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Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:38 am
by Markell1991
lisalover1 wrote:My world map is confusing enough already:
Haha, here's mine:
Sorry for it being so big, I won't do it again.
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:41 am
by Breetai
o.pwuaioc wrote:It's really easy to mock stereotypes, but the reality is that kids everywhere suck at geography. America may be a bit lower, but not wholly worse. I've yet to meet a non-American who could accurately locate every state in the US, but plenty of educated people my age can.
WTF?!?
Why would anyone who is not an American ever care about knowing all of the US states? They are not American!!!
Do Americans have any need to know the Australian states and territories? Canadian provinces and territories? Japanese prefectures? Chinese provinces? Can you accurately locate every province of China? If not, perhaps you suck at geography and are uneducated.
Or were you just trolling?
(I am late to the show, so I didn't get this post in on page 5)
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 11:31 am
by Markell1991
You're absolutely right. I wouldn't expect an American to know where Shropshire or Cheshire is on a map. But some people do know this kind of thing. I know where all the German Lander are, for example.
Re: World Map According to Americans
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:44 pm
by Mason Workz
I'm American and I have a high school diploma, and I can't locate the 50 states, nor do I care to. But I will admit I know their names by heart because of the Fifty Nifty song.
EDIT: Even if I did, I wouldn't care to know 50 locations in another country, like China, unless I had a specific need to.