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Steps to become a more geographically literate traveler include the following:
- When you read or hear about current world events, take time to look up the locations of those events in an encyclopedia and a world atlas. Become familiar with how those places fit into the bigger picture of their surrounding regions and the world as a whole.
- Spend time looking at a different part of a world atlas, map, or globe every so often (or even once a day!).
- Read up about the field of geography and what geography is (geography is a very broad and wide-ranging discipline, often bridging the gaps between other disciplines). One good resource for doing this is a world regional geography textbook or an introduction to geography textbook.
- Play free online geography trivia and map games. These are a fun and quick way to build and strengthen geographic literacy. Websites that contain listings and links to a variety of free online geography games include sites such as Geo Mania World, Geography World, and Geography.About.com. These contain listings with links to a variety of sites with free online geography trivia games and map quiz games.
As you begin to increase your geographic literacy and knowledge of world geography you can feel good knowing that you are doing one of the things necessary to be a better, more informed traveler and citizen of the world!
For More Info:
- Geography.About.com
- Geography.About.com - Games
- Geo Mania World - Free Online Geography Games
- Association of American Geographers
- National Geographic Society
- Geography World
- "Online geography games help you learn the fifty states and more" by Joanna Szeto, SF Education Games Examiner
- "Online Geography Games" by Kathy Applebee, Virginia Beach Online Learning Examiner
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