[Sigia-l] RE: Geography

[Lord, Ralph]

Alright, already, I'll join the fun. 

19/20, but I picked Islam.

Ralph Lord
TRW Systems
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
404.639.7382



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gothelf, Jeff [mailto:jgothelf at braunconsult.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 4:12 PM
> To: Frank Siraguso; Coughenour, Jim; sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] RE: Geography
> 
> 
> I, too, picked Hinduism (19/20).
> 
> [Jeff]
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Siraguso [mailto:Frank.Siraguso at digitalevergreen.com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 4:07 PM
> To: Coughenour, Jim; sigia-l at asis.org
> Subject: RE: [Sigia-l] RE: Geography
> 
> 
> 20/20. All I can say is that it was the grade-school nuns. Frank
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> 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
> 
> > ----------
> > 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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