50% of Americans don’t know where New York is and don’t want to know
The Washington Post has produced unique results from studies conducted under the patronage of National Geographic magazine, whose staff decided to find out how well the younger generation of Americans knows geography. As a result of a survey conducted in early 2006, it turned out that this knowledge is very superficial. So, 9 out of 10 Americans aged 18 to 25 have no idea about the whereabouts of Afghanistan. This despite the fact that after the attacks of September 11, 2001, American troops overthrew the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. And 63% of the US population does not know where Iraq is located.
75% will not be able to find on the map Israel, Lebanon and Iran - the countries that newspapers write about daily in connection with the situation in the Middle East and Tehran’s nuclear policy.
But all these are flowers compared to the fact that half of the respondents have no idea where they are ... New York. And 57% of young Americans cannot be found on the map of Ohio, where the four US presidents come from.
It is also interesting that 29% were unable to find the Pacific Ocean ...
The geographic position of China caused the least difficulties for the survey participants - 69 percent of the respondents were able to find this country on the world map. True, 75% of them said that the official language in China is English, and two-thirds believe that it is not the United States, but China - the world's largest exporter of goods and services.
Curious is the fact that young Americans are not at all embarrassed by the white spots on their world map. They believe that knowing where Iraq and Iran are located, whose names are so often heard in news releases, is not so important. Let's say. But then what about New York and the Pacific?
However, 47 percent of young people admitted that it would be nice to know any foreign languages.
Still, you can be happy for the youth of the United States. Indeed, in such a survey in 2002, one in ten respondents could not find ... their home country on the map.
Source: Pravda.Ru
Taken from here
75% will not be able to find on the map Israel, Lebanon and Iran - the countries that newspapers write about daily in connection with the situation in the Middle East and Tehran’s nuclear policy.
But all these are flowers compared to the fact that half of the respondents have no idea where they are ... New York. And 57% of young Americans cannot be found on the map of Ohio, where the four US presidents come from.
It is also interesting that 29% were unable to find the Pacific Ocean ...
The geographic position of China caused the least difficulties for the survey participants - 69 percent of the respondents were able to find this country on the world map. True, 75% of them said that the official language in China is English, and two-thirds believe that it is not the United States, but China - the world's largest exporter of goods and services.
Curious is the fact that young Americans are not at all embarrassed by the white spots on their world map. They believe that knowing where Iraq and Iran are located, whose names are so often heard in news releases, is not so important. Let's say. But then what about New York and the Pacific?
However, 47 percent of young people admitted that it would be nice to know any foreign languages.
Still, you can be happy for the youth of the United States. Indeed, in such a survey in 2002, one in ten respondents could not find ... their home country on the map.
Source: Pravda.Ru
Taken from here
