I’ve read all your comments and decided to completely redo this quiz.
Here’s the main points I changed:
> increased N° of regions to 80
> removed and replaced some lesser-guessed ones
> got rid of historical regions as they caused confusion
> more detailed illustration thanks to SVG classes
> better visibility of smaller regions (arrows and light blue color)
> more detailed population update, I either used country population or divisional populations according to citypopulation, and in some cases, based the region border on these divisions (e.g. Australian LGAs for the Outback)
Cool quiz, even if its a bit subjective. I would get rid of 'the Bush' region, as any Australian will tell you that 'the bush' isn't really a defined geographic place. It's just anywhere that isn't developed and has lots of trees that are generally eucalyptus. Grouping the Daintree rainforest and the Nullarbor in the same ecological region doesn't make much sense. Perhaps add the Great Dividing Range instead.
also Australian, also agree. imagining the "Outback" and the "Bush" as two distinct regions is like trying to distinguish between the base and the crust of a pie.
Anatolia is sometimes used for all of Asian Turkey. But in fact, it only refers to the peninsula, i.e. it does not cover the eastern parts of the country.
At first I thougtht that they're not the same thing and Fertile Crescent consists of Levant, Egypt and Mesopotamia.
But then read at Wikipedia, that the term Levant used to mean the entire Eeastern Mediterranean at some point so it could actually work here too, perhaps.
Got Fertile Crescent but first tried the Levant. Tried Hong Kong and Kowloon for Pearl River. Tried South Africa and variations for "Southern Africa." Tried the South, American South, Bible Belt, Sun Belt, and other weirder stuff for "Deep South." Tried Eastern Seaboard for "Mid-Atlantic." Tried Caucuses, Caucusus, Caucasian Mountains, etc, for "Caucasia."
Agreed on the Caucuses. Normally the three countries aren't referred to as the "Caucus States" but the Caucuses at large. I think Southern Africa is too broad, but "Cape" is not specific and should be "Cape of Good Hope" instead.
Agree with Kal, and would like to add that I'd like to see "South Asia" as a type-in for the India subcontinent (also, just "India" should be a type-in since all of South Asia is considered part of "Greater India"), "Maritime Southeast Asia" for the East Indies, and "Canton" or "Guangzhou" for "Pearl River Delta." It's definitely a good quiz, just a bit arbitrary at times, so I'd really appreciate it if you could add more type-ins!
This quiz is great, but I think some of these places are commonly known by several names, or their names have changed over time, which I found very confusing.
E.g. Fertile Crescent feels very archaic to me, I'd have called that region The Levant (even then a pretty old term).
I would also argue that Scandinavia should be a type in for The Nordics. I've never heard the term The Nordics before, I'd think of it as more an adjective than a noun.
Similarly the Mid-Atlantic states get called a lot of things, I'd argue that Eastern Seaboard is a comparably common name.
It's certainly frustrating when I enter a reasonable answer and it isn't accepted. The topper was when I tried "Occitanie" to find out, after the quiz, that the answer was "Occitania".
Agree. I've not heard of Visegrad before and it doesn't seem it is in common use. Seems more a political pact than a region? Central Europe is subjective tho - while some German historians argue Germany is at the centre of central europe, Poles, Czechs, Slovaks, Hungarians etc argue that they are Central Europe, not Eastern Europe...
This is an interesting and cool quiz that is absolutely unplayable in its current state.
People have been giving you good suggestions for type ins for over a year. We aren't mind readers and there are several different arbitrary names you have chosen for regions that have several different possible names.
This is a very good quiz! Also thanks for the update. Quizmakers often don't take feedback and comments into account, and that's worth pointing out, especially for such a big update! Very good work!
In the previous version of this quiz, "low" was acceptable for The Low Country, but now "low countries" is fully required? Not even "low country" is accepted? I feel like that's a bit harsh.
I would still suggest against Outback for Australia though, because it's such an informal and vague term, and perhaps to change the Beijing one, since when you see that shape, you're expecting it to be more complicated than the biggest city in the area
sad to see Macaronesia go but it was a bit hard, I guess
Accept Dixie/Dixieland? It comprises a very similar region and Wikipedia lists all the states and a bit more. I'll understand if you don't add it though.
A quick search would have helped you both. Great Britain and Ireland are both considered part of the British Isles - along with over 6,000 other islands including the Isle of Man and the inner and outer Hebrides.
As many others have stated "Caucasian states" is a strange term, not that it's incorrect. On any other quiz just "Caucuses" usually works fine for an answer.
Bummed I couldn't get "Nordics" either - tried Scandinavia and Northern Europe before giving up.
Something feels off about Visegrád Four, like it's somehow not like these other named regions. I can't put my finger on it. I feel like when you utter the name "Visegrád Four" you're not describing a geographical region, but an organization of states.
I haven't gotten time to take any longer quizzes on JetPunk lately. I know this isn't a super long one, but relaxing with it for 10 minutes felt like a much needed break in what has been a very busy week for me. So, thanks for that! Back to work now I suppose...
Great quiz, my only issue was not knowing which areas were supposed to be considered together. For example, Greenland was highlighted but not accepted as an answer. Same with Iceland. How is someone supposed to know they are grouped with other countries? Maybe this is intended and part of the puzzle, but otherwise maybe using different colors would be helpful?
Agreed, I've spent a considerable amount of time trying to type in variants of "Scandinavia", "Fennoscandia", etc. before figuring out that all nordic countries were grouped together
*sigh* There was seven missing, but I could only see six areas on the map. One of them was supposed to have 0 inhabitants, but I still couldn't find it.
As an Irish person, I LOATHE the term “British isles”, as it is a direct undermining of Irish sovereignty and equivalent to referring to Pakistan as part of India, say. I would advise changing it to “British-Irish” isles, and keeping “British isles” as a type in.
The Indochina one feels a bit ambiguous. That term can either refer to French Indochina (just Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia) or all of Mainland Southeast Asia (those countries, plus Thailand, Myanmar, and the mainland portion of Malaysia, which you seem to be referring to). I would recommend changing that answer to Southeast Asia, or at least accepting Southeast Asia as a type-in.
Hi! Could we get Nusa Tenggara as a type-in for the Lesser Sunda Islands? The terms are fully interchangeable, and it’s what I’ve always known them as. It’s a term that’s made it’s way English, similar to Nusantara for the Malay Archipelago. Other than that, great quiz!
I’ve read all your comments and decided to completely redo this quiz.
Here’s the main points I changed:
> increased N° of regions to 80
> removed and replaced some lesser-guessed ones
> got rid of historical regions as they caused confusion
> more detailed illustration thanks to SVG classes
> better visibility of smaller regions (arrows and light blue color)
> more detailed population update, I either used country population or divisional populations according to citypopulation, and in some cases, based the region border on these divisions (e.g. Australian LGAs for the Outback)
> more type-ins to reflect your inputs
Thanks!
Very engaging quiz, though.
But then read at Wikipedia, that the term Levant used to mean the entire Eeastern Mediterranean at some point so it could actually work here too, perhaps.
E.g. Fertile Crescent feels very archaic to me, I'd have called that region The Levant (even then a pretty old term).
I would also argue that Scandinavia should be a type in for The Nordics. I've never heard the term The Nordics before, I'd think of it as more an adjective than a noun.
Similarly the Mid-Atlantic states get called a lot of things, I'd argue that Eastern Seaboard is a comparably common name.
Overall great quiz, and a fantastic concept!
(Deutschland=Germany/Austria/Confœderatio Helvetica=Switzerland)
People have been giving you good suggestions for type ins for over a year. We aren't mind readers and there are several different arbitrary names you have chosen for regions that have several different possible names.
South Asia for Indian subcontinent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Asia
Levant for Fertile Crescent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levant
Sudan for the Sahel (as the region demarcated is vague enough to be either)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan_(region)
Maritime Southeast Asia for East Indies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_Southeast_Asia
Mainland Southeast Asia or just Southeast Asia for Indochina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_Southeast_Asia
North Zhili for Jingjinji and maybe also Bohai Economic Rim
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Zhili
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohai_Economic_Rim
Ruthenia for Kievan Rus' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruthenia
East Africa(n Community) for African Great Lakes, as it historically was that shape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_African_Community
I would still suggest against Outback for Australia though, because it's such an informal and vague term, and perhaps to change the Beijing one, since when you see that shape, you're expecting it to be more complicated than the biggest city in the area
sad to see Macaronesia go but it was a bit hard, I guess
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie
Bummed I couldn't get "Nordics" either - tried Scandinavia and Northern Europe before giving up.