Think you are smarter than Ms Teen USA South Carolina 2007? Try Statetris - an interesting game of Tetris that you can play online and test your knowledge of geography.
The Tetris board is in the shape of a map (it could be a country or a continent) while the different Tetris blocks that fall from the top are in the shape of different states (or countries if you chose a continent).
You use the arrows keys to move / rotate the blocks so that the states / countries fall in the right locations just like the original Tetris game.
Statetris is available for USA, UK, Europe and some other places. Thanks Mr. Byrne.
Here’s a video from TED where Alisa Miller explains why people in US are not aware of world news as compared to their peers in other countries.
Find this article at: http://www.labnol.org/internet/favorites/test-knowledge-of-world-geography-with-tetris-game/3435/
web: http://www.labnol.org/ email: amit@labnol.org
Reader Comments
Error: She is Miss Teen USA South Carolina not MS South Carolina. Big difference.
Written by Bruce on 05.28.08
As a graduate student in Interdisciplinary Studies (Geography and Art History) I want to point out the uselessness and pointlessness of these exercises. Oh boy, you can recognize shapes. Adjacency is an important concept in geography, but it’s expected you understand what is adjacent. Political borders indeed divide, but do they separate? Consider the beer consumption by Germans and Czechs and compare that to the wine consumption of the French and Italians. What does that tell you about the beverage of choice among the Swiss and Austrians? Can you use this data to analyze the culinary history of Belgium and Slovakia?
Written by Bob A on 05.28.08
Thanks Bruce. Fixed.
Written by Amit Agarwal on 05.28.08
Frankly, I like travelerIQ app from TravelPod better and it has more variety as well. Happy that it’s now on Orkut :)
Written by ajit on 05.29.08