2007-03-05 00:33:53 · 6 answers · asked by AKL 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
There was a study last year that indicated that only about a third of teenagers could point out Canada on a map and less than half knew where India was. Some didn't even know where England was. That horrified me.
A hundred years ago, the world was a much larger place than it is now and the chances were that you wouldn't go out of your immediate area and wouldn't meet a foreigner. My Dad used to tell me that they thought of Newcastle (We're from Sunderland) as a foreign country.
These days, at least once a year, most of us travel to another part of the country and the rest of the world. It's handy to know where you're going, who you're likely to meet and what kind of thing they're likely to expect you to do - there may be a different form of dress especially for women.
When I studied geography, we touched on physical geography too, we learnt how to read a map, use a compass and about how the earth was formed. Reading a map is obviously useful if you get lost in an unfamiliar area, same goes for the compass, although most of us have gadgets with GPS included which cuts down the need for traditional compasses somewhat.
2007-03-06 06:31:31 · answer #1 · answered by elflaeda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The benefits are: you never get lost (you can mapread), you can find out about planet earth, climate change etc. You can answer questions on tv or down the pub when you are an adult and win lots of money or a pint. There are lots of areas in geog to look at human,economic and physical. It is more fun than you think, give it a go you may enjoy it.
2007-03-06 13:46:12 · answer #2 · answered by Elizabeth L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why would you not want to learn about this planet, you know, the one you live on!!
Do you have no desire whats so ever to travel and see the world? And if so, would you not like to know about the countries you are going to?
and, with the climate being the topic for this century would you not feel out of it by not understanding how the whole thing works etc.
Try to learn to love it!!!
2007-03-05 08:44:45 · answer #3 · answered by Christine 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you learn about the world your living in and the different types of people and cultures you share the world with.
2007-03-05 08:44:40 · answer #4 · answered by Cheesecake King 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For quite a lot of reasons, not least so that you have some understanding of our world, how it was formed, and where people and places are.
2007-03-05 08:45:21 · answer #5 · answered by Captain Flaps 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are geographically unaware, you'll grow up to be an American.
2007-03-05 09:31:19 · answer #6 · answered by Jellicoe 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋