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Geography is ImportantTRANSCRIPT
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Geography Is All Around Us
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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)
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Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?
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Where is Iraq located?
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Only 37% of young Americans can find Iraq on a map
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Sudan is Located in Which Continent?
1. Europe
2. Asia
3. Africa
4. Australia
5. North America
6. South America
7. Antarctica
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20% of young Americans think Sudan is in Asia
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Where is New York Located?
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50% can’t find New York on a U.S. map
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Do you Speak Another Language Fluently?
1. Yes
2. No
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6 in 10 young Americans don't speak a foreign language fluently
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Do You Correspond With Someone outside the USA regularly?
1. Yes
2. No
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9 in 10 (89%) do not correspond regularly with anyone outside the US.
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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
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As many as one third (32%) would miss a conference call scheduled with someone in another time zone
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Young people in the USA are unprepared for an increasingly global & interconnected future.
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Geographers recognize that EVERYTHING is connected.
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You Need to Study More Geography
If You Think…
Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.
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Andes is
an after dinner mint
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The Andes Mountains
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The Balkans are
alien people on Star Wars
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The Balkans
Area is HistoricallyKnown as a CrossroadsOf many Cultures that Live there.
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The English Channel isa TV show about Prince Charles
and Princess Di
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The English Channel
•Joins the North Sea and the Atlantic
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The United Kingdom is… a theme park
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The United Kingdom
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The Tropic of Cancer is… a rare disease
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Tropic of Cancer
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This is the Ring of Fire
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Ring of Fire
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The Bermuda Triangle is a percussion
instrument in a reggae band
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The Bermuda Triangle
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The International Dateline is
another dating network
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The International Dateline
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The Dust Bowl is Granny's old favorite dish
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Dust Bowl
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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!
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BEFORE
AFTER!
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Conceptual
‘World According to Dubya’
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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?
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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