A country appears on the screen, with its name, and the student places it in the correct position on a map of the continent. In a similar game, the capital has to be placed in the correct country. Learned this way, a basic knowledge of where features are becomes a permanent mental picture. Yet another map teaches the location and significance of major world monuments. The United States map puzzle shows a state with its name, to be placed in the correct location.
Students can learn the location of the physical features mountains, rivers, lakes, etc.
Surrounding areas of land or water are also named. Another way to use these maps is to print them out, have the student write the country and capital on the map, and then check the answers with the computer. MegaMaps will print outline maps on an ordinary PC printer from a single page to over 7 feet across. They can be used to compliment the study of any period of history where there was migration or movement which is almost all of them. A large version can be printed and used as a puzzle for students to assemble, then the map can be hung on the wall.