure
• Western Sahara
• Zambia
• Land and Resources
• Climate
• Natural Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Population
• Population Characteristics
• Political Divisions and Principal Cities
• Religion and Language
• Education
• Economy
• Labor
• Agriculture
• Mining
• Manufacturing
• Currency and Banking
• Foreign Trade
• Transportation and Communications
• Government
• Judiciary
• Defense
• History
• British Rule
• Independence
• Zimbabwe
• Land and Resources
• Natural Regions
• Rivers and Lakes
• Plant and Animal Life
• Natural Resources
• Climate
• Environmental Issues
• People and Society
• Ethnic Groups and Languages
• Religion
• Education
• Social Structure
• Way of Life
• Social Issues and Social Services
• Arts
• Economy
• Government Role in the Economy
• Labor
• Services
• Industry
• Agriculture
• Mining
• Energy
• Transportation
• Communications
• Foreign Trade
• Currency and Banking
• Government
• Executive
• Legislature
• Judiciary
• Local Government
• Political Parties
• Defense
• International Organizations
• History
• Early Civilizations
• Portuguese Influence
• The Rozwi Empire and the Ndebele
• Cecil Rhodes
• Settler Colony
• White-Ruled Rhodesia
• Independent Zimbabwe
• Recent Developments