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40 maps that will help you make sense of the world.
40 Maps That Will Help You Make Sense of the World «TwistedSifter

A little bonus you might enjoy.
See what happens when Americans are asked to label Europe and Brits are asked to label the US.

This is What Happens When Americans are Asked to Label Europe and Brits are Asked to Label the US «TwistedSifter

Funny, but can you do better?


Try your hand at labeling Europe - blank form here. http://twistedsifter.files.wordpress...-of-europe.jpg


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#3 and # 19 gave me pause. So many to read...
Loved the fill-in-the-maps game--It was worth reading a few to get my day started!

What I find fascinating is that a lot of Brits can label California, Texas and Florida, (although they do have a problem with Chicago and the Midwest); and a lot of Americans think Australia is in the middle of Europe.

Looking at the Americans labeling Europe is a little embarrassing. We can name only a few, obvious countries and not much else. The Europeans know the biggies but they didn't do too bad with some of the less well known states.

You know, before the collapse of the Soviet Union, I could bet you I could name all European countries. After the collapse and renaming of these countries, like CZECHOSLOVAKIA is now broken down into the CZECH REPUBLIC and SLOVAKIA and Yugoslavia was broken down into Croatia and Serbia, and all these buffer states between Poland and Russia like BELARUS and it has created quite a bit of confusion. I can probably now lable about 80-85 percent of Europe with the not quite so sure about where Croatia is to Serbia to Andorra.....another words, once you have countries labled and named geographically and politically, you have to keep UPDATED like everything else.

Well, the states in New England can be equally confusing - all very small, generally little blobs (unlike Texas, Florida, and California with very distinct shapes and locations). Then again, those states have also been there longer than the countries you're talking about.

New England the land of chowdah. :cool:

I've known the New England states and been to all six of them since I was little. Rhode Island and Connecticut have always been driving through places to get to Massachusetts. I spent more time in New Hampshire and Maine. Vermont is a bit off the beaten track, very hilly and cold. I was there in WINTER at Burlington, stopped in Montpelier. Woke up to 5 inches of fresh powder. Seafood there is great. Lobster, clams and chowder. I like them all. But honestly, NEW ORLEANS and CAJUN cooking kicks its butt. Only thing is the CLAMS are best in NE. I don't see clams like that in New Orleans. Ive seen fried Oysters in New Orleans but not fried clams like they got em up in New England. And the chowder, but I'll take a bowl of PAPADEAUX shrimp gumbo anytime over Clam Chowder in Boston.

The small states like Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, which are in the middle atlantic states, and in the New England states there are Connecticut, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. LITTLE RHODY being the smallest of all.

Fun fact: the full name of Rhode Island is actually "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" - there was a referendum in a recent election to change it to "State of Rhode Island" but it failed.

R.I. voters reject bid to amend state’s official name - The Boston Globe

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Fun fact: the full name of Rhode Island is actually "State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" - there was a referendum in a recent election to change it to "State of Rhode Island" but it failed.

R.I. voters reject bid to amend state’s official name - The Boston Globe

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Ok, is this anything like The Commonwealth of Virginia and Pennsylvania? Speaking of Little Rhode Island, here is a rare newspaper article of 1816 of a shark attack there. Quite interesting.

1816 Shark Attack in Rhode Island... - RareNewspapers.com