Americans remain uneducated in political, retail geography

Cultural or educational critiques of America often cite studies which describe how, for example, only 17% of Americans can find Afghanistan on a world map. The average geographic literacy in this country is quite poor, but a new study points to a more pressing issue: Americans cannot even understand and properly use a mall map. I think the consequences of this problem are clear: if Americans cannot properly access retail outlets and spend money they probably don’t have, how can we expect to grow our economy?

It’s time to reintroduce geography and geographic thinking as a core curriculum in our education systems. Obviously.

Naming the American (Amerigon?) Continents

First of all, sorry for the long delay in writings – thanksgiving and now finals are to blame.

But, the world, and the cartographic history of our world keeps on changing. Most people know that both Amuerican continents are named after Amerigo Vespucci. Most people think he named the continents afte himself. Alas, Vepucci wasn’t that vain. Anyway, check out the above link for a very famous and important map of the Americas. Good stuff