This site offers a wealth of information about hundreds of countries. The general categories include basic information, business information, and student information. Each country also has specifics: Greetings, Dress, Taboos, Law & Order, Videos, Gender Issues, Government, Major Religions, and many more
The page claims to be a listening "game" but it's really just a simple fill-in-the-gaps exercise. Files are classified according to level (easy, medium and advanced) and categories (comedy, education, games,…).
Speakout is a general English course using authentic materials from the BBC (we're using it in Basic 2, Intermediate 1, 2 and Advanced 1 at the moment). It has a wide range of support material for a variety of teaching situations. Click on the covers to find out more.