What's the best way to memorize the name, capitol & location of every country in the world?  Is there a website or software program that will teach us basic facts about other countries?  Form of government / primary language / major exports / primary religions / etc...
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You can go to \nhttp://www.capitals.com/\nor to\nhttp://www.quia.com/hm/22761.html\nor to\nhttp://members.aol.com/bowermanb/worldgames.html\nHave your pick
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I know this may sound not too professional of an answer, but here's how it worked for me in the US. It would be a good idea to start learning topic-wise: figure out the situations you end up in most often (ordering food, discussing weather, answering things like "What's up" etc) and learn some basic things from whichever books you're using. That is very useful for a good start.\nBasically, the good thing is too realize what learning method's best for you: writing works for me, because when I write I pronounce the word, see it and use my hands (so I can even throw the Notepad away :)).\nAnyways, I don't suppose all of the above will be really helpful, but hope it was worth a try.\nFor now, the main thing is to relax and start speaking no matter how you sound or how many mistakes you make. You won't become native right from the start anyway. The more you speak, the more you learn; it's always been like that. So just relax.
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I am a Canadian living in the US and have done substitute teaching here.  I have found through my work and my wife's statements of what she learned, that there is very little world history taught through basic education here.  They do learn a bit about Canada and Mexico, but it seems, that if it doesn't relate directly to the US, it isn't that important.
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Location\n\nThe United States was established with the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Geographically, you could give two different location descriptions of Philadelphia - its absolute location or its relative location.\n\nPlace\n\nNo two places on earth are exactly alike. Different locations have different physical and cultural characteristics. Physical features are those that occur naturally. Cultural features are created by the human beings who live there.\n\nHuman/Environment Interaction\n\nWherever humans have lived or traveled, they have changed the natural features of the earth, or the environment.\n\nHuman interaction with the land, natural resources, and other natural features of the United States has affected its history a great deal.\n\nMovement\n\nOf all of the geographic themes, movement has affected our nation’s history most. For thousands of years, immigrants- people who enter a country to settle- have traveled to this land.\n\nRegion\n\nThe theme of region helps us to see more of the big picture of the world. Geographers generally divide the world into large regions, or areas that have something in common. This makes the world easier to study. It also helps us see what relationships exist among different parts of the world.
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Google with a properly formed query will find most of the information that is out there. Also try wikipedia for information on places which generally includes their history. \n\nWhat place do you wish to find information on and what sort of information do you require?
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Try \n\nhttp://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/world/global_trivia.html\n\nI linked to 'global trivia', but they have LOTS of categories and quizzes just on this one site.  You can easily find a good assortment of questions there.\n\nGood Luck!\n\nPolly
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For polls a good one is www.pollingreport.com\n\nFor stats, depending on what you are looking for, the CIA World Factbook Website has some decent stats on every country in the world
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The World Factbook: French Guyana\n\nhttp://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/fg.html
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China. We learned it in History Class about 3 weeks ago
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Start with an interesting list. If you're a world traveler start by saying, "France, England, Germany...those are a few places I've traveled." If you have a lot of pets, "2 dogs, 4 cats, a hamster, 3 turtles...my house is like a zoo." If you can't think of a list, just start with an interesting fact.
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Learn how to spell first and possibly get a basic high school education before you make advanced plans. Right now you don't know how to spell the name of the country, or the field you think you want to study. Very bad idea to even think of going!
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If you are global or visual learner concpet mapping is great for getting the big picture of history. For most global learners, they cannot remember the detail effectively until they have the big picture. It is like building a system of shelves in the mind so you can more easily store and retrive information. \n\nMy kids are using it for their studies with great success, but they are not facing SATs and a tight deadline like you are. But, in the off chance it may help, here are two links that may help you to get started:\n\nsee some examples of history concept maps:\n\nhttp://cmapspublic2.ihmc.us:80/servlet/SBReadResourceServlet?rid=1160861839109_1206028384_10916&partName=htmltext\n\nwhere you can get free concept map software (this is what we are using):\n\nhttp://cmap.ihmc.us/download/index.php\n\nI hope it is of some help.
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Hi there;\n\nI have to hand it to you! You are showing a lot of gumption for taking on an assignment covering an entire continent of nations like that.\nI can list for you some very fine links (safe links) which can assist you in your endeavors. Good luck I hope you do well. :)
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OK abc here is a serious answer to your question. We live so far away from everywhere else (even south America and/or Canada for most of the US) that we just have not had the experience. I'm think i am more knowledgable than most ppl i know, on Europe anyway, since my in-laws are from Liverpool and one of my good friends and her hubby are Irish, but i don't think most ppl in the US even know a person that is from another country (that is not a S. Am country). I know if you live in Englad, Germany, Spain, Italy ect...you can fly to another country in a matter of a few hours and it is fairly cheap. Honestly most Americans would love to be able to visit (can I stay at your house lol) but it is to expensive. I think this goes along with the education question. Its not that we don't learn our history, it is just much easier to remember something if you have visited the place (i can give you quite a detailed account of the Alamo) or if your family was involved (Revolution, cilvil war). If you are wondering if we learn about the daily habits (such as food perference, job opportunities, fashion) of the modern English at school no we don't, but I really don't think that it would be the job of the school to teach this.\n\n\nI also think that the reason we love accents is because we rarely hear them! We would sit and listen to someone from England, Ireland, Scotland, Australia all day....you guys are really popular here lol\n\nI was wondering about the nationalities of the users on this site...is there a way to see that?
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You can view the top 500 visited sites by country. lol\nhttp://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_500\n\nLearn about countries from the CIA\nhttp://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/\n\nLearn about the worlds diversity.  The best people database you'll find onlin.  (Christian website but very interesting even if you aren't Christian.)\nhttp://www.joshuaproject.net/\n\nTech News\nhttp://www.digg.com\n\nTest google products.\nhttp://www.google.com/intl/en/options/\n\nCheck out other peoples' pictures of places you've been or want to see.\nhttp://www.flickr.com
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I personally reccomend the Rosetta Stone language education software. It's specifically designed to teach people fast. My father was at conversational italian after an hour a day for six months, and was reading and writing it by the end of the year. I'm going to get a copy before I go to Japan. It comes in almost every language, too.
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hmm... i could help you a little here...\n\nB1. a country like U.S.\nB2. kings, queens, presidents, bosses, generals, etc.\nB3. library\n\nC1. archived\nC2. monarch? monarchy\nC3. archeologist's library\nC4. architect? there's a missing word...\nC5. architecture\n\ndemosthenes or demos. if without the (s) demonstrate, demon, demolition...\n\nhow did i do? :)