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Mappy Monday! Finals Week 

National Crossword Solver Day (December 8) is a good day to take a break before finals.

Learn more about crossword puzzle history: https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/11/free-puzzles-word-cross-crosswords-and-acrostics

Crossword Puzzles

Crossword Labs Geography Puzzles (varying levels of difficulty) https://crosswordlabs.com/browse?q=geography https://crosswordlabs.com/browse?q=geography https://crosswordlabs.com/browse?q=geography

Geographical UK Crossword Puzzles  https://geographical.co.uk/crossword-and-quizzes

Geography Crossword Puzzle (Sporcle) (medium difficulty)  https://www.sporcle.com/games/aaditya08-08-05/geography-crossword-puzzle

Crossword of Country Shape (JetPunk) https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1268120/crossword-country-shapeshttps://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1268120/crossword-country-shapes https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1268120/crossword-country-shapes

Joseph Kerski GIS Crossword Puzzle activity with answers (GISC Minor level):  https://community.esri.com/t5/education-blog/a-gis-crossword/ba-p/893092

References:

Barbarick, K. A. (2010). Crossword puzzles as learning tools in introductory soil science. Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education, 39(1), 145-149.

Ohaka, R. (2025). Gamification and Geography Education: A Survey and Typology of Games.

Rahman, S., Erianjoni, E., & Anwar, S. (2022). Increasing Students’ Motivation and Geography Learning Outcomes Through Pq4r Strategy Based on Crossword Puzzle.

Sumatra Journal of Disaster, Geography and Geography Education, 6(2), 54-59.

Graduate level Reading in cultural geography of the crossword

Ridley, H. (2018). One across goes into sociology: A neglected feature of mass culture. Human Figurations, 7(1).https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/idx/h/humfig/11217607.0007.104/--one-across-goes-into-sociology-a-neglected-feature-of-mass?rgn=main;view=fulltext