Americans Were Asked To Find Iran On The Map, And Some Of Them Pointed At USA

Maybe the United States should spend less money going to war, and more money on their education system

The best way to learn geography is to have a global map in a toilet with no wifi

I have the feeling that there is a lot of trolls in there

So in balance, can this test be given to people from other countries? Results would be interesting.

Something about this whole test is wrong, but I don't know what. Because I refuse to believe that even the dumbest idiot would choose any ocean thinking that is where Iran is. I mean, COME ON!

I call BS on this. Anyone who's been to a pizza parlor know that Iran isn't in Italy and anyone with a 3rd grade education knows it's not in North America, Antarctica, or the ocean.

Troll baby troll. And everyone believes them.

You'd expect every news network to add maps to their stories on the thing going on in Iran, but apparently you don't get that in the US? If our countries kills people abroad to instigate a war and then puts out propaganda, they are sure to include maps, so we now what we're going to bomb.

I'm not so sure what that map indicates; it's far from entirely being that people didn't know where Iran is. Clearly a lot of people have it confused with Iraq, which is somewhat understandable. More troubling are those who identified Iran as being in the Balkans, in Europe, and those who placed it in the continental United States, which is ridiculous. But what is utterly asinine is that some people placed it in a body of water; did they have Iran confused with Atlantis or something? Still, if you compare maps they did a much better job than identifying the placement of North Korea; those guesses were all over the place.

My elementary school classrooms had U.S. and world maps hung either side of the blackboard. Perhaps this should be federal law.

Speaking as an American, this kind of makes me sad that some Americans really believe these things, but it also makes me wonder if some people got it wrong on purpose. If that's the case, you just made yourself look even more stupid.

I honestly don't expect everyone to know every county on world map. However, how dumb, stupid and uneducated you have to be not to know your own county and oceans?

i can understand people put iran in irak, or syria or any around country… but Italy? France? Did people go to school in America? Italy? really? it's the first country we learn to identify… the country who's shapes like a boots… come on… so many morons. but i bet they know every c**p about the kardashians and how cost beer.

The world is so small for some people.... Anything that's outside their little homes is abstract thinking. This is true for so many countries world wide, really.

Who dared to offend her majesty the queen by placing 'Iran' in what is meant to be their closest ally. they are a bit brainless aren't they. (Not all of you just most)

The analogy of Americans is like the frog in a well. To that frog the well is the world.

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Hm. The map seems to be missing a country between Egypt and Jordan. How many Americans noticed?

As a former secondary school and college professor of economic and global history, in metropolitan Los Angeles, I have heard and seen much worse than this...map recognition died when public education dropped geographic knowledge during the rush to standardised examinations in the early 1990s. I am not surprised. -Dr M, retired history professor

can't help but laugh when the old saying gets proven to be too true again and again: "most Americans - including their leaders know absolutely nothing about other countries until they invade them ... and even then it's highly questionable" - and then they wonder why they are mocked and criticized

Look I get not being able to pinpoint exactly. There are many places I would struggle to find exactly in a map, I'm from Ireland and I might not be able to accurately position all the counties (not sure, never tried lol). I might even be one of those who flip Iraq and Iran... I definitely couldn't find Uzbekistan. But how... in the name of f**k... can you not identify your own f*****g How do any Americans not know where America *is*.

The land of the free, and the home of the brave...

There were obviously a lot of trolls taking that quiz, how else do you account for the amount of people guessing the ocean as Iran? Also, the US has a lot of idiots, too. Just look who they elected president.

Sad proves that our so called institutions of learn have failed but these people would be the first to claim to know everything about the mid east

Dumbfuckistan. lol.

The American pointed to Mexico is either really dumb or he was joking

I wish I could be surprised, but the ramifications of the debacle that was "no child left behind" are clearly evident. The educational system here is horrible. I still can't believe that it is up to the parents and teachers to provide school supplies....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxeZbuTCcMY

1. American school systems are failing us. 2. These same failed students vote 3. A governance/economics/history test should be given to everyone each election. If you pass it, you get to vote. Most Americans today would fail the citizenship test given to people applying for citizenship.

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It's incredible to me that they did this well....

What can you expect from the dumbest country in the world ?