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http://www.ahsrockets.org/images/apscores2005.gif on 2008-05-10
http://www.ahsrockets.org/images/apscores2004.gif on 2008-05-10
Teachers Lament Geography Scores - New York Times on 2008-05-10
- ''There is just a tremendous amount of ignorance about where places are in the
  world,'' said Bill Berentsen, another associate professor of geography at the
  university. ''They all think they know where these places are, yet less than 70
  percent of my students can find Israel on the map.''
What Every American Should Know About the Middle East on 2008-05-07
- What Every American Should Know About the Middle East
YouTube - Stupid Americans! on 2008-05-04
- Stupid Americans!
National Geographic: Roper Geographic Survey 2002 Highlights on 2008-05-04
- Despite the daily bombardment of news from the Middle East, Central Asia, and other world trouble spots, roughly 85 percent of young Americans could not find Afghanistan, Iraq, or Israel on a map, according to a new study.
2006 National Geographic Roper on 2008-05-04
- These results suggest that young people in the United States—the most recent graduates of our educational system—are unprepared for an increasingly global future.
- Far too many lack even the most basic skills for navigating the international economy or understanding the relationships among people and places that provide critical context for world events.
2006 National Geographic Roper on 2008-05-04
Americans shaky on geography - Education- msnbc.com on 2008-05-04
- One-third of respondents couldn’t pinpoint Louisiana on
  a map and 48 percent were unable to locate Mississippi.
  Fewer than three in 10 think it important to know the
  locations of countries in the news and just 14 percent believe speaking another
  language is a necessary skill.
  Two-thirds didn’t know that the earthquake that killed
  70,000 people in October 2005 occurred in Pakistan.
  Six in 10 could not find Iraq on a map of the Middle
  East.
  While the outsourcing of jobs to India has been a major
  U.S. business story, 47 percent could not find the Indian subcontinent on a map
  of Asia.
  While Israeli-Palestinian strife has been in the news
  for the entire lives of the respondents, 75 percent were unable to locate Israel
  on a map of the Middle East.
  Nearly three-quarters incorrectly named English as the
  most widely spoken native language.
  Six in 10 did not know the border between North and
  South Korea is the most heavily fortified in the world. Thirty percent thought
  the most heavily fortified border was between the United States and
  Mexico.