Do You Know Your Geography? When did you first learn?

[Lon]

Countries and such have of course changed over the years particularly since 1940. When I first learned World Geography it was still the Belgian Congo/German East Africa/ French Indo China etc.
We learned all the U.S. states and their capitals when I was in elementary school, as well as the capitals of all the foreign countries at that time.

 

[Laurie]

Lon, German East Africa disappeared at the end of the First World War and for you to have learned about it you would have to be at least 105 and I don't believe you is!

I take your point though, the capital of China was Peking, the island off India was Ceylon, and Malaysia was not spelled without an "s".

Actually I learned more about countries from stamp collecting than I ever did in school!

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

I know we had Geography in grade school but in the last year of high school they offered geography as an elective. The very first day of class the teacher told us we would be watching films in every class and could even do homework from other classes if we had time. We all thought this was going to be a piece of cake.We also were informed that in order to pass the course,as our final exam, we had to fill in blank maps. States and capitols all spelled correctly. What they are known for. Area maps listing the states within each one.. World maps with countries. Continents. Products imported or exported from countries. Nothing more was said during the entire course. So many waited to study all this or not at all and many failed. It was a bit scary sitting there with a whole pile of blank maps and wondering if I would be able to fill it all in correctly. I was never an A student but I do remember studying throughout the year and I did get an A. I can't seem to remember much of it at all. When we travel it does jar my memory and I sit in the car spelling the capitols and mentioning what states are surrounding the one we are in. My hubby thinks I'm crazy.

 

[Aunt Bea]

I learned some of that information but I was not very interested in memorizing facts, dates, etc... I was always more interested in where I could find the information if I needed it. I had more than one conversation with my teachers about my attitude and my potential, LOL!!!

 

[dpwspringer]

I had geography in elementary school too. I remember there were a series of pull down maps, like window shades and some kind of weekly or monthly magazine-sized newspaper we got that had current events.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

I had geography in elementary school too. I remember there were a series of pull down maps, like window shades and some kind of weekly or monthly magazine-sized newspaper we got that had current events.

I remember one called Junior Scholastic and the pull down maps as well.

 

[Ken N Tx]

I know the Capitals of all the States...

Texas is T
Wisconsin is W
Alabama is A

etc.....

 

[Warrigal]

:lol: @ Ken. 50 states are just too many to have to memorise.

 

[Ken N Tx]

:lol: @ Ken. 50 states are just too many to have to memorise.

 

[jujube]

I think one of the hardest jobs on earth for a while would have been being a map maker. You'd just finish one, go to bed and wake up the next morning and the name of the country would have changed.

 

[Butterfly]

Geography has never been my strong suit.

 

[Timetrvlr]

I loved geography in school and still do. I've saved an extensive collection of National Geographic maps and refer to them often. When I'm reading historical novels, I'm often referring to my maps to see where the action was taking place.