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Fuck it. Americans and Europeans should try and place Afrcian countries.
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, but not identify which 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.
Europeans invaded all of them. They know. (Source : am French)
I’m Danish and I can’t place every single African country. I can recognize many on their flags, but I don’t know where all African countries are.
but I don’t know where all African countries are.
I know they’re in Africa, at least. Boom, chalk one up for the Americans.
I also know where Mauritius is and how to say it, because I met a guy from there and he said it and I was like I’ve never heard of this place, and the he spelled it, and I added it to the list of words that I’d only ever read and not heard, and this pronounced incorrectly, like epitome and ethereal.
I remember once in school (in central Europe) we got a geography test where we had to label countries on a map.
To prevent copying from the neighbor, half the class got a map of Asia, the other half of Africa.
I don’t remember the details but certainly remember wondering why anyone would think these are equally difficult. 😐🙄
Also “Gulf of Mexico”.
If you read from left to right this map starts off pretty accurate and gets progressively more unhinged
you could probably apply the Hawaii statement to the entire US
West Carolina is spot on.
I love how you can see where OP started out, and where they ended.
This provided a solid three minutes of genuine entertainment. Thank you for sharing
Damn Detroit just went up and conquered Arkansas. That’s what you fancy mother fuckers in Fayetteville get for only putting Walmart in the burbs!
This was a well informed European in reality we only know Texas, California, Alaska and Florida. Some would add Utah because everyone is feared about these guys with a strange bible, called Mongos or something.
Mormons?
Basically no Europeans would put Austria as a US state. It’s fake.
i just kinda assumed it looks a bit like austria and they’re making a joke
Austria is shaped nothing like Maine. Austria has a narrow bit that sticks out (Tyrol + Vorarlberg), no equivalent to that in Maine.
No shit Sherlock!
Hah! Wyoming has moved from the middle of the Western states to the Mid-West. I think they get partial credit for that one.
Could have just scrawled “Dumpster Fire” across the whole thing and been accurate.
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People usually call it Philly.
Ok but why do you know where Washington is…?
Because that’s where the White House is! /s
It’s where the surface-to-air missiles (*cough* boeing *cough*) are made
I thought those were air-to-surface missiles?
What goes up must come down
as an aussie i’d probably get about the same as this, but i too for some reason am confident in knowing the names of east coast states
:)
Austria 🤣
as an american, looks about right
Virginia accepts ongoing custody of New York.
