Geography fun
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The document is a quiz that tests geographic knowledge of locations, features, and concepts. It asks respondents to identify the locations of countries, continents, cities, and other places on a map. It also asks about time zone conversions, language fluency, international correspondence, and geographic features and events. The quiz aims to show that many young Americans lack knowledge of world geography and are unprepared for an increasingly globalized world where geographic understanding is important.
Geography fun
- 2. You and your partner have 15 minutes to draw a map of the world and place the following items on your map… • 5 Political Items (Cities, Countries, etc.) • 5 Geographic Features (Mountains, Rivers, Oceans) • 5 Inventions • 5 Cultural Items (Art, Music, Religion) • 5 Historical Items (People, Events, etc.) • 5 Arrows Showing Movement across Space (such as the Mongols invading Europe or Smallpox coming to the Americas)
- 3. Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?
- 4. Where is Iraq located?
- 5. Only 37% of young Americans can find Iraq on a map
- 6. Sudan is Located in Which Continent? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Europe Asia Africa Australia North America South America Antarctica
- 7. 20% of young Americans think Sudan is in Asia
- 8. Where is New York Located?
- 9. 50% can’t find New York on a U.S. map
- 10. Do you Speak Another Language Fluently? 1. Yes 2. No
- 11. 6 in 10 young Americans don't speak a foreign language fluently
- 12. Do You Correspond With Someone outside the USA regularly? 1. Yes 2. No
- 13. 9 in 10 (89%) do not correspond regularly with anyone outside the US.
- 14. 1. 2. 3. 4. If it is 1 pm in Orlando, USA… … what time is it in Berlin, Germany? 1:00 am, the next day 19:00, the same day 7:00 am, the same day 15:00, the same day
- 15. As many as one third (32%) would miss a conference call scheduled with someone in another time zone
- 16. Young people in the USA are unprepared for an increasingly global & interconnected future.
- 17. Geographers recognize that EVERYTHING is connected.
- 18. You Need to Study More Geography If You Think… Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.
- 19. Andes is an after dinner mint
- 21. The Balkans are alien people on Star Wars
- 22. The Balkans Area is Historically Known as a Crossroads Of many Cultures that Live there.
- 23. The English Channel is a TV show about Prince Charles and Princess Di
- 24. The English Channel •Joins the North Sea and the Atlantic
- 25. The United Kingdom is… a theme park
- 28. Tropic of Cancer
- 29. This is the Ring of Fire
- 30. Ring of Fire
- 31. The Bermuda Triangle is a percussion instrument in a reggae band
- 33. The International Dateline is another dating network
- 35. The Dust Bowl is Granny's old favorite dish
- 36. Dust Bowl
- 37. AND FINALLY, you definitely need to study more geography if … you are on a Mediterranean Cruise but you think you are in the Indian Ocean!
- 38. BEFORE AFTER!