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Young US Adults Geographically Challenged
July 19, 2006
It's in the preparation — in those dreary pedestrian virtues they taught you in seventh grade and you didn't believe. It's making the extra call and caring a lot.
-Diane Sawyer

The results of a National Geographic Education Foundation survey of US adults between the ages of 18 and 24 were recently reported in Education Week (May 10, 2006; www.edweek.org).  A few “interesting” findings…

  • 60% of respondents could not identify Iraq on a map of the Middle East;
  • 75% could not locate Indonesia, and most did not know that Indonesia is predominantly a Muslim nation;
  • Less than six months after Katrina, 33% could not locate Louisiana on a map;
  • 65% could not locate the United Kingdom on a map
  • Only 25% identified Chinese Mandarin as the most widely spoken language in the world.

And, most telling…

  • While 60% of respondents viewed use of computers and the Internet “absolutely necessary” in today’s world, only 33% thought it absolutely necessary to know where other countries are located.

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