Marge, anyone can miss Canada, all tucked away down there.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=519&ncid=519&e=18&u=/ap/20021120/ap_on_re_us/geography_quiz_1
By PAUL RECER, AP Science Writer
Ask young people to pick out Iraq on a map of the Middle East, and only 13 percent can locate it � despite a barrage of headlines and broadcast reports about a possible war against Saddam Hussein.
"Digital Puer" wrote in message news:[email]...
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Is it the one touching Saudi Arabia on the right side? Or is that Texas? ________________________________________________________________
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It's right there between Saudi Arabia and Iran, at the pee hole of the phallus-shaped Persian Gulf. Roughly triangle shaped.
"Sydney Assbasket " wrote in message news:[email]...
say,
badly?
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 20:21:24 -0600, "Aaron" wrote:
Of course it's hard if you use a defective map. Try http://media.maps.com/images/downloads/World-Map-1200.gif If you're going to omit the names, why not omit the borders and shorelines too?
Why is the above map defective? Are the countries wrongly represented?
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:58:16 -0800, Digital Puer wrote:
The names are missing. What can a person that can identify a country on an unmarked map do that someone with an atlas can't?
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 22:52:45 -0700, Alan Hamilton wrote:
"Missing" names does not make a map "defective."
However, for the average shmoe, it should be enough to be able to narrow down a country's location to the general area, then look at the names to pinpoint its location.
Does it really matter that many people don't know what Iraq is shaped like? I don't think so. The word needs ditch-diggers, too.
Digital Puer wrote in news:[email]:
On that map, Iraq's border is only partially drawn (apparently covered up by a longitudinal marking), which makes the part that IS drawn look like a river or something, which makes Iraq & Saudi Arabia look like the same country. Jordan, too.
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Huh!? My map may be a bit old. Is Iraq anywhere near Mesopotamia?
I think it's about 18 feet above.
"R H Menzel" wrote in message news:[email]...
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Still doesn't help...my maps in cubits!!!
That Guy wrote in message news:3NzD9.529$[email]...
That is old!
Liam Devlin wrote in message news:[email]...
Thanks for making me feel old! That map was new when I used it in high school!