America by a European
America by a European
America by a European
Fuck it. Americans and Europeans should try and place Afrcian countries.
Hah! Try Americans trying to label Europe. They'll get Britain. Maybe France & Spain; Germany.
It starts falling apart with Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands - most can probably identify the latter three generally, but not identify which area is which. I'd bet swapping Sweden and Norway would be common.
Good luck with Luxembourg & Belgium, or any of the rest.
You're right about Africa, and anywhere in the Baltics. Russia, maybe? But despite pursuing a war for 20 years in the Middle East, I'll bet most (who hadn't served) couldn't place Afghanistan or Iraq.
I'd give good odds for China and India, but they dominate their regions. Australia and Japan, because they stick out, but labeling and southern Asia countries - Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand - no.
Shit. Many Americans can't even label all of the States correctly. I admit I'm likely to make mistakes, too; I'd do better with Europe, because of vacations. I'll bet I'd do terribly on a state capital quiz. It doesn't help that most state capitals aren't the biggest, most recognized cities. After High School, we don't have much call to locate most states on the map, outside of swing states, which get a refresher every 4 years.
I have an flag quiz app on my phone that is really good at teaching you to not only know the flags of the world, but also their geography. I recommend having something like that for anyone who wants to improve the basics of their world geography. Honestly, I'd recommend it to everybody because it is a fun way to learn something that may or may not be useful in the future.
I'm not great at geography myself so it was a way for me to work on a weak spot and having fun doing it. Only thing my flag app doesn't really cover is states in America and Germany etc. so I don't have a lot of practice in those. I can sorta place the states of Germany but the United States is still kinda abstract to me.
I remember once in school (in central Europe) we got a geography test where we had to label countries on a map.
To prevent copying from the neighbor, half the class got a map of Asia, the other half of Africa.
I don't remember the details but certainly remember wondering why anyone would think these are equally difficult. 😐🙄
Equatorial Guinea is the one on the equator, right?
you could probably apply the Hawaii statement to the entire US
This was a well informed European in reality we only know Texas, California, Alaska and Florida. Some would add Utah because everyone is feared about these guys with a strange bible, called Mongos or something.
Could have just scrawled "Dumpster Fire" across the whole thing and been accurate.
Meth Lab
People usually call it Philly.
Austria 🤣
I love how you can see where OP started out, and where they ended.
This provided a solid three minutes of genuine entertainment. Thank you for sharing
Orgegano
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Also "Gulf of Mexico".
If you read from left to right this map starts off pretty accurate and gets progressively more unhinged
Ok but why do you know where Washington is...?
Pennsylvania is very angry you called them New Jersey lmfao. I'm glad we got more farm land though. Make the biggest garden state woooooo
[OFFENDED SOFT PRETZEL NOISES]
Then the town of Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania better change its name.
:O No no. We can make a deal with them. I'm not sure what deal we'll make, but we'll make one with them!
Maybe we'll bring them some of the actual shore, and in exchange we send them the bad shoobies?
The european mind cannot comprehend new england
Damn Detroit just went up and conquered Arkansas. That’s what you fancy mother fuckers in Fayetteville get for only putting Walmart in the burbs!
Virginia accepts ongoing custody of New York.
as an american, looks about right
As a resident of Connecticut I hate this map
West Carolina is spot on.
West Coast Garbage East Coast
TEXAS garbage penis
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It’s like they thought it would be funny to make all the lines straight but couldn’t fully commit to the bit.
Hah! Wyoming has moved from the middle of the Western states to the Mid-West. I think they get partial credit for that one.
They’re all the same anyway…
That’s why I always thought they’d have an affinity for all those little states up in the corner that can’t be real. Firstly, Europe has more than its Sahara of tiny countries that can’t be real. Secondly but most importantly, we’re often accused by right wing media as “European”, as if it were a slur. Yes, we have better health care, better quality of life, better education systems, better god damn trains. Yes, we still have many quaint little towns organized around a Common - I don’t know if Europe deserves the credit, but not being car-centric is apparently not American
Can you not be so touchy?
The states should all be named after the thing they have the largest in the world of - e.g. ball of yarn, telephone, dinosaur golf, sphere, etc…
Nope, Austria is definetly very close to me and the USA is far away.