Map Making - Test Your Memory with Geography

Map Making
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Map Making trains your short-term and long-term memory for spatial locations. Place each state within a country in its proper position for maximum points.

To begin, click the Small, Medium, or Large link above. This opens the game in a pop-up window. Wait for the game to load, then click the "Select Map" button in the middle of the game.

HOW TO PLAY. First select the country you want to test your memory on. I suggest you begin with the country where you live, since you probably know your own country's states best.

To start filling in the map, place the cursor on the state displayed at top left. Hold down the left mouse button, and drag the state to its correct location on the map. Drop the state in its proper place by letting go of the left mouse button.

If you make a mistake, the game shows the state's correct position in red. Place the state there. You do not get points for a state if you missed its location.

Once you've mastered the location of the states in your own country, try map making other countries of the world. For most people, this will be very challening.

As an American, for example, I am definitely not familiar where all the states in India are. Not yet, anyway!

Think of this as a great memory training tool. The more countries you can successfully map, the stronger your memory for spatial locations will be. Not only that, but you will probably be able to impress people from other countries with your knowledge of their own!

If you want to print out a world map to practice on, see the free printable world map page.

Game distributed by y3.com. Used with Permission.

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