Learn how to find Antigua and Barbuda on the map and remember its capital Saint John's. On Steemit we are coming from all over the world. Let us join closer together by learning all countries in this fun and educational series. @yourmemorycoach will teach you memory techniques and how to apply them country by country.
Ordering The World Map
We begin by creating a artifial order on the map to easily identify a path of how we are arranging the otherwise random countries into an ordered list. This will allow us to learn all countries in our own artifical order by connecting them to the classic
Major System, the most popular memory technique for numbers. This series will assume that you have already learned this technique. But even without it you will be able to connect country with capital and find it on the map. We are currently in South America. Antigua and Barbuda got the number twentyninth on our list.
The Shape of the Country
The easiest way to be able to identify a country on the map is by associating the shape with something similar looking. These visuals don't work for everybody initially but usualy as soon as you can follow a certain description your brain will adjust and hence forth you will see it right away. Replace them with your own ideas.
Antigua and Barbuda looks like a pair of eyes. Can you see it, too?
The Major System Number
To order our countries and list them later one by one we will use the classic Major System to translate numbers into images. Please replace our image below with your own if you like. You can also leave out this entire step if you are not interested in listing all countries from memory.
The image for number 29 could be HONEYBEE.
The Name of the Country
Some countries are easier and more commonly known while others have difficult names and are rather unheard of. We will encode all of them into phonetically similar images which will help us to remember them much easier.
Antigua and Barbuda
Sounds like antique + bar + Buddha
The Name of the Capital
We are doing the same for the capital as we did with the country: We translate the name into a phonetically similar image.
Saint John's
Sounds like saint (holy) + john (toilet)
Creating a Memory Story
The final step is to connect all four images for the shape, the number, the country-name and the capital-name. The beauty of this system is that you can connect these images in any order you like and it will be easy to remember any of the other elements by triggering one of the others. Try to visualize each story with your imagination and repeat the information a few times to make the memory stronger.
A small Buddha sits on an antique bar and empties his bowels. The place is henceforth worshipped as the holy toilet 'saint john' and a trained bee with fierce eyes is guarding it with its life.
