{"id":460,"date":"2008-11-18T08:30:30","date_gmt":"2008-11-18T13:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/?p=460"},"modified":"2008-12-15T09:04:45","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T14:04:45","slug":"pop-quiz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/mesh\/2008\/11\/pop-quiz\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop quiz!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>From MESH Admin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"float: right\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/mesh\/files\/2008\/11\/quiz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"210\" \/>Some of the many interactive geography quizzes on the web ask visitors to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geography-map-games.com\/geography-games-Geo-quizz-Middle-East-online-game_pageid6.html\" target=\"_blank\">identify<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rethinkingschools.org\/just_fun\/games\/mapgame.html\" target=\"_blank\">countries<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sheppardsoftware.com\/Middle-east_Geography.htm\" target=\"_blank\">capitals<\/a> of the Middle East. We assume MESH readers have no problem there, so we&#8217;ve collected links to more challenging quizzes. There&#8217;s no end to learning.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><strong>\u2022 Iraq.<\/strong> The United States has been at war in Iraq for five years, but only <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2006\/EDUCATION\/05\/02\/geog.test\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">one in three<\/a> young Americans can even find it on the map. You can find it, but can you identify all of Iraq&#8217;s governates and their capital cities? There are two good versions of the governates quiz, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lizardpoint.com\/fun\/geoquiz\/iraqquiz.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purposegames.com\/game\/governorates-of-iraq-quiz\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>. And once you&#8217;ve aced that, move on to the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purposegames.com\/game\/83a677f2\" target=\"_blank\">capitals quiz<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Iran.<\/strong> This weblog has devoted much attention to Iran, the rising power. An Iranian who purports to know something about the United States can probably identify the great State of Texas on a map. So can you identify the great province of Fars? Try your hand at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lizardpoint.com\/fun\/geoquiz\/iranquiz.html\" target=\"_blank\">this quiz<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>And there is also much talk about how Iran&#8217;s ethnic groups might be turned against the Islamic regime. Take <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purposegames.com\/game\/ethnic-groups-of-iran-quiz\" target=\"_blank\">this quiz<\/a><\/strong> and see whether you can find them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 Afghanistan and Yemen.<\/strong> U.S. forces have been in Afghanistan even longer than they have been in Iraq, and the President-elect wants to send more. Take the same rigorous test for provinces of Afghanistan, in two versions, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lizardpoint.com\/fun\/geoquiz\/afghanistanquiz.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purposegames.com\/game\/ea76a145\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>. And for the truly expert (or for Yemenis), see if you can navigate another hot spot in the GWOT, by identifying the governates of Yemen, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purposegames.com\/game\/governorates-of-yemen-quiz\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 More fun\/frustration.<\/strong> Forget about those simple interactive quizzes that ask you to identify leaders or flags, and try these instead. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quia.com\/rd\/8300.html?AP_rand=987643553\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a><\/strong> are ten Middle Eastern countries; order them by population size. And <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quia.com\/rd\/8315.html?AP_rand=1231909095\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong> are another ten; order them by total military expenditure. (The answers are supposedly based on the CIA World Factbook.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From MESH Admin Some of the many interactive geography quizzes on the web ask visitors to identify the countries and capitals of the Middle East. We assume MESH readers have no problem there, so we&#8217;ve collected links to more challenging quizzes. 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