pointUSA - USA Knowledge Database & Quiz & USA Map - English - Explore the United States by playing pointUSA!
Get the key information about every state of the USA in an instant!
Just point on a state in the map and get the key information about the selected state in an instant, e.g. position of the state displayed in the map, capital, area, population of the state, per capita income, the 50 biggest cities and with the current version pointUSA 1.2 also the nickname, the state bird and the state flower!
But pointUSA is not only a knowledge database for Palm OS devices, the quiz functionality guarantees also great edutainment for adults and kids. Every pointUSA quiz is generated out of hundreds of thousands possible questions.
High and low resolution versions for all devices
High quality color or grey graphics
Animated flags of each US state
A yellow square indicates the position of its capital
two analog clocks realized in anti-aliasing technique
For intuitive reading: Depending upon time of day the clocks are shown in different colors
High score list
Test before you buy! pointUSA will run without any restrictions for 7 days.
Share your knowledge of the USA: Beam pointUSA to your friends!
The USA knowledge database
Information you get about every single state with pointUSA
position of the state displayed in the USA map
two maps: one displays the states and the other one shows the 50 biggest cities
animated flag of the state
capital
total area
total population
per capita income
poverty rate
nickname
state bird
state flower
ethnic structure of the population
time and date of your own time-zone
time of the current selected state in the USA map
Compare the states of the USA with your home country
You see two pairs of bars for comparing surface and population with a second state or another country of the world as well as the rank list place of total area and total population of a state in the US-wide comparison.
The Quiz
Learning all states of the USA, their capitals, flags, nicknames, state birds, state flowers, total area and total population is a tough task, but pointUSA makes it easy! Before you begin with the quiz, select the categories from which the questions will be chosen. You will be asked 10 multiple choice questions. If you answer all the questions correctly in the first try, you receive 10 more questions.
Evaluation
Question answered correctly in the first try: 100 points
Question answered correctly in the second try: 50 points
Question answered correctly in the third try: 20 points
Selected "don't know" in the first try: 25 points
If you have answered one question, you can change into another area and continue the quiz later. In the new area the state to which the current question refers is automatically selected.
Beam pointUSA to a friend
Start pointUSA and select Beam from the menu.
Check if you learned something by playing the pointUSA quiz!
Each game can be stored with result and be repeated with exactly the same questions at a later time.
This is what enthusiastic pointUSA users say
Beautiful color and easy to use with my Tungsten T3. The quiz is great for fine tuning your American trivia. Great for quizing your friends. The graphics are very well done. The state flags are blowing in the wind!
I had been looking for a user-friendly geography program, and I was so pleased to discover the pointWorld/USA bundle. I love the graphics and the world clocks. And I especially love the different ways you can access the state/country information - either by pointing at the map, scrolling through the list of names, or even using my Zire joystick to scroll through the entries. The screen layout is very efficient with lots of interesting info packed into a small area, and it doesn't take up too much memory. It's a wonderful educational program for the price.
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Supported operating systems:
Palm OS 4.x, Palm OS 5.x
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