[Sigia-l] RE: Geography

[Frank Siraguso]

20/20. All I can say is that it was the grade-school nuns.
Frank

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From: Coughenour, Jim [mailto:Jim.Coughenour at schwab.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:56 PM
To: sigia-l at asis.org
Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] RE: Geography


19/20 here too - also picked Hinduism

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> From: 	Jason.Karls at EddieBauer.com
> Sent: 	Thursday, November 21, 2002 12:01 PM
> To: 	sigia-l at asis.org
> 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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