Americans and the World Map

AglaeaC
AglaeaC Posts: 1,974 Member
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Is this really true? Or a joke? It has to be a joke right?

http://themetapicture.com/americans-were-asked-to-place-european-countries-on-a-map/
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  • Derp_Diggler
    Derp_Diggler Posts: 1,456 Member
    So out of 320 million Americans twenty five are geographically challenged. I'm sure the same can be said of any country. What's your point?
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    To be honest, we no longer need to know where The Netherlands is. We have Colorado.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    1. Some of those answers were funny as hell.
    2. Who care? Can you fill in a blank map of the US and Canada?
  • jlschuh44
    jlschuh44 Posts: 218
    I love history, and geography. So I am pretty good at country placement and recognition. Some areas
    change a lot....which makes it tough, however. I.e. Central Africa. But Europe is fairly simple.
  • hdelamore
    hdelamore Posts: 206 Member
    I'm from England & I probably wouldn't be able to name most of the Eastern European countries in terms of location!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I wonder how many non US citizens could locate Iowa on a blank US map...or Delaware.

    I'm pretty well traveled and would have issues locating any number of countries on a blank map. Most maps I look at have the name of the country on it and that is sufficient...there's not really any compelling reason for me to study the entire world map in order to identify every single country in the off chance that someone gives me a blank map and tells me to find the Ukraine.

    I'm not really sure what the point of the post is.
  • wanna_b_there
    wanna_b_there Posts: 295 Member
    To be honest, we no longer need to know where The Netherlands is. We have Colorado.


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  • Sovictorrious
    Sovictorrious Posts: 770 Member
    1. Some of those answers were funny as hell.
    2. Who care? Can you fill in a blank map of the US and Canada?


    Bwahahah MIDDLE EARTH for the win!!!
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
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  • bd0027
    bd0027 Posts: 1,053 Member
    ^^^^ Lol at the "I found out y'all have two Washingtons, so I'm guessing this is the second one" lololol.


    And I love all the Borat references in the original posters link. (:
  • Slacker16
    Slacker16 Posts: 1,184 Member
    If you want to test yourselves:
    http://lizardpoint.com/geography/europe-quiz.php
    I wonder how many non US citizens could locate Iowa on a blank US map...or Delaware. I'm not really sure what the point of the post is.
    I think there's a difference between recognizing countries with distinct cultures, languages and histories and recognizing the subdivisions of a single, and more or less homogeneous, country.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    If you want to test yourselves:
    http://lizardpoint.com/geography/europe-quiz.php
    I wonder how many non US citizens could locate Iowa on a blank US map...or Delaware. I'm not really sure what the point of the post is.
    I think there's a difference between recognizing countries with distinct cultures, languages and histories and recognizing the subdivisions of a single, and more or less homogeneous, country.

    Still don't see the point.
  • DamePiglet
    DamePiglet Posts: 3,730 Member
    If you want to test yourselves:
    http://lizardpoint.com/geography/europe-quiz.php
    I wonder how many non US citizens could locate Iowa on a blank US map...or Delaware. I'm not really sure what the point of the post is.
    I think there's a difference between recognizing countries with distinct cultures, languages and histories and recognizing the subdivisions of a single, and more or less homogeneous, country.

    I agree with this to a point...
    While its true that the US is one big country, we do have several distinct cultures and those culture vary greatly. And there is a large variance among state governments.
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    If you want to test yourselves:
    http://lizardpoint.com/geography/europe-quiz.php
    I wonder how many non US citizens could locate Iowa on a blank US map...or Delaware. I'm not really sure what the point of the post is.
    I think there's a difference between recognizing countries with distinct cultures, languages and histories and recognizing the subdivisions of a single, and more or less homogeneous, country.

    So, in other words, you would just know "USA". Got it.
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    If you want to test yourselves:
    http://lizardpoint.com/geography/europe-quiz.php
    I wonder how many non US citizens could locate Iowa on a blank US map...or Delaware. I'm not really sure what the point of the post is.
    I think there's a difference between recognizing countries with distinct cultures, languages and histories and recognizing the subdivisions of a single, and more or less homogeneous, country.

    Homogeneous?

    Seriously?
  • LittleonebeforethethroneofGod
    LittleonebeforethethroneofGod Posts: 154 Member
    I couldn't do Europe very well unless it's a country I've been too. I think I could do a US map but the Midwest states give me trouble..... It's amazing to see how much we forget from school or what is NOT being taught in school these days. Very amusing thanks for the laugh.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    If you want to test yourselves:
    http://lizardpoint.com/geography/europe-quiz.php
    I wonder how many non US citizens could locate Iowa on a blank US map...or Delaware. I'm not really sure what the point of the post is.
    I think there's a difference between recognizing countries with distinct cultures, languages and histories and recognizing the subdivisions of a single, and more or less homogeneous, country.

    Homogeneous?

    Seriously?

    Well, as you know, only one European country settled in the US.
  • LittleonebeforethethroneofGod
    LittleonebeforethethroneofGod Posts: 154 Member
    I just did that test and failed miserably. However I was able to get the countries I have visited.... Man Europe is hard lol.
    If you want to test yourselves:
    http://lizardpoint.com/geography/europe-quiz.php
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    If you want to test yourselves:
    http://lizardpoint.com/geography/europe-quiz.php
    I wonder how many non US citizens could locate Iowa on a blank US map...or Delaware. I'm not really sure what the point of the post is.
    I think there's a difference between recognizing countries with distinct cultures, languages and histories and recognizing the subdivisions of a single, and more or less homogeneous, country.
    You think New York and Iowa are the same culture?
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    BTW the funny thing is I used to know all of the countries on my globe when I was a kid, but then Eastern Europe (and other places) completely changed during my lifetime. And since I have had approximately zero use for any of that knowledge, it was never worthwhile to learn the new ones.

    So the correct answer to "where is [some Eastern European country]" is "until one of those countries is relevant to the world, nobody cares."

    However, I could probably name most of the locations on a map of Westeros, which actually IS useful information.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    Maine and Louisiana have the same culture too, right?
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    Maine and Louisiana have the same culture too, right?

    I'd be curious about how many Europeans could fill in a map of Asia.
  • TribeHokie
    TribeHokie Posts: 711 Member
    If you want to test yourselves:
    http://lizardpoint.com/geography/europe-quiz.php
    I wonder how many non US citizens could locate Iowa on a blank US map...or Delaware. I'm not really sure what the point of the post is.
    I think there's a difference between recognizing countries with distinct cultures, languages and histories and recognizing the subdivisions of a single, and more or less homogeneous, country.

    Lol homogeneous. I dare you to put natives from Boston, El Paso, Portland, and Detroit in a room together and tell them they're the same.

    Freely admitting my map would look pretty much exactly like the second one.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    Maine and Louisiana have the same culture too, right?
    And the same language.
  • asimmons221
    asimmons221 Posts: 294 Member
    I could do western Europe pretty well, eastern europe and the middle east not so much.
  • wheird
    wheird Posts: 7,963 Member
    Dang, now I want crab cakes and gumbo.
  • deedzzz
    deedzzz Posts: 220 Member
    I am pretty sure this is real!
    My european husband is going to school in the usa and his International Business professor gave them a list of European countries and it still had: USSR, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia on it. And he still referrs to the EU as EC - and that is a college professor . Nuf said
  • SunofaBeach14
    SunofaBeach14 Posts: 4,899 Member
    Dang, now I want crab cakes and gumbo.

    Ah. My dad's peeps and my mom's peeps representing with that one.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    Dang, now I want crab cakes and gumbo.
    Fortunately the US is so homogeneous that you can get those anywhere. :laugh:

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