must be the fact that its visual and written memory, the only things i
can do :)
yeeah, i had not too much problem, have an indian buddy, we JUST
looked @ the map of india and its surrounding countries last wednesday
... GREAT timing.
history aside, its just visual and written pour moi!
tw
On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:39:59 -0400, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Didn't say I didn't get any Xs, but I got very few. I know where all
> the basics around Israel are and the African ones are easy. The ones
> north of Pakistan were the problems.
>
> Just use logic. Lebanon is under Syrian occupation. Syria is in strife
> with Turkey and is a location where 'militants' are getting into Iraq.
> Iraq is north of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. It's west of Iran. Pakistan
> is on the Afghanistan border as is Iran. Jordan is between Israel and
> Iraq. Yemen is at the tip of the gulf as is Oman. Yemen is also
> associated with a lot of old time Jews till they were chased out, so
> they're on the Israel side of the peninsula. Turkey has had some
> fights with Armenia. Azerbaijan is right near Russia so there are only
> 2 or 3 places it could be (I got an X there).
> Just think of the latest news and you get them all right. My big
> problem is that I know morocco as morocco, not as divided into western
> Sahara. That threw me (but I knew Sudan, Niger, Libya, Algeria,
> Tunisia and the most of the rest. Mali, Mauritania threw me as well.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tony Weeg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:05:24 -0400
> Subject: Re: Mid-east map quiz
> To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> even the ones in africa? come on mike, we all did, after the little
> red x's stopped showing ;)
>
> jk, but really, most of those names have changed since i was in high
> school, which although it wasnt this century was the last decade in
> the last century...
>
> where was bahrain, i couldnt find that one, i know where it is...just
> couldnt see where to put it?
> tw
>
> On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 17:00:31 -0400, Michael Dinowitz
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I got them all except Bahrain till I saw that little unlit island in the
> > gulf. I remember seeing something like this before in an example of the
> > number of Islamic countries/land vs. Israel.
> >
> >
> > Um, I know the African ones.....
> >
> > On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 15:18:55 -0500, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Looking for some drag-drop puzzle examples, I came across this
> > > interesting educational puzzle where you have to identify the
> > > countries of the middle-east on a map.
> > >
> > > http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html
> > >
> > > Sad to say that while I learned all of them in highschool, I can
> > > barely get half now.
> > >
> > > -Kevin
> > >
> > >
> >
> > _____
> >
> >
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