Only 25% of us Americans can find our country on a world map. I think this is because schools don't teach geography anymore.

Were you taught geography in school? We had a whole year on world geography in 7th grade.

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Zoeoz · 26-30, F

Yes, but I also don't believe that only 25% of Americans can pick our country out on a world map.

Troy123 · 22-25, M

@Zoeoz It is sad but true.

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@Zoeoz I don't either. It's so easy.

Zoeoz · 26-30, F

@Troy123 Says who?

Ryanoliver2011 · 26-30, M

@Zoeoz I’m with you. Surely that isn’t true...

Troy123 · 22-25, M

@Zoeoz I've seen that stat mentioned many time on the news. I also look it up online. One good source for things like that is the CIA FACT BOOK on the wed. They have many interesting things.

Zoeoz · 26-30, F

@Troy123 There are a lot of purported statistics out there, but it's important to pay attention to the source. If it were in a Gallup poll, I'd be convinced. From someone on YouTube likely sensationalizing their videos to get more clicks? Not so much.

CIA World Factbook is a good source for questions of geography and history from an American perspective, but as far as I am aware, they don't conduct surveys to answer questions like this.

Troy123 · 22-25, M

@Zoeoz They has stats on America's placing and rank of our students in subjects like math compared to the rest of the world. Many interesting things.