[Sigia-l] RE: Geography

[Teddy Carroll]

19 of 20. I missed the religion question. I thought Hinduism was the largest
religion.


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From: <Jason.Karls at EddieBauer.com>
To: <sigia-l at asis.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 3:01 PM
Subject: [Sigia-l] RE: Geography


>
> Hi All,
>
> I think we should all try our hand at this!
>
> Here's the survey that was given to 18 - 24 year olds across multiple
> countries (you know the one where only 13% were able to identify where
Iraq
> is on a map!):
> http://geosurvey.nationalgeographic.com/geosurvey/
>
> Try it!
>
> -jason
>
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> Message: 17
> Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2002 09:42:31 -0500
> From: "joe " <joe at sokohl.com>
> Reply-To: <joe at sokohl.com>
> To: <sigia-L at asis.org>
> Subject: [Sigia-l] RE: Geography
>
> 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.
>
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