21 Jan 2014, 10:22 pm
naturalplastic wrote:
OP- if you're so bothered by the shapes of countries dont ever flip through an HISTORIC atlas showing past geopolity because the shapeshifting by your own country of Poland would freak you out!
Lol!
In the 1600' Poland was a major power and ruled a big chunk of real estate (it ruled Lithuania- and together they were big).
Then in the mid 1700' (about the time our USA was being put ON the map) Polands nieghbors ganged up on Poland and partitioned it between them. Poland shrinks, and then disappears altogether (as it gets gobbled up by Russia, Prussia, and Austria).
Then Poland reappears after World War One as a major independent country. But then gets partitioned again between HItler and Stalin- and disappears again- for the duration of the Second World War (dividied between Russia and Germany).
Then Poland reappears after WWII, but it has jumped west on the map from its previous location. Russia kept the eastern regions they stole during the deal with Hitler. But gave Poland regions that were traditionally German. Germany gets thinner, Russia got a little fatter, and Poland stays about the same size, but makes a little hop to the west.
Lol!
In the 1600' Poland was a major power and ruled a big chunk of real estate (it ruled Lithuania- and together they were big).
Then in the mid 1700' (about the time our USA was being put ON the map) Polands nieghbors ganged up on Poland and partitioned it between them. Poland shrinks, and then disappears altogether (as it gets gobbled up by Russia, Prussia, and Austria).
Then Poland reappears after World War One as a major independent country. But then gets partitioned again between HItler and Stalin- and disappears again- for the duration of the Second World War (dividied between Russia and Germany).
Then Poland reappears after WWII, but it has jumped west on the map from its previous location. Russia kept the eastern regions they stole during the deal with Hitler. But gave Poland regions that were traditionally German. Germany gets thinner, Russia got a little fatter, and Poland stays about the same size, but makes a little hop to the west.
I love historical atlases. When I look at a map, I think, how the hell did this mess happen?:scratch: Then I start to look at historical maps, and I think oh so that's how it happened. Now it makes sense.
21 Jan 2014, 10:25 pm
naturalplastic wrote:
Max000 wrote:
CyclopsSummers wrote:
Max000 wrote:
Yes, but how many of the shapes can you actually name?
World Shapes I
World Shapes II
World Shapes III
World Shapes IV
I did pretty badly:
I: 9
II: 7
III: 6
VI: 5
I need to improve my geography.
It's pretty hard. I got an average 7 a C. And I consider myself pretty good at Geography. I can locate most countries on a map. But even some of the countries I know where they are, but I get the shapes mixed up.
I-10
II-10
III-9
IV-9
All A's, or A+'s.
On the first test I didnt even need to see the choices-just imediately knew it.
Got a bit harder on the other tests and sometimes had to guess between pairs of choices (like one shape coulda been either Papua New Guinea, or the Domincan Republic, which are both halves of islands. Guessed one, and it was the other).
Skillz
I've got to study those shapes some more.
22 Jan 2014, 11:39 am
Lol, it reminds me of how I prepared for my matura exam (the one that finishes our high school) and I decided on taking history - I was preparing for my exam and I was like: "oh, the partitions of Poland is such a boring topic, I'm not going to learn it, after all there's a low probability of my drawing the lot with the partitions" and later on, when I took the exam... well, you can only guess what was one of the topics I chose 
There were three topics - one on the discovery of America by Columbus, the other one was on the beginnings of my country and the third one was... well, you already know 
22 Jan 2014, 11:52 am
