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Young Americans Geographically Illiterate, Survey Suggests. ⇒

   2 May 2006, early evening

Some of the popular answers are laughable. Only 46% of the people who did the poll knew Sudan was in Africa! You can take the survey yourself at the site.

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  1. Forget Sudan, what about this part of the article?

    Take Iraq, for example. Despite nearly constant news coverage since the war there began in 2003, 63 percent of Americans aged 18 to 24 failed to correctly locate the country on a map of the Middle East.

    How many wars do they need to have with Iraq before they know where it is?

    by Ryan on May 3 2006, 2:06 am   #

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