How come so many American people have no idea about the world map????
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it's not ignorance, it's arrogance. and it isn't all the americans, but it is deffinately a large group who thinks the whole world evolves around the USA, and they need no knowledge of the rest of that world. i've met americans who think Afhanistan is the capital of Iraq.\n\nThe arrogance is even proven in some of the answers above. they attack you on ur english. maybe ur native language isn't even english, but they would never even concider that fact, bcs the world ends for them at the borders of the USA.\n\n(they will probably attack my english too now, but hey, who cares? english is only my fifth language, far behind dutch, german, french and romanian)\n\nsometimes i wish Columbus had taken another turn in 1492.\n\nof course there are also a lot (and i mean A LOT) of normal, friendly open-minded americans. met them, seen them and respect them highly. but most of those people i met, agree mostly with my points made here.
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I believe most Americans can not see past their own noses.\nWe seem to be under a silvered bell jar inward looking only and not able to see past into the rest of the world.\nMost Americans only speak one language and have a world view presented to them by corporate controlled media.  We are kind of like the people in Plato's Cave.
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And how are we supposed to help you mark things on a map? Check out this website for list of countries.\nhttp://users.pandora.be/educypedia/education/worldwarcountry.htm
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Some people say that since there is a Central, South, and North America, people in the US aren't the only Americans. It is annoying because we have been called Americans forever, and I don't know why this word is popping up now.
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Good question - when will Americans realize that they do need other people?  When will Americans realize that the world doesn't stop at their border?  When will Americans realize that they need to be accountable for their place in the world?  When will Americans stop being such stupid, ignorant people?  When will Americans realize that no super-power lasts forever, and they fun in the sun will end?\n\nThe answer my friend is blowing in the wind...
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I think a lot of it stems from the American educational system. People who've gone to school in the US usually have zero knowledge of almost anything about the rest of the world.  I don't mean to say that Americans are stupid or ignorant; but it's really frustrating to the rest of the world to see Americans who don't have a passport, have no desire to experience another culture, and couldn't tell you where Sweden is in Europe (let alone anywhere in Africa or Asia). It makes the rest of the world feel like Americans are totally oblivious couldn't care less about everyone else on the planet.
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I think the majority of Americans know little about India...or any other country for that matter. They just do not teach much concerning other countries in schools anymore. I am American,...and really was never taught anything about anyother place in high school...but the United States. It is shame. If you asked the typical American on the street...they could probably not even point to India on the map. I do know where India is and know alot about it and I live in Beirut now. I have traveled to many places but that is not representitive of most Americans. If you think there is a negative feeling towards India,...there is not...there is not really any feeling at all.
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The problem, as I've noticed, is that most Americans (I'm American; this does not apply to me) are VASTLY uneducated in how to determine things for themselves. Someone tells them how things are and they believe it word-for-word. The thing is that wars themselves have never touched America (unless in events like Pearl Harbor and 9/11, which both got us INTO wars), therefore Americans nowadays have no real perception of what war is. To them, the "enemy" is whomever President Bush says it is, and that "enemy" is not a human just like them. Of course, in reality, all humans are alike, but Americans refuse to see that because of single examples of foreign people with which they come into contact, like Saddam Hussein. I bet most of them don't even know that Bush's father is the one who gave them the "weapons of mass destruction" for which we allegedly went looking in the first place, because those people are uneducated and intent on waging a holy war when half the country (those who voted for Al Gore in '00 and Kerry in '04--MY family) didn't even want our President to be OUR President.\n\nThe people who have half a brain, are educated in what's happening, have studied history and are looking toward the future are the people who AREN'T in power right now. I honestly didn't think much of Kerry in '04, but I have always hated President Bush and I always will. There is no one around willing to possibly sacrifice their political career by using the pull they have in politics and government to stand up, show this nation of idiots the truth, MAKE them wake up and mature, and go against what the government is currently doing. Actually, many Democrats in the Senate have been talking of impeaching Bush. I'm not sure if he would be convicted if such action was taken against him but I truly, honestly hope so.\n\nAnd if anyone wants to call me a Democrat, I am not; I'm liberal. And my views are not as they are because of this. I have conservative friends who study American History with me and they are also against the war. My kind of people simply aren't in power.
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It is an arbitrary geopolitical map. It was drawn by government cartographers. There were no permanent settlements, so one could simply draw a line down a map based on lattitude and longitude. This was easy, try Yugoslavia.
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WTF? America never did any good for the world everything they do is for their benefit not others. Why don't people realize that America is the biggest threat to the world? They are the most pride and arrogant nation in the modern world. This country is ran by rich people who don't know anything about life. America is a nation of war and always have been and always will be.\n\nWho is it that took this land and take credit for discovering it, and never paid for it? Then they say things like this happen all the time so it okay. But if someone do that to them then they are a threat when America did it to someone else. Why is it OK for America to Nuke other nations it's because it war so it's okay. But when others want nukes to Nuke America like they did others it not okay. \n\nDo not y'all realize that the money spent is not for good but control the want the world to be in check, they want a New World Order."who can make war with the beast" if the beast always keeps the upper hand in war. US will destroy any nation that try to advance in war with nukes. So when one nation have so much control in the world. Any wicked man can control the world if they can get the power of a nation like this in their hands.\n\nLike the war in Iraq instead of of admitting they were wrong their pride gets in the way and say "we did the right thing by getting him out of power". They never take any responsibility for what they do. If this nation can't discipline itselfs then God will.
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In 1989, a Gallup poll reported that fourteen percent of  Americans ages 18 to 24 couldn't identify the location of the United States on a map.
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Consider the date.  Columbus is attributed as the discoverer of America.  It was not determined to be America until after his death well after 1500.  I doubt there are too many maps in the time period you are requesting.  The second link below is a picture of a mid 1500's map from Spain.\n\nAn exception, however, is the Vinland map thought to have been made about 1440...thought to be the first of North America rendered by explorer Eiriksson.
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They say, when you don't have a great answer, INVENT ONE!, there are guys here who call you stupid and in their answers rely the ignorance and idiotness of their own fear. America is a whole continent, there is no North America continent, or a South American Continent, There are only 5 Continents, Europe, Africa, Asia, Americas, Antarctica's(Oceania), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Continents.\nAmerica is the whole continent, even if the name of this country has the name of America, that does not mean we own the whole continent, yes we are arrogant and lazy, and our politic is to not care what the rest of the world says. They say that we call ourselves America because that's whats they call us in Europe, in Europe they call us "Pricks".
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people are not informed!
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There are a lot of people that support Bush.  They're about 33% of the American population.\n\n55% of American population can't find Iraq on a map.\n\n11% of Americans 18-24 cant find NEW YORK CITY on a map.\n\n60% of Americans don't know who their state's Senators are.\n\n....you get the idea.
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The only logical explanation is that people other than the Europeans had already discovered the lands and fed the information upon which the de Virga world map was based.\n\nThere is a book, titled 1421, authored by Gavin Menzies. He argues for the proposition that the Chinese had been exploring the world -- and had discovered North America -- long before the Europeans did. His website is: www.1421.tv.
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why do you think that only people in america use this site , your ignorance amazes me