Try your hand at this map game where you identify countries in Northern Africa and the Middle/Near East. I got a couple of the former Soviet republics mixed up but otherwise did well, although I am an admitted cartography geek. ;-) I recently read a study in which it was revealed that most American children can barely identify U.S. geography, much less world geography. It's quite sad and frustrating to hear, especially in a time when anti-American sentiments can at least partially be blamed on the ignorance of our populace when it comes to foreign policy...