I’ve seen multiple videos equivalent of Americans pointing where (country) is on the map, and there was an instance where the host asked the woman where the continent Africa is located (points to Asia) like WTF? That’s not even close at all.
I know there’s bias towards those types of videos since there are accusations of the host “handpicking” select strangers framing them as if they are representative of the US. But the truth is that their education system isn’t good as it lacks funding.
When you put it into perspective: how many Europeans can correctly locate & name countries adjacent to them within their own continent and globally? Is the education system within the EU that good or effective at teaching kids that subject?
My partner was telling me the other day about an American guy she saw on TikTok complaining that people from Europe don’t know enough about American geography.
I grew up in the UK in the '90s, where almost every cultural touchpoint was from the US. Cartoons, music, movies, it was all American. As a result I almost certainly know more US state capitals than I know European, and can confidently point out the locations of at least half of the US states on a map. Maybe even more.
But, like, why? Why do I need to know that shit? Why should I care?
I don’t know the names of any of the counties, or municipalities or whatever it is that subdivides France, and that’s the closest non-UK country to where I’m currently sitting. Hell, I don’t even know what they call those subdivisions.
So to answer the original question; fuck knows.
So it is in fact Great Britain and not Greenland that should belong to Usa. Has he just mixed up the names of two islands with a G?
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France has départements and régions, the first one being the smallest subdivision before cities, villages etc. Examples of regions are Brittany, burgundy, etc. Examples of department are Ile de France (Paris), bouches du Rhône, Corsica.
Manythank.