Thursday, November 21, 2002

Where in the world is New Jersey?

According to a National Geographic survey, among 18- to 24-year-old Americans given maps:

87 percent cannot find Iraq
83 percent cannot find Afghanistan
76 percent cannot find Saudi Arabia
70 percent cannot find New Jersey
49 percent cannot find New York
11 percent cannot find the United States

Amazingly, only 71 percent of the surveyed Americans could locate the Pacific Ocean, the world's largest body of water. Worldwide, three in 10 of those surveyed could not correctly locate the Pacific Ocean.

The full story: Global goofs: U.S. youth can't find Iraq - Nov. 20, 2002

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