Hah! Try Americans trying to label Europe. They’ll get Britain. Maybe France & Spain; Germany.
It starts falling apart with Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands - most can probably identify the latter three generally, but not identify which area is which. I’d bet swapping Sweden and Norway would be common.
Good luck with Luxembourg & Belgium, or any of the rest.
You’re right about Africa, and anywhere in the Baltics. Russia, maybe? But despite pursuing a war for 20 years in the Middle East, I’ll bet most (who hadn’t served) couldn’t place Afghanistan or Iraq.
I’d give good odds for China and India, but they dominate their regions. Australia and Japan, because they stick out, but labeling and southern Asia countries - Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand - no.
Shit. Many Americans can’t even label all of the States correctly. I admit I’m likely to make mistakes, too; I’d do better with Europe, because of vacations. I’ll bet I’d do terribly on a state capital quiz. It doesn’t help that most state capitals aren’t the biggest, most recognized cities. After High School, we don’t have much call to locate most states on the map, outside of swing states, which get a refresher every 4 years.
I have an flag quiz app on my phone that is really good at teaching you to not only know the flags of the world, but also their geography. I recommend having something like that for anyone who wants to improve the basics of their world geography. Honestly, I’d recommend it to everybody because it is a fun way to learn something that may or may not be useful in the future.
I’m not great at geography myself so it was a way for me to work on a weak spot and having fun doing it.
Only thing my flag app doesn’t really cover is states in America and Germany etc. so I don’t have a lot of practice in those. I can sorta place the states of Germany but the United States is still kinda abstract to me.
Hah! Try Americans trying to label Europe. They’ll get Britain. Maybe France & Spain; Germany.
It starts falling apart with Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands - most can probably identify the latter three generally, but not identify which area is which. I’d bet swapping Sweden and Norway would be common.
Good luck with Luxembourg & Belgium, or any of the rest.
You’re right about Africa, and anywhere in the Baltics. Russia, maybe? But despite pursuing a war for 20 years in the Middle East, I’ll bet most (who hadn’t served) couldn’t place Afghanistan or Iraq.
I’d give good odds for China and India, but they dominate their regions. Australia and Japan, because they stick out, but labeling and southern Asia countries - Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand - no.
Shit. Many Americans can’t even label all of the States correctly. I admit I’m likely to make mistakes, too; I’d do better with Europe, because of vacations. I’ll bet I’d do terribly on a state capital quiz. It doesn’t help that most state capitals aren’t the biggest, most recognized cities. After High School, we don’t have much call to locate most states on the map, outside of swing states, which get a refresher every 4 years.
I have an flag quiz app on my phone that is really good at teaching you to not only know the flags of the world, but also their geography. I recommend having something like that for anyone who wants to improve the basics of their world geography. Honestly, I’d recommend it to everybody because it is a fun way to learn something that may or may not be useful in the future.
I’m not great at geography myself so it was a way for me to work on a weak spot and having fun doing it. Only thing my flag app doesn’t really cover is states in America and Germany etc. so I don’t have a lot of practice in those. I can sorta place the states of Germany but the United States is still kinda abstract to me.