WHERE IN THE WORLD...? - Keith W Stump - August 1982

Keith W Stump

Geographic illiteracy is a disease of epidemic proportions! Here's how you can avoid it. Recently, the world of educators received the shock of their lives. The Gallup organization administered a nationwide test on world geography. Here are just a few of the many "interesting" but incorrect - answers supplied by American 17 and 18 year olds: The Sinai Desert is in Vietnam. Angola is in the Philippines. French and Latin are the most widely spoken languages in Latin America. Africa is the world's most populous nation. Mexico and Canada were the last two states admitted to the United States. It would appear that some high school students are a bit confused - to say the least. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library