American knowledge of geography?
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Oh, I feel your pain! I am an American who is excellent in geography (including knowing all the Australian states and capitals), and I am appalled by the lack of knowledge in my country. However, I think many other countries would have the same problem. \n\nJust learn how to duck and cover.\n\nPS - Most people confuse Australia with Austria.
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Geographers identify eight major physical regions of the United States. The physical features found include snowcapped mountains in the west; fertile, rolling plains in the center; and smoothly formed mountains in the east.
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Go to nationalgeographic.com
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I think mostly because geography is not a mandatory subject to take.\n\nSecondly, America is like "the center of the world". People around the world are so fascinated with our country, want to learn more about it, follow our fashion sense, listen to our music and watch our movie.Thus, what's the point to learn about other countries if everybody looks up to us.\nIgnorant?Definetely but can't really blame the  Americenter phenomenon.\n\nI was born in Asia. Everytime i mentioned the country,nobody rarely knows where it is.\nAt first, I was a lil' upset but now, I'm so use to it.\n\nPeople always pay attention to something that stands out (e.g:America)and rarely pay attention to something unimportant (e.g: smaller countries)
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I've come up against that often. It drives me crazy (and I'm from one of the two countries that do get listed). It seems that about 1/3 of people think there are only two countries in North America, another 1/3 think there are noly three (this time including Mexico) and no more than 1/3 of the people I've met (even North Americans themselves) know that there are dozens of countries in North America (37 countries and territories), which includes everything north of Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas.\n\nIf you want to be proactive, you should write to the editors of the web sites that you've seen it in. Education is the only way to defeat ignorance!
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http://geography.about.com/library/misc/blregions.htm
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"Geography" just means knowing where other places / countries are located, and knowing something about those countries (including your own country.) \n\n"Geo" is the Greek word for "Earth" and "Graphos" is the Greek word for "picture" (graphic) or "writing". So, Geography is information about the Earth.\n\nWhat's it used for...? Suppose you want to learn about William Shakespeare. He wrote tons of plays around 1700, and they were SO excellent that we still read them today.\n\nWhere was Shakespeare from? \nHow do you get there? Is it far?\nWhat kind of money do they use? \nIs it expensive to get there?\nIf you are injured when there, do they have modern hospitals?\nDo you need to get any shots (needles) before you go there?\nWhat language do they speak?\n\nIf you know geography, you can visit other countries and do stuff. If you DON'T know any geography, you should stay home!
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How about telling us where you live?
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Writing that explores the customs and landscape of a region of the United States.
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why is this question in Geography?
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Katskee, people who say the "browning" of American are truly ignorant and have no clue about geography.....BECAUSE the vast majority of America is brown, and Spanish speaking....
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>>WHERE IS THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF THE UNITED STATES?   \n  \nThe geographic center of the conterminous U.S. (48 states) is near Lebanon, Kansas. The geographic center of the U.S. including Alaska and Hawaii is west of Castle Rock, South Dakota. The geographic center of the North American continent is 6 miles west of Balta, North Dakota. The geographic center of Illinois is Logan, 28 miles northeast of Springfield. \n\nSOURCE: \nThe World Almanac and Book of Facts 1998.  Mahwah, N.J.: World Almanac Books, 1997.\n\nLast Updated: 4/99<<
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the atlantic! do u read a map?!
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First off, where are you located?  "Social Studies" is a pretty broad area.  Is your social studies class a geogrpahy, history, or government class?  What country are you in?\n\nGive us more information and then we can give you decent help.\nI am a former Social Studies - geography & history teacher in the USA.
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http://www.lcbp.org/ATLAS/HTML/so_historic.htm\n\nThis is a pretty good US map.
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Way to make sure your son gets a good education.  How are you doing with his geography homework?
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This is a great source for information on all countries\n\nCIA World Factbook: USA Geography\nhttp://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/us.html\n\nNatural resources:\nDefinition Field Listing\ncoal, copper, lead, molybdenum, phosphates, uranium, bauxite, gold, iron, mercury, nickel, potash, silver, tungsten, zinc, petroleum, natural gas, timber\nLand use:\nDefinition Field Listing\narable land: 19.13%\npermanent crops: 0.22%\nother: 80.65% (2001)\nIrrigated land:\nDefinition Field Listing\n214,000 sq km (1998 est.)