[Sigia-l] RE: Geography

[joe]

Listera said:
(*) Apparently 87% of Americans cannot currently locate Iraq on a map
either.

Actually, in the interest of more exactitude, the survey indicated that 13% of Americans between 18 & 24 could locate Iraq on an unlabeled map. So to be fair, the geographic illiteracy is centered within a certain segment of the population. Now, this isn't meant to diminish Listera's point, just to set the record perhaps more exactly.
The survey was conducted by the National Geographic Society among youth in the US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, and Britain. It consisted of 56 questions about geography & current events. Source: Paul Recer, AP science writer.