11% of Americans can't find the USA on a map

[Sikander]

Re: 11% of Americans can't find the USA on a map

Originally posted by Hurricane
And more embarrassing facts can be found in National Geographic's latest survey among 18-24 year olds. For example:

87 percent cannot find Iraq

83 percent cannot find Afghanistan

76 percent cannot find Saudi Arabia

70 percent cannot find New Jersey

49 percent cannot find New York

11 percent cannot find the United States

Why do you think we invented the smart bomb?

[MarkG]

nearly 30 percent of those surveyed could not find the Pacific Ocean, the world’s largest body of water;

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by aaglo
I did the survey. I missed only the question about the most populated religion...

I had the same results! Must be a northern thing.

[Richelieu]

Re: Re: 11% of Americans can't find the USA on a map

Originally posted by Sikander


Why do you think we invented the smart bomb?

[Evil Knevil]

It was for 18-25 year olds so maybe thats why. Silly Quan'kee educshum system

I noticed the UK wasn't far behind the US, or Mexico....

d'oh!

[Gangerolf]

38% of Americans can't find Russia.
3% of Swedes
6% French
24% of Brits
30% of Mexicans

[MarkG]

ok americans at least nknow one thing: middle east produces the most oil in the world: 81%

[Eli]

I proudly announce that I knew all the questions.

@ Stupid Americans.

Did you notice that most of the Mexicans didnt know where west it?

[Gangerolf]

the brits are almost equally ignorant. 49% of them can't find Mexico!

and 20% of Americans can't find their southern neighbour.

[MarkG]

i think we must do the survey for US apolytoners

[mrboo123]

This is sad, I'm 14, and the only question I got wrong was the biggest reiogln on the earth, I said Budsithm, I was thinking of the Chinese and the 1 billion+ peolpe...

[Stefu]

Geez, I didn't think Americans were this eager to prove stereotypes about them correct.

[Hurricane]

Originally posted by Eli
Did you notice that most of the Mexicans didnt know where west it?

They are probably teached some really ****ed-up rule of thumb for remembering the directions, like "west is the opposite direction of where your right hand is pointing" or "Columbus sailed west towards India which is in the east, except he did it the other way around" or something like that.

[Kropotkin]

Or that they know that the west indies are to the east.

[Kropotkin]

... or should I say that they don't know that the west indies is to the east but... Oh crap, you get it.