So do you want to learn World Geography? (SO of "isolated" thread)

[hopemax]

DH showed me this quiz site almost a year ago, and I got obsessed with learning all the Countries of the World. I'm slowly learning the capitals now. But with several people mentioning not knowing where certain countries were, I thought I'd throw the link out there. They have lots of different categories of trivia, not just geography.

http://www.sporcle.com/

And here's the link just to the Countries of the World

http://www.sporcle.com/games/world.php

You type in a country name and it will show up on the map. Because there are so many labels, sometimes it's hard to see where they actually are and you forget you haven't typed in a common country like Jamaica.

 

[palavra]

I checked this site out during my planning period. What an awesome site! I think I'll enjoy it immensely

 

[momof1princess]

this would be a great teaching tool! i thought i was okay at geography, but i only got 65 out of 195, lol.

 

[hopemax]

And here is the "alternative" way of learning the countries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGmdN_VsIuc

Although, you have to account for changes that have happened since Animaniacs was on TV.

 

[eliza61]

DH showed me this quiz site almost a year ago, and I got obsessed with learning all the Countries of the World. I'm slowly learning the capitals now. But with several people mentioning not knowing where certain countries were, I thought I'd throw the link out there. They have lots of different categories of trivia, not just geography.

http://www.sporcle.com/

And here's the link just to the Countries of the World

http://www.sporcle.com/games/world.php

You type in a country name and it will show up on the map. Because there are so many labels, sometimes it's hard to see where they actually are and you forget you haven't typed in a common country like Jamaica.

Hey thanks Hope,
I am notoriously bad at geography. Amazingly I cant find Ireland on a map of Europe but I remember the songs to School house rock.

I'm just a bill.... maybe that's the ticket, maybe I need to put a song together.

 

[hopemax]

See the post above yours for a "song." Just remember Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia and Zaire don't exist anymore. There aren't two Yemens, and no matter what the song says there is no San Juan.

I forgot to check the results but we also may have a "new" country. Sudan was supposed to be voting on whether they were going to split into 2 countries. Which would mess up the "largest countries in the world" quizzes too.

Edit: I guess official results aren't going to be releases until Feb 14th, but early reports is almost unanimity. New nation status would become official in July.

 

[lisajl]

Well, thanks for this...it is making me crazy!!! Must. stop. playing.

 

[FireDancer]

If you want to learn about world geography and cultures quickly start to follow international football (soccer).

 

[Disneyland_emily]

I liked the links but not being able to correctly spell the countries limited my fun

 

[hopemax]

I've taken to playing Sporcle with 2 tabs open. One on Sporcle, and the other to the Google search page. Then I cut and paste. But now I can spell Liechtenstein and Kyrgyzstan,

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

"You got 114 out of 195 Countries of the World."


Not bad for the first try. Most of what I missed were islands.