Help for studying?

Question

I have a United states test (with capitols) soon.
I am haveing trouble studying.
Can someone give me studying tips or something?

I can probably memorize NAMES, but not the location of the states...

Answer 1

This webpage should be very useful in helping you study:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_america#List_of_states
It has a table which includes the names of all the states, the dates when they became, their abbreviations, capitals etc. There is also a map showing which area each state falls into (West, Mid-West, South or North-East). This may be able to help you remember where the states are located. To help do this you could allocate each region a colour, say blue for West, red for Mid-West etc. then while you learn the names and capitals, learn the corresponding colour as well, so Oregon blue, Wisconsin red etc. (and colour in a map to match too).

Here is an exercise you can do which will really help you learn the positions of the states in the country, keep doing it until you make no (or very few) errors:
http://www.addictinggames.com/50statesv2.html

Hope this helps and good luck for the test!

Answer 2

Well there are only 50 states. When I had to do this in school I tried writing them down, or breaking up the country and studying the east coast until I knew it all, and I wouldn't move on until then. Also little memory tricks can help like... for Ohio I used to think of someone saying hello to Columbus, "OH! Hi Columbo." for instance. haha. Or try an online study thing.. listed below. Good luck on your test.

Answer 3

Get all your work for whatever subject e.g. maths , and start noting things on paper (all the good points, don't write every single thing down, just the main points) then when you have noted down all the things you need, start studying and going over them. Or you could do what I do for my maths Exams, go through all your work, and do sums depending on whatever part of maths you're studying, then I got a really good grade! You could just change it to United States and and write down key points, write questions down about the U.S. e.g. When did Abraham Lincoln become President!? Then you could research it. I know that question was completely random! But I had to think of something to do with the U.S.

Hope this helps! x x x

Answer 4

Make flash cards of each state with each capital and study that way.

If I were you, I'd also work on my spelling.