Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Potentially useful links

"Rulers" is a website that does a pretty good job of listing the leaders of all countries from 1700ish. Why it's useful: Go into your oral comps confident that you know the leader of at least five African countries.
http://rulers.org/

"Nation Master" is my favorite site for economic comparison. You can view the information by almost any category combination where it's available.
Why it's useful: Know the rank of world economies, throw some statistics behind your writing.
http://www.nationmaster.com/index.php

"World Maps" has all kinds of games to help you learn geography, countries, and capitals. I suggest it before the FSOT as well.
Why it's useful: Stempel apparently likes to ask a random capital during oral comps.
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm

The IR Theory Knowledge Base provides theory overviews in a concise, easy to read format.
Why it's useful: At least two of these terms will be on the written test. Probably more.
http://www.irtheory.com/know.htm

The Little Prince written and illustrated by Antoine de Saint Exupéry
Why it's useful: Keeps life in perspective. There will be life after our comprehensive exams.
http://www.angelfire.com/hi/littleprince/frames.html

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