Knowing your places.

[Charz777]

I have to disagree, I'm from England and I know very little about other countries.

I can tell you a lot about American geography because I've traveled there many times, but not really American history or politics etc.

I never did Geography or History at school after I was 14 years old and prior to then we learned more about bodies of water, types of weather and natural disasters in Geography, and British history in History.

I'd say I'm very ignorant to the rest of the world because I simply know very little about it and I was never taught it and I now haven't the time to sit and learn about it.

To give you an idea, I could name the majority of European countries and their capitals, same with North America. South America I'd struggle to name many countries let alone their capitals. Africa is the worst for me, the number of countries I could name I could probably count on my fingers. Asia is somewhere in the middle. Most of them I couldn't place though, I'd know roughly where abouts they are, but not exactly. I'm more likely able to place where each of the States are.

And no, I'm not an idiot, it's just that world geography and so on isn't my specialist subject.

I also disagree with Americans not knowing many places in England. I'm always surprised when I talk to people in hotels in America who have heard of the city I'm from. This surprised me because when I started at uni there were people who didn't know where my city was and it was only 30 miles away and it's not a tiny place. I've had people talk to me in America about places they have been to in England that I've never been to myself. So I wouldn't say everyone is in the unknown. And these were just ordinary people.

[wixard]

lmfaooooo dryrash literally answered your capital of ireland question @wixard

i know and i love how he states that he didn't google it hahahahaha

[DryRash]

really tell me something about my country

I can only go off from what I have known from school but so it won't be much but,
It was one of the richest countries in the world until the invasion in the 17th centenary. (Edit) British Invasion
Before 1985 I think it was O_O India was the only place where diamonds could be found!
Chess also originated from India plus I am more than likely wrong on some of these and I think this one too maybe you have one of the largest railway systems in the world.
Some of the information may be wrong as I am going off memory, Can't give you a lot but hey I know some ;]
That is if you are from India Otherwise this would be awkward...

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i know and i love how he states that he didn't google it hahahahaha

Well you get them type of people then there's me !

[karter]

you're still pretty good for an average person tho when some person on this forum learnt that i lived in India his first question was "do you live in kabul" o kay......

[MKR&*42]

I feel I know very little about the history of other countries. I would like to have been taught more (I don't have the motivation or knowledge on where to start alone...) in school but nooo it was all WW2 and WW1 and about every king of England like my God.

[FlyingJesus]

really tell me something about my country

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[Absently]

Err honestly I don't know much about America? Like wixard, said we have all the British shows so I'd know a lot about Britain and especially cus I've travelled there a lot and I've spoken to a lot of British people since I was quite young / boyfriends English. I'd know bits about certain parts of America, but only because I've been to those parts. I'd know things about Russia because I studied it in history, same with India and Germany. I'd know things about Syria and Rwanda because we're told to research it for college but that's really it.

[karter]

anyway in high school we get a choice between east asian, indo-chinese, european history and modern american history and indian history is compulsory so i chose indo-chinese and modern america coz thats what interested me! but we were given introductory lessons on all of em sooooo

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no it not

[FlyingJesus]

It is I saw it on tv and everything

[-Moniquee.]

I learnt quite a bit about other countries but I feel like I still don't know much - we barely covered a lot of countries. History/ geography/ politics are such broad subjects and you can't just learn them in a week. America would still learn about other countries but just focus on their own more which makes sense to me. I know in year 11/12 modern history the majority of focus was on the Australian soldiers in WW1 and WE2.