# I need help with my daughter's homework! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 13, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-with-my-daughters-homework/224261 "2004-01-13T16:36:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-with-my-daughters-homework/224261/1 "2004-01-13T16:36:56Z")
My daughter needs to find on-line maps of Italy that show agriculture (what is grown where) and natural resources. I’ve tried to help, but have not come up with anything. Does anyone know where I can find this stuff? (If maps are not available, then a good description of these things would be helpful as well.) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-with-my-daughters-homework/224261/2 "2004-01-13T17:58:04Z")
[The CIA World Factbook](http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html) is a good resource. It might not give you everything you’re looking for, but it’s a good place to start. ---
**Author:** ![Grave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Grave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grave)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-with-my-daughters-homework/224261/3 "2004-01-13T18:04:37Z")
The [CIA’s World fact book](http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/it.html) is a great place to start when researching countries. Google returns lots of hits on Italy Maps, so refine he search terms and I bet you will find what you need. ---
**Author:** ![Grave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/71c47a/32.png) [@Grave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grave)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-with-my-daughters-homework/224261/4 "2004-01-13T18:45:38Z")
Heh. That ten minute wait after hitting submit kinda blows. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-with-my-daughters-homework/224261/5 "2004-01-13T21:31:57Z")
Try getting a list of Italian provinces, and searching each of them in Google along with ‘agriculture’. Actually, try ‘agriculture tourism’, and I bet it will find the sites dedicated to telling tourists about the area, which will included some agriculture. I hope. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2004, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-with-my-daughters-homework/224261/6 "2004-01-13T21:48:26Z")
A little more informative than the CIA site at the detail level is the [Nationmaster website for Agriculture and Italy](http://www.nationmaster.com/country/it/Agriculture). Nationmaster’s basic [index page for Italy is here](http://www.nationmaster.com/country/it), from which you can look up [Italian geography facts](http://www.nationmaster.com/country/it/Geography), but I did not find a resouce atlas or map such as you are seeking. You might have better luck on Google searching on _carta italia_, but then you may need to be able to read Italian. The site, www.ecotur.it/1.htm , has a lot of information in Italian. (How much you could use, I have no idea.) [here is the Google translation of that page](http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.ecotur.it/1.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dcarta%2Bitalia%26start%3D40%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26sa%3DN). ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-with-my-daughters-homework/224261/7 "2004-01-14T00:36:07Z")
Hmmm, this looks like a case for PC Globe. What ever happened to that fine piece of software, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-help-with-my-daughters-homework/224261/8 "2004-01-14T03:18:25Z")
Here are some good maps, if you can read Italian ;j [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/alain.houot/Geo/Italie/ital.html](http://perso.wanadoo.fr/alain.houot/Geo/Italie/ital.html)