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Geography is seeing. Working with a puzzle is just another way of making the mind work to see, and learn.
For those taking Multicultural World, Global Issues, these puzzles take you to geographic sites of world significance. By playing them you are not only looking at a picture of a place, but you are working with it in a fun way. For you future world as a teacher, puzzles have an important place in keeping the mind active and alert. Play on...
Note that puzzles with a *** require downloading a file and running it from your hard drive. You will find they puzzles made for your course, or are worth the extra effort to make a point.
- Maps, Globes, General Geography
- World Map***. Get the big picture.
- World Map. Build your mental map of the world from its most basic picture.
- American Community and Politics
- Alienation in American Life
- The 1960s
- Red and Blue America***. Explore the social-political landscape of America with this very significant recent map.
- Canada
- Discrimination in Northern Ireland
- Henry II***. Henry II gives the English a foothold on Irish History in 1169 AD. He is invited to help out in a fight between several Irish chiefs. The English never leave after this.
- Henry VIII***. A puzzle of the man who started the struggles in Northern Ireland by proclaiming himself King of Ireland.
- Wives of Henry VIII***. A puzzle of the wives who played a role in starting the struggles in Northern Ireland.
- UK and Ireland Map***. Know the four parts of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
- Northern Ireland Map***. Look the place over.
- Northern Ireland Graffiti***. Walls in North Ireland are marked so that one knows what neighborhood one is in.
- Irish Potato Famine***. The famine sparked an angry reaction against the Scots-English.
- Poverty in the Third World
- Colonial Africa***. This map shows how much of Africa was under colonial domination and subject to damage.
- Decolonialization in Africa***. This map shows how recently much of Africa gained it independence..
- The Ugly American***. The Ugly American is mentioned by Father Jack as an influencial book in forming his opinion of how Americans look to others around the world.
- Four Part Sequence***. The Four Part Sequence is what the Developed Countries did to develop.
- Niger Stamp***. Niger is Fourth-World country and former French colony.
- Bad Water is a Problem***. Water quality is a problem in Third World places.
- Poverty: Firewood***. Fuel is hard to come by in the UDC. Women in many places spend hours every day gathering up firewood.
- "Horatio in Africa I" ***. The first celebratory puzzle concerning Horatio in Africa.
- "Horatio in Africa II" ***. The second celebratory puzzle concerning Horatio in Africa .
- Central America
- Islam, religion in Society
- Africa Drag and Drop helps you learn the names of the African countries by dragging their names to the map. Not quite a jigsaw puzzle, but it is a learning experience in any case.
- Middle East Country Quiz from Rethinking Schools.Com. Test yourself on the countries of the Middle East. Note that it has some extra countries compared to the required list. Note that it requires Flash Player and may not work in Firefox. Use Internet Explorer to play this game.
- The Tsetse Fly in Africa***. The tsetse fly limited the southward spread of Islam in Africa. Note the line in West Africa. [SOURCE: Jeanne Sept at University of Indiana.]
- Yemen/Saudi Border***. Dry and dangerous. It pushed trade to the coast and mountains.
- Puzzles Just for Fun
(c) 2006 Dr. Paul D. Meartz
last updated: May 01, 2006
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