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Geography is ImportantTRANSCRIPT
Geography Is All Around Us
You and your partner have 15 minutes to draw a map of the world and place the following items on your map…
• 5 Political Items (Cities, Countries, etc.)• 5 Geographic Features (Mountains,
Rivers, Oceans)• 5 Inventions• 5 Cultural Items (Art, Music, Religion)• 5 Historical Items (People, Events, etc.)• 5 Arrows Showing Movement across
Space (such as the Mongols invading Europe or Smallpox coming to the Americas)
Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?
Where is Iraq located?
Only 37% of young Americans can find Iraq on a map
Sudan is Located in Which Continent?
1. Europe
2. Asia
3. Africa
4. Australia
5. North America
6. South America
7. Antarctica
20% of young Americans think Sudan is in Asia
Where is New York Located?
50% can’t find New York on a U.S. map
Do you Speak Another Language Fluently?
1. Yes
2. No
6 in 10 young Americans don't speak a foreign language fluently
Do You Correspond With Someone outside the USA regularly?
1. Yes
2. No
9 in 10 (89%) do not correspond regularly with anyone outside the US.
If it is 1 pm in Orlando, USA…… what time is it in Berlin, Germany?
1. 1:00 am, the next day
2. 19:00, the same day
3. 7:00 am, the same day
4. 15:00, the same day
As many as one third (32%) would miss a conference call scheduled with someone in another time zone
Young people in the USA are unprepared for an increasingly global & interconnected future.
Geographers recognize that EVERYTHING is connected.
You Need to Study More Geography
If You Think…
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Andes is
an after dinner mint
The Andes Mountains
The Balkans are
alien people on Star Wars
The Balkans
Area is HistoricallyKnown as a CrossroadsOf many Cultures that Live there.
The English Channel isa TV show about Prince Charles
and Princess Di
The English Channel
•Joins the North Sea and the Atlantic
The United Kingdom is… a theme park
The United Kingdom
The Tropic of Cancer is… a rare disease
Tropic of Cancer
This is the Ring of Fire
Ring of Fire
The Bermuda Triangle is a percussion
instrument in a reggae band
The Bermuda Triangle
The International Dateline is
another dating network
The International Dateline
The Dust Bowl is Granny's old favorite dish
Dust Bowl
AND FINALLY, you definitely need to study more geography if …
you are on a Mediterranean Cruise but you think you are in the Indian
Ocean!
BEFORE
AFTER!
Conceptual
‘World According to Dubya’
The World’s Easiest Quiz A bit of confidence boosting now… 13 Questions (unlucky for some)
• Which animal are the Canary Island named after? • From which country do Panama hats originate?• From which animal do we get catgut?• From where do we get Chinese gooseberries?• From what is a camel-hair brush made?• Where was Patrick Patron Saint of Ireland born?• Where was Indian dish chicken tikka masala invented?• Where was India Ink invented?• What colour is most of Greenland?• From which part of the British Isles did the Scots originate?• Where do Turks originally come from?• In which country was the sport baseball invented?• Where in the world did turkeys originate?
Answers: The World’s Easiest Quiz
• Which animal are the Canary Island named after? Isle of Dogs• From which country do Panama hats originate? Equador• From which animal do we get catgut? Sheep and Horses• From where do we get Chinese gooseberries? New Zealand• From what is a camel-hair brush made? Squirrel fur• Where was Patrick Patron Saint of Ireland born? Wales• Where was Indian dish chicken tikka masala invented? Britain• Where was India Ink invented? China• What colour is most of Greenland? White• From which part of the British Isles did the Scots originate? Northern
England• Where do Turks originally come from? Central Asia/Mongolia• In which country was the sport baseball invented? No one knows• Where in the world did turkeys originate? North/central America