What's the best way to learn/memorize a map?
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it depends on what you are trying to memorize -- actually drawing the map from scratch, or simply identifying certain features on a blank map.\n\nFor instance, if you're trying to remember where each US state is located, you can help yourself remember in two ways:\n1. remembering the state's outline\n2. remembering the state's position related to something else.\n\nFor remembering the outline, the best thing to do is to make flashcards for youself (or buy a set, they probably make US state flash cards). Show yourself the outline. If you know what it is, put it in the 'correct' pile. If you don't know what it is, put it in the 'incorrect' pile. Once you go through all the cards, quiz yourself on the 'incorrect' pile. Some of the shapes might remind you of other objects, like Oklahoma's outline might look like a pan with a handle.\n\nFor remembering locations, you can remember how locations are related to each other. For instance if you can find California on the map, you can remember that Oregon is immediately north of California, and Nevada fits along the eastern edge. Remember which locations are by the coast or on the border, and work your way inward.\n\nYou can use the second method to remember more detailed information, like where cities, lakes, rivers, mountain ranges, roads, etc. are located.\n\nIf you really want to see if you know it, practice drawing it from scratch - you might not get the exact sizes or distances right, but you should be able to remember where everything is placed in relation to each other. Some things should make sense to you - rivers tend to flow into other bodies of water.
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No easy way to memorize...Just constantly using them will make them easier to remember.\nMake flash cards...place them randomly about the house,like the fridge, bathroom mirror, car seat, etc.   Before you cna use that object to must try to name the ion.  Flip the card to the other side to make you do the reverse the next time.
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I would recommend Google Maps ( maps.google.com ) or Windows Live Local ( local.live.com ).
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Revision practices are really most dependent on the way you retain information the best. There are 4 basic learning styles: Visual, Aural, Read/write, and Kinesthetic; these are commonly abbreviated as VARK. \nPlug VARK into google and you'll probably find loads of links explaining about it. What you are looking for, firstly, are VARK questionnaires. Take a few and compare the results.\n\nSome people learn exclusively one way and find dealing with other ways difficult. Some can get their information a variety of ways; this is called multimodal. If you are multimodal, it is probably wise to use a variety of methods from all the modes you identify with.\n\nFor visual learners: "Maps" are your friends. Word maps, timelines, charts, diagrams, etc are mentioned at the source site. I would like to add color coding to that. I generally use it to show a difference of some kind, like cause and effect, or different perspectives in history. Even drawing may help. Converting a page of writing into a picture may come in handy if you can think of the picture and remember the needed information.\n\nFor aural learners: Communicate with fellow students. Discuss your ideas and impressions of the subject matter. "Teach" someone who doesn't know much about it. The more you communicate the better you are likely to understand. If all else fails, convert your notes into speech with a tape recorder; make the information sound interesting and noteworthy. Give emphasis to tone of voice. You might even go so far as to set your notes to music.\n\nFor read/write learners: Repetition is key. Write and read the information over and over again. Take your teachers lecture and write it in your own words. If there is any visual material, write the information out in sentences. Also re-read any texts you have and make up lists to help you organize things better.\n\nFor kinesthetic learners: Yours is the realm of not only the body, but the imagination. Think of examples that stand out in your mind. Recall anything you have picked up with all your senses. If possible, try to act through something. "Teaching" somebody else the subject matter might also fall under this heading. Ask your teacher if they could provide test questions so you can "practice" taking the exam, or come up with and answer questions you think might be included.
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Try mapquest.  It always works for me.
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either google Earth\n           or\nmapquest\nthese are my favorite places to get directions\ngood luck
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Learn it again and againg until you stop forgetting it?
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http://map.google.com is the best online map program you can get as a civilian.  Anything better requires military clearance.
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Here are two things that may work for you. I had a friend tell me once that they would study by using the melody of a song. They would take the information they needed to know and memorize in the melody of their favorite songs. This way they knew the melody and words to the song and by replacing the lyrics with the subject they were studying they could remember what they needed to know.\n\nAlso, I had a teacher once tell some tips for remembering things. If he needed to remember a persons name, he would associate it with something to help him remember. If he needed to remember where he put his keys, when he would put them down he would imagine and act as though he was going to slam them right through the table. This way he would remember doing that and remember where he put them.\n\nHe also said he had a trick for studying for finals. What he would do is take the time to right up all his notes from the year/semester for the class. Doing this will help get you started studying because you will remember some of what you type. He would then start to memorize his notes. Taking away more and more as he remembered it until he would read all of his notes back to himself without looking at the paper once.\n\nHope this helps
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practice and practice. \ndo mind games, memory games, the more you practice your memory, the better it gets. works for everybody, young or old\ngood luck
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Buy an audio tape with learn tables to music. It will stick in yer brain easier when you have a tune to memorise them by.
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Different people have different ways of memorizing best.  Some people learn best from listening and speaking.  Some people learn best from reading or looking.  Some people learn best from moving, and so on.  Here are some ideas:\nWrite out all the words and their definitions in sentences.\nMake up a dance or a song for each word.\nDraw a colorful chart.\nUse flashcards.\nRecord a tape of yourself saying the words and then listen to the tape repeatedly.
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use mnemonics to help remember lists of things
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You remember by associations and practice. \n\nTry different techniques. Find what works for you and use it. Visualization and tactical learning works for me. So reading works for me, as do working problems (pen to paper/keyboard) but most leature  go in one ear and out the other. \n\nIf you needs some techniques you could look at the following web site.
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I memorized by going over and over the material, just spending alot of time looking at it.  Also, exactly like someone else said, I have made flash cards from index cards, write the term on one side and the answer on the other.  I would punch a hole in the upper corner and put them on one of those rings that open and clasp shut.
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This is not the sort of thing that can easily be explained online! Find a friend or someone who can give you a short practical lesson.\nThe main things to know are - the scale of the map and what the key means, e.g. blue = water
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There are a lot of memorization techniques you can learn. Decide what kind of learner you are and then think up a technique accordingly. Like if you learn visually, try to imagine a picture to each question. And associate that with he question. An audio learner? Maybe you can make a song in your head or a "pattern" (Kind of like how you would memorize a phone number). There are a lot of things you can do just be creative. Think about the things you learned the easiest and think about why you learned it so fast OTHER then just being very interested int he subject. Good luck.\n\nOn a side note I am an audio learner so if I have somsone speek what I need to remember to me... I have a 70% better chance of learning it... In my opinion anyway. It works for me.