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Originally Posted by MaDalton
now that is nonsense - you know that most european countries have states too? Germany has 16 for example
or do you really want to tell me that it is not necessary for any american to know anything about the rest of the world cause the US already has 50 states? is that a kind of brain limitation?  |
Why does everyone ignore the land mass issue? It's about knowing your region. The reason Europeans can identify more countries than Americans is because there are more of them in their area. Most Americans can find the major countries of the world.
Here's an example. I have a friend in Latvia. He can point out all of the countries that used to make up the Soviet Union. Can most Americans? Hell no. If we didn't spend a few weeks talking about the collapse of the USSR when I was in college I certainly wouldn't be able to either.
He can point out Texas, California, "Floria" and Kansas on a map.