Questions for American folks...

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  • ChristiSykes
    ChristiSykes Posts: 186 Member
    Alphabetical Order in grade school. My kids have a song CD that teaches all the States and Capitals. We sing them all the time :)
  • babymaddux
    babymaddux Posts: 209 Member
    i'm british too (now living in the use) and i couldn't even put the southern counties on the right side of a map...
  • ChristiSykes
    ChristiSykes Posts: 186 Member
    If you're ever bored, and want to practice, try this game. It can be challenging even for us Yanks ;-)
    http://www.addictinggames.com/puzzle-games/50states.jsp




    Not so good at putting them where they go,,,
    38 perfect
    score:74.50
    79 miles
    310 sec
  • Hbazzell
    Hbazzell Posts: 899 Member
    I know them in alphabetical order. I don't think I know all the capitals to be honest. I never had to learn capitals in school.
  • TabithaMichelle85
    TabithaMichelle85 Posts: 92 Member
    When I was in 3rd grade we had to learn them and say them in alphabetical order plus the Capitals.?.. LoL .... Then in high school we had to sing the alphabet in french and spanish to our teachers...
  • Einahhh
    Einahhh Posts: 139
    If you're ever bored, and want to practice, try this game. It can be challenging even for us Yanks ;-)

    http://www.addictinggames.com/puzzle-games/50states.jsp
    If you're interested in foreigner stats:
    Score: 76.47
    Avg Error: 138 miles (haha, whoops)
    Time: 439 seconds

    Being Australian, we only have 6 states and 2 territories to learn, so I like the challenge.
  • Illona88
    Illona88 Posts: 903 Member
    I'm Dutch and I remember that in primary school we had a separate subject called "topography".
    We had to learn all the countries in the world + their capitals + main languages, all the US states + their capitals, all oceans and seas and all the provinces, rivers, lakes, highways and cities of our own country and of the EU countries.

    No songs to help us though :(.
  • cordianet
    cordianet Posts: 534 Member
    Yes, I know them all, and have visited them all except one (Alaska).
  • harlanJEN
    harlanJEN Posts: 1,089 Member
    Of course !!!! And the capitals of each state.

    Guess I'm totally baffled why someone wouldn't know about their country .......
  • clover5
    clover5 Posts: 1,640 Member
    http://m.sporcle.com/games/g/states

    http://m.sporcle.com/games/g/uscapitals

    A couple of quizzes

    I just did quiz 2. I got all except 4. I ran out of time because I was having trouble with the spelling on some of them.
  • MrsBozz1
    MrsBozz1 Posts: 248 Member
    Yup! Living in The United STATES of America it is a big part of our history! :happy: We all learn it, not to say we all remember :tongue:
  • agirlscamaro
    agirlscamaro Posts: 175 Member
    We were supposed to learn it but I don't think a lot of people did. I switched schools between 3 & 4th and then between 5th & 6th. I missed out on learning them along with the multiplication tables because of switching years. I don't know them all now but I think I could name a fair number.


    I should add the school I went to in 4th/5th was bad. They taught me to day the work Adirondak, And-diro-dack. I guess I'm glad they didn't teach me my states.
  • melindasuefritz
    melindasuefritz Posts: 3,509 Member
    yes its taught in elementary school

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