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Summary: Beware: Contains Mis-information
Review: Names of many areas of the world have been changed in this edition due to politically-driven motives. The Persian Gulf, for instance, has erroneously been renamed the Arabian Gulf and a number of islands (which have been part and parcel of Iran for all recorded history) were marked on the map as "occupied" islands. I'm not sure when NG became a political organization instead of a well-respected scientific organization, but apparently that's the business they are in now. So, a friendly reminder: Beware...This publication ain't what it used to be.
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Summary: Geography Bee Boost
Review: This book has been an invaluable source, crammed with information, for me. By using it to study, it has greatly improved my chances in the state bee(April 2).
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Summary: Geography Bee Boost
Review: This book was definitely a much better help than the Official National Geographic Study Guide. It included tons and tons of questions (some of them, however, are easy) and terms and a general overview of every state in the U.S. and pretty much every country in the world. I is a great book to study for the Geography Bee, as I am. I would say that this is 10 times better than the "Official" one. I would buy this even if you aren't preparing for the Geography Bee. If you are on an academic team, BUY THIS. It definitely helped my team. A great prep for social studies in general not just geography. In conclusion, if you are thinking about buying this book over the "Official" one,
BUY THIS ONE!
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Summary: Great Prep.
Review: This book was definitely a much better help than the Official National Geographic Study Guide. It included tons and tons of questions (some of them, however, are easy) and terms and a general overview of every state in the U.S. and pretty much every country in the world. I is a great book to study for the Geography Bee, as I am. I would say that this is 10 times better than the "Official" one. I would buy this even if you aren't preparing for the Geography Bee. If you are on an academic team, BUY THIS. It definitely helped my team. A great prep for social studies in general not just geography. In conclusion, if you are thinking about buying this book over the "Official" one,
BUY THIS ONE!
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Summary: Great help for Geographic Bee
Review: We found this book a great help in our son's preparation for the National Geographic Bee. This book gives a great start to understanding the basics of geography. We only got through part of the book before the school's bee. Next year my son will have completed the book, and the other book of Matt's, "The Handy Geography Answer Book". The combination of these two books will definately increase your childs knowledge of the world. Matt gives some tips on how to do well in the bee, but most of the empahsis is on learing the material. There is no simple way to study for the bee. His advice on narrowing the answers was very helpful. We spent some time on learing the "superlatives". My son did not get any of those questions during the bee, but the knowledge of knowing the tallest, longest, biggest etc... is invaluable.
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