{"id":2760,"date":"2012-09-10T10:47:03","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T16:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=2760"},"modified":"2014-09-12T11:58:26","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T17:58:26","slug":"links-a-couple-of-geography-quizzes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/09\/10\/links-a-couple-of-geography-quizzes\/","title":{"rendered":"Links: A couple of Geography Quizzes"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>Here are a couple of sites that let you test your knowledge of geography.<\/p>\n<p>There are some kinds of learning for which simple rote learning and repitition are appropriate &#8211; this is one.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"diigo-linkroll\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rethinkingschools.org\/just_fun\/games\/mapgame2.shtml\">Test Your Geography Knowledge<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">Rethinking Schools Middle East Quiz Game<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><span>tags:<\/span>                        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/geography\">geography<\/a>             <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/quiz\">quiz<\/a>             <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/map\">map<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"diigo-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.purposegames.com\/search?q=countries\">Search Results for countries-2539<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-description\">The results of a search on this site for countries games. These are mostly quiz games &#8211; try and guess the countries&#8230;.  How many do you know?<\/p>\n<p class=\"diigo-tags\"><span>tags:<\/span>                        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/geography\">geography<\/a>             <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/quiz\">quiz<\/a>             <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/games\">games<\/a>             <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\/seriousgames\">seriousgames<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"diigo-ps\">Posted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\">Diigo<\/a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diigo.com\/user\/nirtak\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-2760'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2760);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(2760);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(2760);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Here are a couple of sites that let you test your knowledge of geography. There are some kinds of learning for which simple rote learning and repitition are appropriate &#8211; this is one. Test Your Geography Knowledge Rethinking Schools Middle &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/09\/10\/links-a-couple-of-geography-quizzes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,12,14,24],"tags":[159,342,180,183],"class_list":["post-2760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-educational-technology","category-games","category-general","category-teaching-learning","tag-edugames","tag-games-gaming","tag-links","tag-quiz"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-Iw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2763,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/09\/12\/link-purposegames-com-create-play-online-games\/","url_meta":{"origin":2760,"position":0},"title":"Link: PurposeGames.com &#8211; Create &#038; Play Online Games","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"September 12, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"PurposeGames.com - Create & Play Online Games Create your own games, host your own groups \/ classes, study for a test, or just dazzle us with your knowledge. tags: education game learning geography flash Posted from Diigo. 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