yep...I was one of a group of kids in the 6th grade who would come in early, and stay in at recess to play map games. We'd find some strange name on the map or globe, and the others would try to find it..I still remember stumping them with "Alma Ata" ...I can still draw a reasonable map of the USA from memory...and do a decent job with the world in general.......not sure why, but I LIKE knowing....