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- Company: KidStuff Software Author: Vicki Watson
- 6490 Dubois Rd. Compuserve: 71043,3706
- Lewis Center, OH 43035 614-548-5043
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- Program Title: If You Want to Learn U.S. Geography 2.2
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- Category: Education/Elementary
- Keywords: GEOGRAPHY, USA, STATES, CAPITALS, FLAGS, EDUCATION, ELEMENTARY
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- BBS Name: USGEO22A (Disk 1) USGEO22B (Disk 2)
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- Detailed Program Description:
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- "If You Want To Learn U.S. Geography You Gotta Have This Program!"
- is the solution to the problems today's students (and adults!)
- have with geography. The 11 activities of USGEO will soon transform
- even the most geographically illiterate into a geography wizard.
- The program effectively utilizes colorful VGA graphics, speech,
- and music. Hear the state and capital names spoken! The following
- activities are included with the program: 1. Color the Geographic
- Regions; 2. A geography Quiz including State Information and
- Attractions, Major Cities, and Professional Sports Teams; 3. Match
- Capitals to states on the map; 4. Select Matching Capitals from a
- list; 5. A Slap Jack Card Game to match States and Capitals, or
- States and Nicknames; 6. Match the State Flag to the correct state;
- 7. Display State Information such as State Bird, Flower, Tree, Song,
- Motto, etc.; 8. Select a state from the map when given its Bordering
- States; 9. Match the State Names to states on the map; 10. Select
- Matching State Names from a list; 11. Put together an electronic
- puzzle map of the U.S.A. by moving the states with the mouse to
- their appropriate locations.
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- Short Program Description:
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- An effective and entertaining way for children and adults to
- learn U.S. geography. 11 different activities teach state names,
- locations, capitals, flags, geographic regions, nicknames, and
- much more. Includes an electronic U.S. jigsaw puzzle. Hear the
- state name and capital spoken!
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- Intended User: ages 8 to adult
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- Unique Features:
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- VGA graphics, electronic U.S. jigsaw puzzle - use the mouse
- to move the states to their correct location, a "slap jack"
- card game which teaches state capitals and nicknames, hear
- the state name and capital spoken! Sound card and speaker
- support.
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- System Requirements:
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- 640K, Hard Drive (approx. 1 Meg), VGA Color Monitor, Mouse,
- Not Microsoft Windows compatible, requires a 286 12Mhz or
- higher system.
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- Starting The Program:
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- Once installed just type USGEO.
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- Shareware Registration Fee/Support Provided:
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- $15.00 Registered users receive the sound files for all
- state and capital names. (Shareware version
- provides 10 states and their capitals).
- Speech Option enabled in all activities.
- Most current version at the time of registration.
- Support via phone or mail.
- Notification of and discounts on program upgrades.
- Removal of the shareware screens.
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- Files Included:
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- USGEO may be distributed on a single 720K or 1.2 Meg disk,
- or two 360K disks. USGEO files are compressed and then split
- into two files USGEO22.001 and USGEO22.002. The installation
- program recombines these files and then uncompresses them.
- The files INSTALL.EXE and INSTALL.FIL must be included on
- distribution disk 1!!
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- VENDORS: These files are for vendor use only and do not need
- to be distributed to users.
- ---> VENDOR.DOC * this file.
- ---> USGEO22.PCX * graphic for catalog use, if desired.
- ---> FILE_ID.DIZ * description file for BBS's
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- !!!! The following files are required for proper installation !!!!
- SINGLE DISK DISTRIBUTION (720K or 1.2M)
- INSTALL.EXE * installation program
- INSTALL.FIL * installation script
- USGEO22.001 * split file 1
- USGEO22.002 * split file 2
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- TWO DISK DISTRIBUTION (360K)
- *** Disk1
- INSTALL.EXE * installation program
- INSTALL.FIL * installation script
- USGEO22.001 * split file 1
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- *** Disk2
- USGEO22.002 * split file 2
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