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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 08:51 PM Original message |
If you think you know Middle East geography, try this ... |
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BillyJack (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. What a great lesson! |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yeah, it was fun. I can't say how many I missed, it's too embarrassing, but it |
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BillyJack (653 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Thanks for the welcome |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I've been here about a year. The people are pretty nice and many know a |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. the "stans" got me..... |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. For me it was the "stans" AND non coastal Africa |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. the stans and interior Africa got me also nt |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. Yup. Me too. |
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patrick t. cakes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 10:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. Non coastal africa too. Never heard of West Sahara either |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 11:31 PM Original message |
Actually I managed to guess the right spot for West Sahara |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Actually I managed to guess the right spot for West Sahara |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. You'd probably have learned it as "Spanish Sahara." |
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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:11 PM Response to Original message |
4. That was really fun!!!!!! |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. When I taught Modern US History to seniors in HS... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Yep!!! Excellent!!! n/t |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. I love these maps!!! |
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rabs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
30. Here's a map |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. Cool |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
9. google maps |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. I had trouble with the Stans, I did not had to memorize them |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. It's there. It's very very very very tiny, just below the Persian Gulf. I had to |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Where it should be |
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malmapus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. The "Stans" got me too. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. I know, this is funny in a way |
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malmapus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 10:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Very true! |
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madinmaryland (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. The four stans had me confused. |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. I had to go full screen to find Bahrain. |
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rabs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
35. Mas "stans" en español |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. a tad of nitpicking... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. Interesting!!! Just that sliver that goes over to China. Thanks! n/t |
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steve2470 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. yvw ! nt |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
14. Very cool! It's unfortunate that most of what I know of the region came from following wars. |
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AnOhioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
17. Did pretty well..... |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:43 PM Original message |
I wonder how fast |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yep, but Fox News just labels them the way they happen to right or wrong and then Glenn Beck teaches |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
21. dupe |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
27. I think I did pretty well |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I had to fuddle around quite a bit. I'm glad it wasn't an exam. I'll get it so I |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-26-11 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
31. I only had 2 wrong until I hit Africa, then it was splat-city. |
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