LOL, unfortunately- not many of us have a good grasp of geography.
2007-02-11 18:39:18
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answered by Daaang! 3
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Of course not! I gotta tell you...I've been reading how people see American students as horrible at cultural geography (or political geography), but the same can be said about other people about the US and other countries. In fact, a boy from Thailand drew a world map and made North and South American one giant blob and completely left off Saudi Arabia and Africa was as small as Australia.
While a few Americans may not know every single name of every city on the planet, and their statistics, the same can be said about anyone else anywhere in the world. It all depends on how much the person knows. And no I am not talking about everyone! And it also relates to identity. Someone in Egypt would be more familiar with the Middle East and Europe's borders than with, say, North America. A kid in the US might know how to draw and label all of North America but wouldn't know anything about Africa besides its general shape.
A kid in that same class could know all there is to know. It just depends on the person. And unfortunatley, for some odd reason, people outside of the US tend to think that all Americans are ignorant of anything outside the US, which is untrue.
I don't see the world that way, though.
2007-02-12 02:45:12
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answered by Anonymous
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I'd say that's a very pesimistic ( pecimistic?) point of view, but alot of it is true. To an extent alot of Americans will get tired of the intricacies of each individual country and nation which we're involved with, and eventually we make generalizations. Not that these generalizations are in any way a good thing. Also there should be somthing about France, somthing to the ring of we've saved them twice from foreign invasion and adopted the Vietnam War for them, and they have yet to support the United States in progressive fashion.
2007-02-12 02:42:34
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answered by Conflusterized 1
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Well, I'm not sure. Let's take the OIL area. Europe receives far more oil from the Middle East than does America. So is that how Europe sees the Middle East?
2007-02-12 02:39:22
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answered by FCabanski 5
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No that's not how most Americans see the world, though I'm sure that's how we're perceived. I don't get the Mouse Heads reference to Canada though.
2007-02-12 02:40:20
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answered by Jadalina 5
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lol No. I'm an American but I happen to love European culture. I'm sure some do see it that way but no, not most. We're not all ignorant, loud, obnoxious hicks who only think America rocks. All countries have their faults, including ours.
2007-02-12 02:40:54
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answered by Anonymous
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No. Many Americans travel.
(I think the Nike factories are in Asia. Your friend put them in Afghanistan. Retitle that area "poppies".)
2007-02-12 02:39:04
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answered by Anonymous
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Never accuse anyone of seeing the world in a distorted view when you're the one who stereotypes.
2007-02-12 02:41:27
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answered by Bluefast 3
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LOL
I will share this image to a forum. Its funny.
2007-02-12 02:40:59
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answered by Anestis 2
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Lol, I saw a different world map like this....had a great line on Canada. "Our friendly but backwards neighboors."
2007-02-12 02:41:28
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answered by Anonymous
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I imagine you've already decided that you're correct, so any protestations to the contrary that I might make would be useless. Bigotry comes in many forms.
2007-02-12 02:40:21
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answered by Anonymous
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