Everyone should know where Burkina Faso is. And be able to name it’s capital. =)
I think I can identify at least 2/3rd of African countries on a map, and name maybe half of the capitals on this continent. However, I usually fail to recollect all US states. And I actually couldn’t spot Washington D.C. on a map. I think it’s all a matter of priorities.
Most people don’t have those.
I believe it’s a very beautiful state. Not as picturesque as Arizona or Utah, but i have a love for desert landscapes in general since it reminds me of the area i grew up in as a child 
Honey is made from Monkeys?
You keep monkeys in an apiary?
Poor monkeys.
Only because “Mostly Harmless” was copyrighted.
And increasingly untrue.
In 8th grade Social Studies class in the 1980’s we had to learn all the countries and their capitals in a given continent - one of the tests for a given continent involved filling in a blank (with borders) map. I recall that Africa was definitely the most difficult.
For the homework, I was using a late 1960’s encyclopedia set for my reference, so I often had outdated info.
I can imagine, especially given that in the 1960s, the nation-states of Africa were still in a state of flux during decolonization.
Sometime in the 1980s I memorized all the flags of the world.
I did the same again in the early 2010s. So many of the flags had changed, and there are a lot of new countries that didn’t exist before. It was seriously so much easier when I did it the first time.
The island below India is always Ceylon in my mind… I guess, I’m an old Brit. at heart.
Well, I think that just shows that imperialism is just as much about shaping the minds of people at the core as it is shaping the lives of people at the periphery…
Too easy, works for 49 states.
Aww, c’mon, work with me here! 
Just look at it!
“War is God’s way of teaching Americans geography.”
—somebody from mutton chops times
I’m pretty sure the people picking Australia were driving trollies.
I recently rode as a passenger in somebody’s car who didn’t believe me when I suggested that we could probably get to somewhere we wanted to be by driving in that general direction through back streets.
A lot of people seem to get around by memorizing long lists of corners and turns. They never know what direction they are facing. They can use maps, but they don’t remember any of it. There are no maps in their heads.
That you can see Russia from you’re back porch? /s
It’s not a separate course of study for the California State standards; rather, it’s integrated into history classes. For example, when teaching a unit on the European theater during WWII, the teachers have them create maps and indicate alliances. And geography encompasses much more than cartography.
It’s really a shame.
Oh, c’mon, now you’re just being mean to NK 
Er, he’s still alive. More’s the pity, but he ain’t dead yet.
If you’re someone from a small quaint village in rural northern New England, where they tap their own maple syrup and charge you out the nose for Bed and Breakfast, a Yankee is George M. Cohan.
Next to the chicken, isle nine. If you’re looking for the Ottomans, they’re over in furniture.
I know that. I used past tense to point out his lack of notoriety at the present time.
