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Jimmy Kimmel, Host: All right, now time for something, I don’t know if this will be educational. But, the president is overseas. He’s visiting Belgium, England, Scotland, and then his pal Putin in Finland.

A big trip with many important ramifications. It is imperative that America has strong relationships with, and knowledge about people in other lands.

And that responsibility extend to all of us — not just the president.

So we came up with a test. The test is very simple: we went on the street. We asked people passing by to name a country on a map. That’s it. A map. We said name a country. Any country.

And here’s how that went.

CAN YOU NAME A COUNTRY

Reporter: Can you name any country on this map?
Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: Honestly my geography is so horrible. I can’t name anything — like nothing.
Reporter: Try to name something.
Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: Is this South Africa (points to South America)?
Reporter: No.

Man in Brown-Black Hoodie: We have the country of Asia (points to Siberia).
Reporter: That’s a continent. And that’s Russia.
Man in Brown-Black Hoodie: Oh damn. I’m silly.
Reporter: That’s okay.
Man in Brown-Black Hoodie: It’s been a while since I’ve been in school.
Reporter: It’s okay. Any country on the map.
Man in Brown-Black Hoodie: Africa (points to Africa).
Reporter: That’s a continent.
Man in Brown-Black Hoodie: Country. Damn it.
Reporter: How about a country in Africa?
Man in Brown-Black Hoodie: I know South Africa is over here somewhere . . . (points to northern Africa).
Reporter: No, it’s south.
Man in Brown-Black Hoodie: No, it’s down here.
Yes, south.

Reporter: Can you name any country on this map?
Woman in Beige Cardigan: Yeah. Africa (points to Africa).
Reporter: That’s a continent.
Woman in Beige Cardigan: Oh, god.
Reporter: Can you name any countries in Africa?
Woman in Beige Cardigan: God, no. Who knows stuff like that?

Reporter: Can you name any country on this map?
Man in Camouflage Shirt and Cap: Yes. Africa (points to Africa).
Reporter: That is a continent.
Man in Camouflage Shirt and Cap: Oh, country.

Man with Glasses: Greenland. Or Iceland or something (points to Alaska).
Reporter: That’s Alaska.

Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: Ummm.
Reporter: Any country.
Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: I don’t know.
Reporter: On the ENTIRE map.
Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: Ohhh. This is so horrible.
Reporter: Where is America?
Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: I would say the big one. But I am probably wrong (points to central Asia).

Reporter: Can you name any country on this map?
Woman in Brown Hoodie: Oh, my gosh. Should I have been taught this in school?
Reporter: I would hope so.
Woman in Brown Hoodie: South America (points to South America).
Reporter: That’s a continent.
Woman in Brown Hoodie: Oh, my god.
Reporter: Then name a country in South America.
Woman in Brown Hoodie: Ummm. Yeah. Honduras is . . . here (points to Colombia).
Reporter: No.
Woman in Brown Hoodie: Here (points to Guyana).
Reporter: No.
Woman in Brown Hoodie: Here (points to Suriname).
Reporter: No.
Woman in Brown Hoodie: Here (points to French Guiana) .
Reporter: No.
Reporter: Somewhere here (circles whole of South America).
Reporter: No.

Reporter: Can you name me any country in Europe?
Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: Is this one Europe (points to Australia)?
Reporter: No.
Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: This one (points to Africa)?
Reporter: No.
Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: Oh, I’m fu . . .
Reporter: Can you name a single country in Africa?
Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: Was this Africa (points to South America)?
Reporter: No, again, that’s South America.
Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: No idea.
Reporter: Can you name a country in South America?
Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: This is South America.
Reporter: Yes. Can you name a country in it?
Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: No, I can’t.
Reporter: Did you go to high school?
Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: Yes.
Reporter: Did you go to college?
Woman in Stripped Pants and White T-shirt: Yeah; that’s the sad part.

Boy with Brown Cap: Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, the United States, Canada. Greenland, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, Papau New Guinea.

Jimmy Kimmel: Oh, thank god. Well, if you didn’t believe that children are our future before, now you do. Well done

Questions

Europe. Was the theme or main idea of this show politics and diplomacy?

Asia. This video took place in a TV showroom. True or false? Where did the video take place? What did the reporter do?

North America. Did most people know the locations of different countries and continents, or the names of different places?

South America. The most commonly mentioned place was the United Kingdom. Is this right or wrong?

Australia. Do they know the locations Australia, Colombia, Nigeria, India?

Africa. Did a young man point to Iceland and say it was Alaska?

Antarctica. Was a woman able to locate the United States?

Greenland. In the United States, all students must study and master geography. In the US, geography is as important as math, reading and writing. What do you think?

New Zealand. Everyone in the video was ignorant about geography. No one knew anything about geography. Is this right or wrong?
 
 
 
Middle East. Are you good at geography? Could you “pass” this test? Did you learn geography at school?

South Asia. Do people in your town, city and country know about different countries and continents?

East Asia. Is knowing geography important, or it’s not necessary?

Southeast Asia. What might happen in the future?

Pacific Islands. Should people study and know more about geography, or they don’t need to study geography? Should schools teach more geography?