Geography fun

Geography Fun

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)

Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?

Where is Iraq located?

Only 37% of young Americans can find Iraq on a map

Sudan is Located in Which Continent?

1. Europe

2. Asia

3. Africa

4. Australia

5. North America

6. South America

7. Antarctica

20% of young Americans think Sudan is in Asia

Where is New York Located?

50% can’t find New York on a U.S. map

Do you Speak Another Language Fluently?

1. Yes

2. No

6 in 10 young Americans don't speak a foreign language fluently

Do You Correspond With Someone outside the USA regularly?

1. Yes

2. No

9 in 10 (89%) do not correspond regularly with anyone outside the US.

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

As many as one third (32%) would miss a conference call scheduled with someone in another time zone

Young people in the USA are unprepared for an increasingly global & interconnected future.

Geographers recognize that EVERYTHING is connected.

You Need to Study More Geography

If You Think…

Copyright © Clara Kim 2007. All rights reserved.

Andes is

an after dinner mint

The Andes Mountains

The Balkans are

alien people on Star Wars

The Balkans

Area is HistoricallyKnown as a CrossroadsOf many Cultures that Live there.

The English Channel isa TV show about Prince Charles

and Princess Di

The English Channel

•Joins the North Sea and the Atlantic

The United Kingdom is… a theme park

The United Kingdom

The Tropic of Cancer is… a rare disease

Tropic of Cancer

This is the Ring of Fire

Ring of Fire

The Bermuda

Triangle is a percussion instrument in a reggae

band

The Bermuda Triangle

The International Dateline is

another dating network

The International Dateline

The Dust Bowl is Granny's old favorite dish

Dust Bowl

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!

BEFORE

AFTER!