Detailed Information

Worldquake is a challenging game in which a terrible earthquake strikes one of the five continents that are made up of nations (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia) and causes all of the country names to be rearranged on the wrong countries. The object is to drag and drop as many country names back to their rightful spots on the map as possible in two or three minutes. Worldquake is very challenging because students never know what continent they will have to arrange. The drag and drop function can be tricky as well. Students should drop the name labels into the bodies of the nations rather than on top of the label that has been moved there by the earthquake. For smaller nations, students should drag the name label to the arrow that leads to that country. Sometimes, a label will have to be moved before another label can be put in its place. A student has dragged and dropped correctly if the target nation turns dark blue.

Worldquake is even more challenging than Conquer the Continents because students don’t have the benefit of choosing the continent – They have to have a very good knowledge of all the nations in the world. Furthermore, Worldquake teaches students the important computer skills of dragging an object and dropping to a target. Students may find Worldquake hard, and even frustrating, but it is truly my favorite game on the site because it is so challenging and because completing a continent (especially Europe, Africa, or Asia) is a major achievement!