Mnemonic Memorization Pattern Aides
Created By Scott Boothby 3/1/2007 (Given to test subjects on 3/8/2007)
PROVEN TO INCREASE TEST SCORES BY 48%+or-(.1.65% EST VAL)
NORTH AMERICA
“Straight Down”
KEYS: Greenland isn’t connected, but all others are!
Difficulty rating on this continent 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Greenland G______
Canada C______
United States U______
Mexico M______
Guatemala G______
Belize B______
El Salvador E______
Honduras H______
Nicaragua N______
Costa Rica C______
Panama P______
Look above or click below for images/ Maps of North America:
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/na.gif
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/naa.gif
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SOUTH AMERICA
“Left to Right, down and left to right”
KEYS: Start at Columbia and end at Uruguay
Difficulty Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Columbia C______
Venezuela V______
Guyana G______
Suriname S______
French Guyana F______or F______G______
Ecuador E______
Peru P______
Brazil Br______
Bolivia Bo______
Chile Ch______
Argentina A______
Paraguay Pa______
Uruguay U______
Look above or click below for images/ Maps of South America:
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/samer.gif
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/samera.gif
Africa
“Left to Right twice, left to Center, and two Straight Down (TRICKY)”
KEYS: know that Chad is shaped like a human’s head, Egypt is top right, Morocco is top Left, Somalia, Central African Republic is in the Center, Equatorial Guinea and S. Africa is the Southern tip!
Difficulty Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7.5 8 9 10
LEFT TO RIGHT
Morocco M______
Algeria A______
Tunisia T______
Libya L______
Egypt E______
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LEFT TO RIGHT
Western Sahara W______or W______S______
Mauritania Ma______
Mali Mal______
Niger N______
Chad C______
Sudan S______
Eritrea E______
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LEFT TO CENTER
Senegal Se______
Gambia Ga______
Guinea Bissau G______or G______B______
Guinea Guinea
Sierra Leone S______or S______L______
Liberia L______
Ivory Coast I______or I______C______
Burkina Faso B______or B______F______
Ghana Gh______
Togo T______
Benin B______
Nigeria N______
Cameroon Ca______
Cent African. Rep CAR (just remember stop at Car in the center)
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Equatorial Guinea DOWN TO SOUTH AFRICA
Equatorial Guinea E______or E______G______
Gabon G______
Congo C______
Angola A______
Namibia N______
South Africa S______or S______A______
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(CAR-MIDDLE OF AFRICA DOWN TO SOUTH AFRICA)
Cent African Rep. CAR
Dem Rep. of Congo D______R______the C______
Zambia Za______
Zimbabwe Zi______
Botswana B______
South Africa S______or S______A______
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(Somalia DOWN TO S. AFRICA including Swaziland and Lesotho in S. Africa)
Somalia Som______
Kenya K______
Tanzania T______
Mozambique M______
Swaziland S______
Lesotho L______
South Africa S______or S______A______
THIS COVERS EVERY COUNTRY BUT… Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Malawi
and the Islands; Madagascar) There are 54 countries on this test.
Look above or click below for images/Maps of Africa:
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/africa.gif
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/africaa.gif
EUROPE
“Multiple Patterns” DANGER!!!
KEYS: Know the Islands; UK etc, Norway, Estonia, Poland, Georgia, and Italy AKA “the boot”.
Difficulty Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEWARE!!!
NORWAY LEFT TO RIGHT ON TOP
Norway N______
Sweden S______
Finland F______
Russia R______
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ESTONIA STRAIGHT DOWN
Estonia E______
Latvia La______
Lithuania Li______
Belarus Be______
Ukraine U______
Moldova M______
Romania R______
Bulgaria B______
Turkey T______
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DENMARK AND DOWN THE LEFT COAST
Denmark D______
Germany G______
Netherlands N______
Belgium B______
Luxembourg L______
France F______
Andorra A______
Spain S______
Portugal P______
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POLAND STRAIGHT DOWN ON THE RIGHT
Poland P______
Slovakia S______
Hungary H______
Serbia & Mont. S______
Macedonia M______
Greece G______
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GEORGIA DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT
Georgia G______
Armenia Ar______
Azerbaijan A______
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ITALY TO GREECE (GO RIGHT)
Italy I______
Slovenia S______
Croatia C______
Bosnia &Herzegovina B______
Albania A______
Greece G______
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Missing; Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, (San Marino & Vatican City in Italy),
PLUS the tiny country of Liechtenstein (above Italy) & Monaco (By Italy- Left)
The Islands of Iceland, Ireland, United Kingdom (Britain), Malta, and Cyprus.
Look above or click below for images/Maps of Europe:
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/europe.gif
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/europea.gif
ASIA
“Coastal Swirling Pattern MNEMONIC NIGHTMARE”
KEYS: Know Russia, Yemen, Oman, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Hong Kong Vietnam, India, N & S Korea, Nepal, Mongolia, Malaysia, and Japan
Difficulty Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10-INSANE
(START AT RUSSIA AND WRAP AROUND TO INDIA:
GO DOWN THE COAST AROUND
SAUDI ARABIA, YEMEN, AND OMAN- THEN UP AND AROUND TO INDIA).
Russia R______
Kazakhstan K______
Uzbekistan U______
Turkmenistan T______
Iran I______
Turkey T______
Syria S______
Lebanon L______
Israel I______
Jordan J______
Saudi Arabia S______or S______A______
Yemen Y______
Oman O______
United Arab Emi. U______or U______A_____ E______
Qatar Q______
Bahrain B______
Kuwait K______
Iraq I______(know it is on the left!)
Iran I______(listed twice for clarity)
Pakistan P______
India In______
Bangladesh Ba______
Bhutan B______
Burma Bu______
Thailand T______
Cambodia C______
Vietnam V______
China C______
Macau M______
Hong Kong H______or H______K______
North Korea N______or N______K______
South Korea S______or S______K______
Look above or click below for images/Maps of Europe:
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/asia.gif
http://worldatlas.com/webimage/testmaps/asiaa.gif