Would you be so kind as to answer the following to the best of your ability without doing any research:
1) Who is the Canadian prime minister?
2) What is the capital city of canada?
3) What is Canada's second language?
4) How many provinces and territories does Canada have?
5) What is Tim Hortons?
6) What is Canada's national sport?
2007-01-06 04:43:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
1. Stephen Harper
2. Ottawa
3. French
4. 16? 17? Don't ask me to name them all. I just know the ones directly north of me.
5. No idea, but I looked it up. Coffee shop chain.
6. I hate sports (can't tell you anything about teams in America either) but I guessed hockey since there seems to be so much rivalry with America about it. I looked it up to double check and I was right.
If you're looking to see if most Americans know anything about our neighbors to the north, the answer is no. US media focuses on the Middle East right now with occasional breaks to talk about North Korea and China. History classes here focus on the creation of the nation and European history. Geography has not been a free-standing class since my parents' time. They try to squeeze it in with history class, but since they don't teach much about world history to begin with it doesn't help much.
Don't feel bad though, most Americans can't identify the location of the 50 states on the map, and if given a map of the Middle East most of them cannot point out which is Iraq and which is Iran despite the fact that a map of it is splashed across our televisions every day.
Yes I know all the Americans are mad at me now and are calling me unpatriotic. But it is pathetic how little we know about the world outside the US. And I for one am not ashamed to admit that we have faults.
2007-01-06 05:01:49 · answer #1 · answered by Jen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stephen Harper, Ottawa, French, 10 provinces and 3 territories, COFFEE!!! and hockey.
Mmmmm, coffee. Think my mind is stuck on Question 5 ;) That and the roast chicken flavor potato chips one of my managers brought back when he went to visit his folks in New Brunswick. Mmmmmm. I wish they'd have those here...
2007-01-06 12:48:20 · answer #2 · answered by Danagasta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
capital of canada is Ottawa
canada's second language is french
i dont care about your territories
i dont know the guy
national sport is hockey?
USA and Canada should unite anyway, we're the same people
2007-01-06 12:46:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would that be important to Americans? Most Americans probably couldn't answer those questions if it was about the US.
2007-01-06 12:59:13 · answer #4 · answered by crystal89431 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What does this question have to do with relgion and/or spirituality/
2007-01-06 12:48:36 · answer #5 · answered by stullerrl 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
didnt know any
2007-01-06 13:01:41 · answer #6 · answered by peaches 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋