Not even kidding my history teacher spent an hour arguing with a student cause he was convinced Africa was a country and that Japan was a state in China. It was horrifying.
Well to be fair, there's a psychological response where when put on the spot like that, people just forget everything, regardless of how smart they usually are. So, giving them the benefit of the doubt, that might just be it
They have the biggest film industry their own sports their own mid version of every sport and practically everything world has to offer all in one country to some extent so it make sense why they don’t know anything outside of the States
1. Canada, your neighbour to the north 2. Mexico, your neighbour to the south 3. Germany, the place that invented like half the things you think you invented that your weird obsession with WWII should ensure everybody knows
@@ethirium4389 5. Japan, the country you always idolize 5. Austria, the country, you think is part of germany, but isn't (it was, in WWII, so please, I love Austria, but no) 6. Switzerland, the other country, you think is part of germany, but isn't (they are too rich an too elite for being part of Germany) 7. Australia, which should not be mixed up with Austria, as they have many more cute and not so cute animals 8. Bavaria, which tbh is not a country, but they want and I want and let me dream of it please. So I list it as a country
The thing that i find the funniest about this is that these people are probably the first to tell anyone that they're german/french or irish because their great grandfathers second cousin once went there or something.
I'm sorry, but do you really think Americans are natively from America? How is it preposterous that Americans have European descent? I mean, from the lack of punctuation you may have been saying anything and the probability of me interpreting your masterpiece of a comment incorrectly is high.
@@HLB-cd9nlAt a certain point it starts looking stupid when people claim that. Just because their family lived in Ireland 300 years ago, doesn’t make them Irish. They have just as much connection to their Irish ancestors as I do my African ancestors 8000 years ago as a white person
In Poland everyone knows names of European countries because there's a high possibility we were at war with them at certain point in history. And if we weren't fighting against them then we were fighting for them. Technically we were at war even with Japan
Yeah I see what you mean, Australia is known by everyone here in New Zealand due to our relationship with them that can be described as a sibling rivalry at times, and Turkey seeing as Gallipoli is pretty much viewed in the same way D-day is to us and Australia that formed the ANZAC's. Having some kinda connection between your country and another probably has something to do with how well known they are with in said country. I honestly thought Russia would be the one most people would default to in this video.
Technically nearly the whole world was at war with Japan...WW2. This point holds no water, America has been at war or allied with near every country in the world...just like the rest of us. WW2 was one hell of a time.
As a Mexican American like to thank Champions league Europa league for helping me in geography. I remember everyone despised geography. I was like I know where Bulgaria & Czech Republic are etc.
I am from Germany and my school once had exchange students from the US. And one American said, that he and his exchange partner will go to the capital of Spain... He referred to Prague in Czechia... Another American exchange student said she definitely wanted to come back to Europe to see Greece, Italy and Rome... She thought Rome was still a country. And there were many more stories like that, but these were my highlights
Schools in the US be like: -So, you want yo be the new geography teacher. Name 5 countries other than America -Africa, Russia, Paris, New Jersey and China -You're hired!
@@recitationtohear LETS GO!!!!!!!!! I WAS WAITING FOR THIS SOOOO LONG!! I HAVENT WAITED FOR ANYTHING FOR THIS LONG SINCE I WAS WAITING FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS TO RESCUE ME WHEN I WAS TRAPPED IN AN ABANDONED CIRCUIT CITY!!!!!!!!!
@@recitationtohear HOLY SHIT FRFR? FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S EPIC NSFW RAP BATTLE WITH HOMER SIMPSONS IS FINALLY HERE???? HOLY SHIT I THINK IM HYPERVENTILATING AT THIS NEWS IM ABOUT TO COMMIT GENOCIDE IN A SMALL BOSNIAN TOWN OMGOMGOMG
While I’ve been passionate about geography since I was seven, let’s just say geography isn’t a strong suit for many Americans. In fact this lack of geographical knowledge conducted in a survey back in the 80s (National Geographic did a survey and Americans couldn’t locate the then Soviet Union) led to the creation of a game show in the 90s called Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? where they made geography fun to learn and if you won, you could go anywhere in North America you’d want (they give you about ten seconds to write down any North America location before you do the final round of locating countries on a big map; if you won, you'd reveal the destination). Looking at the state of education in this country...we definitely need to bring back the game show
I did that same NG test in Australia in the eighties and got from memory a 100% result! My daughter who was around 10-12 years old at the time achieved around 85%! Fuck I'm glad we were educated in this country.
I'm American, and confirm this. I grew up in other countries and went into culture shock moving to my own country. It's hard to overstate just how isolated America is. We border only two nations, and neither of them are very different from us.
I'm from Japan, we don't border to any country, yet most of us can name and place countries on a map, even in a drunken stupor I would be able to name you at least 50 countries. Those excuses of Americans are running thin. Ignorance is ignorance, does not have much to do with who your country borders or not.
I'm German and one of my classmates said that "Australia technically is a part of Asia". His reasoning was that there was a map of Asia in our geography book and on this map you could also see Australia because of the maps scale (On a map of the UK you'd also see Ireland for example)
I’m American but I’m very good at geography by choice. This is a stereotype but it is very true. My sister doesn’t know what Canada is. We are just dumb when it comes to like other cultures.
its baffling to a lot of americans that "america" isnt actually what the name of our country. i tried explaining this to my young sister (shes 15) that the "united states" is part of north america, which includes multiple countries that arent the united states, and that south america is completely different thing, not just the southern states IN america. it was wild.
America is not a country or a nation. Therefore, 'American' is not a nationality or a citizenship. Furthermore, an American is from the Continent of America.
I'm from Spain and I moved to the USA when I was 9. Before moving, when I thought of the word "America" I thought of North and South America as a single continent (when some people refer to the two Americas together, they just say "America"). I had never heard someone refer to the USA as just "America". Americans use America when talking about the country so much that some of them sometimes forget about North and South America, and some don't even know about those continents. It's very concerning.
As a Lithuanian I feel honoured that the first country that came to Georges mind starting with an L was Lithuania. Big up! Dead ass first thing I would of said was something like Laos.
I would have gotten Lithuania, Lebanon, and probably not thought of Luxembourg, Latvia, Laos or Liberia. So, two out of three... not too bad for three L countries, but clearly I had several options!
I was impressed with the Lichtenstein answer. I was born in Lesotho, {that is a small country in Southern Africa, for any Americans reading} so would have managed 5 or 6 easily. I think Laos would have been after Libya, Liberia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Lichtenstein
Huh… I know everyone has a different education over here, but I was educated at a tiny school in the middle of nowhere with no funding, and we still definitely covered world geography. It’s part of a standard curriculum. But a lot of people never think about it again afterwards and probably forget they ever learned it
I've learnt geography over my fascination of flags but my school has done very little to teach us about geography. Especially in Europe. We learned about India and then north and Middle Africa and even then didn't need to know where everything was
@@jinx8624 Exactly, that'd be an excuse if we're talking about capital cities or specific mathematical formulas, something specific, but if you're unable to name three countries, there's something deeper that's wrong. The US shares land borders with two already (apparently they only know Mexico when it's to talk about the supposed horde of immigrants), and has invaded a handful more in these people's lifetimes even.
Some people didn't pay attention in class. They're just filming that minority and then pandering this video to foreigners cuz they are gullible and if you put the words dumb and Americans anywhere in a sentence they'll eat it up.
@@pipster1891 Yeah my grammar used to be horrible lmao, before I actually took anything writing related seriously. Guess I wasn't helping the dumb American stereotype.
Im honestly shocked. How come these people can't name 3 countries but know such a small and not well known country such as lithuania? Unless they watched stranger things lol
How is Stranger Things and Lithuania related? Genuine question, haven't watched it at all. Beja, labas! Na, yra įmanoma, kad kažką netaip supratau, bet vardas lietuviškas man pasirodė :'D
I’m Canadian and my grade school only really taught Canadian geography/history. When I went to highschool I was excited to learn world history. We were taught almost exclusively about Canada in WW 1 and 2. It isn’t just America.
@poot-poot: I'm also Canadian and my grade school taught Canadian, American, British, and European history, mostly identification of countries only. In high school, we learned more of the same in depth as well as Asian countries, Australia and South America. Maybe it depends on where you went to school? Or when?
Where I am in Canada I experienced the same thing in the earlier high school grades, but as we got older we were taught all sorts of things about different countries and could even choose classes exclusively about human geography so it must vary from school to school or region to region
Growing up here in scandinavia, there was a certain amount of geography being taught, but also an awful lot of history lessons concerning _How Great It Was Back When We Had An Empire Under Charles the XIIth_ ...And the stories of all the other kings we've had, and exactly when they died, and when they did this and that... ugh. So much king crap. So many specific dates. Not so much actual learning of useful lessons history has to teach us...
I was taught Newfoundland heritage (my original province), Canadian history, and world history. I loved history. My final exam was 80% based on the text, 20% on current events. For the current events part, it was fun writing about Live Aid.
As an American who just graduated high school. I can confirm we don’t have mandatory geography classes. But I it’s still mind boggling how they either didn’t pay attention in history class or don’t know what country borders us.
As an American (pretty much like everyone else commenting), I can say that some of us barely know anything about our OWN country. I remember a time where a girl in my class legitimately asked if the reason we celebrated Independence Day was because we gained our independence from Britain, and not cuz , "Fireworks are pretty."
If you mean Justin Awad, in one of his videos he does correct the woman he asked the question, she refused to accept she was wrong and spent five minutes arguing with him
I like how I know about countries like Liechtenstein and “autonomous territories” like Transnistria but most of my countrymen aren’t even aware Canada isn’t part of the US
@@duobrando9143 He got a time machine so he could hire some proper Geography teachers for Americans. This comment is code for, George the teachers are there and you'll have to change this video.
I have to think that these are a minority because it's insane that they can't name 1 other country than the USA. Legit everyone here knows Mexico and Canada how can't u just say UK Australia China Japan Germany France Spain Italy Brazil Russia it's insane idk how they don't know how they don't know
the fact that they cannot even name canada and mexico is shocking. I guess this is what happens when you live in a country where you get into university just because you are good at a sport.
I spent weeks learning the Animaniacs nations of the world song. So the day I get asked this in public, it’ll all pay off… Even if they’re not all countries
We only learn American geography at my school. We learn to label all 50 states, their capitals, and their abbreviations. That's quite difficult, and we learn that in the fifth grade... but then we just stop for some reason. I started taking online map quizzes in college when I realized I should probably learn where other countries are just because it's a good thing to know.
@@gollishh unfortunately the public elementary school I went to was very good by American standards. I was really lucky. It’s like 70% of the reason my parents chose to live in my town even tho the taxes are insane for no reason 😅
Russia does not formally recognize South Ossetia and Transnistria, as well as the Lugansk People's Republic, because formally the LPR is already part of Russia, according to the Russian Federation
George, relax. They’re completely unaware even that they share North America. We let it go years ago. 🇨🇦 Think of an American as that cute little bird with a broken wing you rescued years ago that can now only fly in circles so all it can hear is its own tweets as it goes ‘round and ‘round.
As a American that knows more than 3 countries outside of America and has traveled to more than 3 countries outside of America, I am so disappointed in these young kids and older adults that could care less about what else is out there.
An American friend of mine was telling me once that she only learnt “World history” during on year of her schooling, and I was like “wait, opposed to what?” They literally teach them about only the USA in their history classes
I'm sorry, but no. We have World History because History class is a completely different subject. Most Schools here have you do a course of each, minimum, to graduate. Not many people go into professions where history is a matter, here, so there is not as much of an incentive to take more than a course unless you are genuinely curious.
@@HLB-cd9nl Hardly anyone goes into a career with history in it, yet we still learn world history! Maybe in a condensed form, but we certainly know what happened in the world more or less and can name a few countries outside our own off the top of our hats.
Wrong. We have a class called American history, and a class called World History. And don't believe everything you see on the internet, the majority of Americans can name every country, and a good majority including myself can speak more than 1 language.
Countries other than the United States of America: -Canada -Russia -France Three countries that start with J -Japan -Jamaica -Jordon God bless the Canadian education system🇨🇦
O Canada, our home and native land True patriot love, in all thy son's command With glowing hearts, we see thee rise The true North, Strong and Free From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee God keep our land, glorious and free O Canada, we stand on guard for thee O Canada, we stand on guard for thee
Every person in the USA above the age of 12 should at least know the USA, Mexico, Canada, Russia, China, Brazil, Japan, France, Spain, and the UK. Its not hard for a neurotypical person with no learning disorders to know like 10 countries at least, but apparently it is now. (Also as a side note, my 7th grade geo teacher was teaching about trade stuff, and when she asked a kid to locate the Mediterranean Sea, the kid got it right surprisingly. What was even more surprising was that the teacher immediately corrected him and put his finger on THE RED SEA. The amount strength I had to have to not intervene was immeasurable lol)
Mate, I had to give a geography lesson to 2 Americans so they could understand that I was living (at that moment) in Manchester. They had no idea where UK is despite the war of independence being a big deal over there and no idea that the smaller island next to Great Britain is Ireland (despite having loads of Irish and their descendants living there). And they weren't illiterate or anything, they were in a gap year, half way their university.
@@cantinasmile Careful, you will have people thinking both Austria and Australia are in Europe. p.s. for those who do not know. Eurovision is NOT a continent.
@@island3522 we honestly dont learn geography. At least where I went to school there was no dedicated lessons or classes for geography. You just kinda learn it as a side lesson to your history lessons.
@@island3522 in geography we just learn the names of land formations and what they are and ik in at least california there’s a continents test (but idk if it’s a real test for your grade)
Starting with the name "America" which is the whole continent, actually first used to refer to parts of what is today known as South America, because North America was still uncharted. North/South/Central are just location markers, every native of the continent is an American - yet the US appropriated this as exclusive to them
What's weird is that when I was in middle school, part of our curriculum was learning where every single country is on the map and had us try to replicate it on draft paper, like the teachers there wanted to push critical thinking and this was in like public school 2006.
Ummmm.... You know we have community colleges here that cost a few grand, rite? Most times you can get government grants and whatnot. You foreigners are really peddled some dumb stuff and you swallow it whole like idiots. Also, most college debt in our area does not stem from education itself but instead upon corporations. See the corporations came in and began spending on people for interest but the colleges were losing money. The colleges had to raise prices. Some more than others depending upon "exclusivity". Boomers went to these colleges and placed themselves in debt because they were given the notion that the debt would be easier to maintain with their higher level of knowledge. Now you have online schools that Millennials and Gen Z go to and receive the same knowledge that a Harvard grad gets except the debt a Harvard Grad gets.
Naming 3 countries other than the United States isn't even a challenge. I could make a whole list but here is three: •Malaysia 🇲🇾 •Austria 🇦🇹 (not to be mistaken for Australia) •Uruguay 🇺🇾
I grew up homeschooled in America. Most of my friends could name every single country, label every capital, and locate and name major mountains and rivers. The public education system in America has failed every single student, and yet people still try to argue that all homeschoolers are dumb. It gets entertaining after awhile.
The geography class in my school (Sweden) would be brutal to them, we were expected to know the location of at least 80% of the world, in year 8 mind you. I’m mind-boggled by how some can’t differentiate between continents and countries tho… 😅
Probably also capitals, main rivers and mountain ranges, climate, economic resources, etc. at the end of high-school (secondary education: about 18-19 years old).
As an American, I can say this is certainly true in certain parts of the country, but I can rest easy it's not here. Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and The Gambia
My American friend once asked me to name 5 countries (I live in southen England) and I named all of the ones in Europe and S. America, Most in N. America and Africa and then proceded to name 44 US states. He said I should get a nobel prize because I was a mad scientist. I then told him to name his faveroute non-US countries and he said Europe.
Tricks for Americans in this situation: - Think Racism, your closest countries you make fun off are: - Failing that think of Wars the US has been in are:
The title is in error. America is a continent, better known as the Americas to include north and south and the skinny bit in between. As a palliative to concerned muricans, there is a round in a "celebrity" quiz show in England called "Where is Khazakstan?" Maps of different parts of the world are displayed and the contestants are asked to identify certain countries or features. Either my suspicions that most so called celebrities are dim is right, or we now have similar problem.
1 Russia, your enemy your medias always talk about. 2 China, your enemy your medias always talk about. 3 Iran, your enemy your medias always talk about. 4. North Korea, your enemy your medias always talk about. 5. Vietnam, the country you lost against.
tbh if someone asked me this randomly in the street I would be thinking to myself dont say a continent and look like an idiot so much that I'd end up pulling a blank on contrys and looking like an idiot anyways
Yeah honestly I'd probably be the same way. I am terrible when I'm put on the spot. I literally need a few minutes before hand to mentally prepare myself before things like presentations. Once I have that I'm all good
That's the reaction they know they can illicit from you and then peddle videos titled as such so they can bamboozle dumb foreigners who hop on the "America is dumb" bandwagon instead of being free thinkers.
I love looking at maps... if someone asked me to name three countries other than America, I would ask which continent they want the countries from to make it slightly more difficult.
One time in middle school as an American we did an exercise in class where we needed to name as many countries as possible as a group. So many of my classmates thought states were countries. I was horrified. I thought it was just a stereotype.
Not even kidding my history teacher spent an hour arguing with a student cause he was convinced Africa was a country and that Japan was a state in China. It was horrifying.
wait was the kid saying Africa is a country or the teacher
@@hugeman537 the kid did
oof tough case. He learned Geography from FOX news XD
Reminds me of when we were studying World War II in HIGH SCHOOL and a girl asked “do people still live in Japan?”
@@egg5256 You should've asked her, 'How is anime made? From fucking China?!'
*Name 3 countries other than America*
"I love a challenge"
@@recitationtohear nobody fucking cares
That was the best bit
Uhhhh Europe Asia and Ukraine
it's not even a bloody challenge
There's around 197 countries and people can't name 3
They obviously had alot of people that actually managed to name 3 but the fact there are people who werent is mind boggling
Well to be fair, there's a psychological response where when put on the spot like that, people just forget everything, regardless of how smart they usually are. So, giving them the benefit of the doubt, that might just be it
@@baelreviewsshit5382 several of them blurted out continents immediately
@@baelreviewsshit5382 either way, you should be able to think of 3 countries lmao
They have the biggest film industry their own sports their own mid version of every sport and practically everything world has to offer all in one country to some extent so it make sense why they don’t know anything outside of the States
@@UnknownPerson-yx2sb nah they’re just ignorant
If you ever feel useless, just remember that america has geography teachers
You don't want to go that route. The salary is terrible - what may be a part of the problem.
You mean USA
@@BoYo5310Do NOT do that. You KNOW what they meant. Stop trying to be “superior.”
@@Wolfie54545yo chiiill
@@Wolfie54545my man pissed
1. Canada, your neighbour to the north
2. Mexico, your neighbour to the south
3. Germany, the place that invented like half the things you think you invented that your weird obsession with WWII should ensure everybody knows
1 Russia, your enemy your medias always talk about
2 China, your enemy your medias always talk about
3 Iran, your enemy your medias always talk about.
4. North Korea, your enemy your medias always talk about
5. Japan, the country you always idolize
@@ethirium4389 I highly doubt that most of the people here "idolize" Japan
@@samwisegamgee6532Russia: Their enemy that isn't as much different from them!
@@ethirium4389 5. Japan, the country you always idolize
5. Austria, the country, you think is part of germany, but isn't (it was, in WWII, so please, I love Austria, but no)
6. Switzerland, the other country, you think is part of germany, but isn't (they are too rich an too elite for being part of Germany)
7. Australia, which should not be mixed up with Austria, as they have many more cute and not so cute animals
8. Bavaria, which tbh is not a country, but they want and I want and let me dream of it please. So I list it as a country
The thing that i find the funniest about this is that these people are probably the first to tell anyone that they're german/french or irish because their great grandfathers second cousin once went there or something.
I agree with you my sister thinks Aferica is located in Ohio ;)
I'm sorry, but do you really think Americans are natively from America? How is it preposterous that Americans have European descent? I mean, from the lack of punctuation you may have been saying anything and the probability of me interpreting your masterpiece of a comment incorrectly is high.
@@HLB-cd9nl some of them are
@@miketurd6497 no there not bro ive never met a native american in my entire life. they live in reservations
@@HLB-cd9nlAt a certain point it starts looking stupid when people claim that. Just because their family lived in Ireland 300 years ago, doesn’t make them Irish. They have just as much connection to their Irish ancestors as I do my African ancestors 8000 years ago as a white person
In Poland everyone knows names of European countries because there's a high possibility we were at war with them at certain point in history. And if we weren't fighting against them then we were fighting for them. Technically we were at war even with Japan
Thanks for putting it into perspective for a Brit great to hear other experiences from around the world .
Yeah I see what you mean, Australia is known by everyone here in New Zealand due to our relationship with them that can be described as a sibling rivalry at times, and Turkey seeing as Gallipoli is pretty much viewed in the same way D-day is to us and Australia that formed the ANZAC's. Having some kinda connection between your country and another probably has something to do with how well known they are with in said country. I honestly thought Russia would be the one most people would default to in this video.
I feel you man, I’m Italian meaning that that we either fought with or betrayed any other country. Big ups Europe
Same but as a Brit 😭
Technically nearly the whole world was at war with Japan...WW2.
This point holds no water, America has been at war or allied with near every country in the world...just like the rest of us. WW2 was one hell of a time.
As a Mexican American like to thank Champions league Europa league for helping me in geography. I remember everyone despised geography. I was like I know where Bulgaria & Czech Republic are etc.
same here, fellow mexican american
Aver, entonces onde queda estonia?
@@rejereal42623 wey queda pa arriba de latvia debajo de finlandia
Thank you, As a Czech person I feel validated cuz for some reason no one knows where our country is no matter if they're from Europe or not lol
@@_cicolinagaming_5896 one of my friends thought it was in africa 😭😭😭
I am from Germany and my school once had exchange students from the US. And one American said, that he and his exchange partner will go to the capital of Spain... He referred to Prague in Czechia... Another American exchange student said she definitely wanted to come back to Europe to see Greece, Italy and Rome... She thought Rome was still a country. And there were many more stories like that, but these were my highlights
To be fair there is a sovereign country in Rome. Maybe she meant that.
Germany sucks
@@Kalenz1234Thats still not Rome, but the Vatican.
@@JenNittahl The Vatican is in Rome
as an english person, literally everyone I know that is above the age of 5 can name at least 10 other countries
Me in secondary school in 1981. First lesson is Geography and for a straight week we had to learn pretty much every country and capital. And i was 11.
I’m 12 and I can literally place each country on a map, and it literally only took me 40 minutes to fully learn
As an Australian I can say it is the same here also
Any one in my year (7) can name most countries by their flags or shapes. We’re just not stupid.
I'm 14 years old and i literally memorized every country flag in Europe
Schools in the US be like:
-So, you want yo be the new geography teacher. Name 5 countries other than America
-Africa, Russia, Paris, New Jersey and China
-You're hired!
@@recitationtohear LETS GO!!!!!!!!! I WAS WAITING FOR THIS SOOOO LONG!! I HAVENT WAITED FOR ANYTHING FOR THIS LONG SINCE I WAS WAITING FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS TO RESCUE ME WHEN I WAS TRAPPED IN AN ABANDONED CIRCUIT CITY!!!!!!!!!
Yeah that’s basically what they teach us hear, but my mom liked geography so I’m pretty good (for an American)
@@recitationtohear HOLY SHIT FRFR? FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S EPIC NSFW RAP BATTLE WITH HOMER SIMPSONS IS FINALLY HERE???? HOLY SHIT I THINK IM HYPERVENTILATING AT THIS NEWS IM ABOUT TO COMMIT GENOCIDE IN A SMALL BOSNIAN TOWN OMGOMGOMG
We don't have geography teachers in my school. Unless you're in AP World, they just don't teach it to you :)))))))
Adds Europe and his salary is raised
As an American this is so damn true. As a freshman someone thought that Spain was In South America
yank
Is freshmen year 7?
@@pranavprankstergangster I think its year 10
@@pranavprankstergangster it's 9th grade
@@PrimetimePrestyn ‘year’ and ‘grade’ aren’t the same. They’re asking the year. It’s year 10
While I’ve been passionate about geography since I was seven, let’s just say geography isn’t a strong suit for many Americans. In fact this lack of geographical knowledge conducted in a survey back in the 80s (National Geographic did a survey and Americans couldn’t locate the then Soviet Union) led to the creation of a game show in the 90s called Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? where they made geography fun to learn and if you won, you could go anywhere in North America you’d want (they give you about ten seconds to write down any North America location before you do the final round of locating countries on a big map; if you won, you'd reveal the destination). Looking at the state of education in this country...we definitely need to bring back the game show
I feel like I'm seeing you everywhere
i loved the Broderbund PC game. I was expert at age 13
Theres a netflix series of carmen sandiego
i am born 200m from an international border.....
and 5hrs driving with a car takes me to 5 different countries!
I did that same NG test in Australia in the eighties and got from memory a 100% result!
My daughter who was around 10-12 years old at the time achieved around 85%!
Fuck I'm glad we were educated in this country.
I'm American, and confirm this. I grew up in other countries and went into culture shock moving to my own country. It's hard to overstate just how isolated America is. We border only two nations, and neither of them are very different from us.
I'm from Japan, we don't border to any country, yet most of us can name and place countries on a map, even in a drunken stupor I would be able to name you at least 50 countries. Those excuses of Americans are running thin. Ignorance is ignorance, does not have much to do with who your country borders or not.
@@kurosumomoI agree, same here
Australia is actually isolated and Aussies aren't even this bad at geography.
I'm German and one of my classmates said that "Australia technically is a part of Asia". His reasoning was that there was a map of Asia in our geography book and on this map you could also see Australia because of the maps scale (On a map of the UK you'd also see Ireland for example)
They play football in asian confederation and I believe they do basketball as well
@@samuelpinder1215 thats only because it was to easy in the oceania league so they changed to the asian leauge for a challenge
Tbf technically india is a part of australia, atleast was, but due to the tectonic movement they split, so actually not that far off
@@filipbitala2624 by that reasoning south america is a part of africa lol
@@warcheddar4163 by that logic every continent should be called pangea
I’m American but I’m very good at geography by choice. This is a stereotype but it is very true. My sister doesn’t know what Canada is. We are just dumb when it comes to like other cultures.
And that's a really bad thing.
Just dumb with countries?
American here. We do have the largest populace of ignorant people on the planet, no doubt
@@Josh-vg4mc I like how you included "just" XD
Have you not ever looked at a world map before in America ?
Why do Americans answer so confidently I don't think they teach geography in schools😭
They really don’t they have a unit for it but it is so basic my geography knowledge has come from movies shows games and UA-cam not school
@@LuemD Jesus Christ
Last I checked they literally didn't (to any meaningful degree) lol
I'm in Europe and never get taught geography but still have good geography knowledge
you're soloing Americans rn LMAO
So glad I’m from Europe where the Education system is actually aware of the countries around it
same
Even in Asia 😂. Know your neighbour!
its baffling to a lot of americans that "america" isnt actually what the name of our country. i tried explaining this to my young sister (shes 15) that the "united states" is part of north america, which includes multiple countries that arent the united states, and that south america is completely different thing, not just the southern states IN america. it was wild.
America is not a country or a nation. Therefore, 'American' is not a nationality or a citizenship.
Furthermore, an American is from the Continent of America.
And then there's middle america... where the US imports underpaid, overworked laborers from, and exports dictatorships to.
So maybe your presidents need to stop saying "let's make America great again"...also you need to stop referring to yourselves as Americans....
I'm from Spain and I moved to the USA when I was 9. Before moving, when I thought of the word "America" I thought of North and South America as a single continent (when some people refer to the two Americas together, they just say "America"). I had never heard someone refer to the USA as just "America". Americans use America when talking about the country so much that some of them sometimes forget about North and South America, and some don't even know about those continents. It's very concerning.
I live in spain and here we call people from the united states "Estado unidenses" and I don't understad why they call them self Americans
As a Lithuanian I feel honoured that the first country that came to Georges mind starting with an L was Lithuania. Big up! Dead ass first thing I would of said was something like Laos.
My dumbarse thought Lapland XD
@@frederikvandorenLatvia for me
I bet the guy sayig Lativa meant Latveria, Victor von Doom's kingdom.
I would have gotten Lithuania, Lebanon, and probably not thought of Luxembourg, Latvia, Laos or Liberia. So, two out of three... not too bad for three L countries, but clearly I had several options!
I was impressed with the Lichtenstein answer. I was born in Lesotho, {that is a small country in Southern Africa, for any Americans reading} so would have managed 5 or 6 easily. I think Laos would have been after Libya, Liberia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Lichtenstein
You know you’re fucked when George “is Luxembourg a country” memeulous is roasting you on geography.
I mean, its the size of a county
At least he had heard of Luxembourg.
to be fair Luxembourg is also a city
but its a country
Lesotho
Huh… I know everyone has a different education over here, but I was educated at a tiny school in the middle of nowhere with no funding, and we still definitely covered world geography. It’s part of a standard curriculum. But a lot of people never think about it again afterwards and probably forget they ever learned it
I've learnt geography over my fascination of flags but my school has done very little to teach us about geography. Especially in Europe. We learned about India and then north and Middle Africa and even then didn't need to know where everything was
That still wouldn't explain it
@@jinx8624 Exactly, that'd be an excuse if we're talking about capital cities or specific mathematical formulas, something specific, but if you're unable to name three countries, there's something deeper that's wrong. The US shares land borders with two already (apparently they only know Mexico when it's to talk about the supposed horde of immigrants), and has invaded a handful more in these people's lifetimes even.
Bro you don’t forget that Europe isn’t a country 🙏
The guy: "Eleven hundred plus tax"
George: "Eleven grand!?"
A lot of tax
As an American, I am legitimately baffled that people couldn't name 3 country's, i thought that sort of thing was basic knowledge but i guess not.
Some people didn't pay attention in class. They're just filming that minority and then pandering this video to foreigners cuz they are gullible and if you put the words dumb and Americans anywhere in a sentence they'll eat it up.
I was looking for a comment like this, kinda disappointed how long it took me lol.
Or spell "countries".
Like America borders 2 countries, then you just need United Kingdom or Germany or Cuba or something
@@pipster1891 Yeah my grammar used to be horrible lmao, before I actually took anything writing related seriously. Guess I wasn't helping the dumb American stereotype.
We literally hear constant bickering on cable news every night about Mexico, Russia, and China
Im honestly shocked. How come these people can't name 3 countries but know such a small and not well known country such as lithuania? Unless they watched stranger things lol
How is Stranger Things and Lithuania related? Genuine question, haven't watched it at all.
Beja, labas! Na, yra įmanoma, kad kažką netaip supratau, bet vardas lietuviškas man pasirodė :'D
@@isky6541 labas! Dalis 4 sezono buvo filmuota Lukiškių kalėjime😄
@@simona1789 Aa, ačiū labai! Gero tau likusio vakaro! ^^
@@isky6541 nėr už ką:) tau irgi!
@@isky6541 nėr už ką:) tau irgi!
As someone who has an American family, I see this a lot
Finally it's here
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@@chaoticneutral6288 yeah they aren’t nearly as bad as in this video, they know continents aren’t countries but they don’t know that many
@@limecrimes what’s happening in ur schools?? Im from us and they make us point out countries on a map and you have to get above 80%. 9th grade
@@limecrimes bro I'm English and got 47 out of 50 on my first attempt at a states quiz and 100% europe
Everyone says we AmeriCAN but no one asks if we AmeraSHOULD
I sit and laugh at this like I’m not fucking stupid myself
ur not stupid :)
I’m Canadian and my grade school only really taught Canadian geography/history. When I went to highschool I was excited to learn world history. We were taught almost exclusively about Canada in WW 1 and 2. It isn’t just America.
@poot-poot: I'm also Canadian and my grade school taught Canadian, American, British, and European history, mostly identification of countries only. In high school, we learned more of the same in depth as well as Asian countries, Australia and South America. Maybe it depends on where you went to school? Or when?
Where I am in Canada I experienced the same thing in the earlier high school grades, but as we got older we were taught all sorts of things about different countries and could even choose classes exclusively about human geography so it must vary from school to school or region to region
Growing up here in scandinavia, there was a certain amount of geography being taught, but also an awful lot of history lessons concerning _How Great It Was Back When We Had An Empire Under Charles the XIIth_ ...And the stories of all the other kings we've had, and exactly when they died, and when they did this and that... ugh. So much king crap. So many specific dates. Not so much actual learning of useful lessons history has to teach us...
I was taught Newfoundland heritage (my original province), Canadian history, and world history. I loved history. My final exam was 80% based on the text, 20% on current events. For the current events part, it was fun writing about Live Aid.
As an American who just graduated high school. I can confirm we don’t have mandatory geography classes. But I it’s still mind boggling how they either didn’t pay attention in history class or don’t know what country borders us.
This shits fake
Yes, that's what surprised me the most. USA borders with Canada and Mexico, surely they know those...?
Wait, you graduate school without the slightest knowledge about the planet you’re living on?! That’s insane.
When I was a freshman, we had a world geography class. I graduated high school 2014.
the way that guy said there's 38 states with so much confidence
As an American (pretty much like everyone else commenting), I can say that some of us barely know anything about our OWN country. I remember a time where a girl in my class legitimately asked if the reason we celebrated Independence Day was because we gained our independence from Britain, and not cuz , "Fireworks are pretty."
This truly is an inspiration to us all...
It annoys me more when people who ask the questions go "Yeah your right"
PLEASE CORRECT THEM IM DYING 😭
If you mean Justin Awad, in one of his videos he does correct the woman he asked the question, she refused to accept she was wrong and spent five minutes arguing with him
I like how I know about countries like Liechtenstein and “autonomous territories” like Transnistria but most of my countrymen aren’t even aware Canada isn’t part of the US
Transnistria isn't an autonomous territory, rather a breakaway state, like Abkhazia.
Yet.
I made sure with my American friends, and they confirmed that lack of knowledge is genuinely an issue there.
thas cap no one is this stupid i’ve done this in my school everyone i asked did it easy
@@duobrando9143 it’s their name
@@duobrando9143 are you thick
@@duobrando9143 He got a time machine so he could hire some proper Geography teachers for Americans. This comment is code for, George the teachers are there and you'll have to change this video.
@@HLB-cd9nl true *_💀_*
I would have thought they would have said France, Spain and Italy. Like the most known countries
I would have said France, Spain and England.
I have to think that these are a minority because it's insane that they can't name 1 other country than the USA. Legit everyone here knows Mexico and Canada how can't u just say UK Australia China Japan Germany France Spain Italy Brazil Russia it's insane idk how they don't know how they don't know
@@Maesterful id've said Burkina Faso, Vanuatu and Bhutan
@@Maesterful Uzbekistan Turkmenistan and burundi
It really annoys me that for some reason Americans think the uk isn’t in Europe💀💀
3 countries outside the us: Paris , Milton Keynes and Texas 😩
Milton Keynes that killed me😂😂😂😂
Snickers.
texas😂😂😂😂
the fact that they cannot even name canada and mexico is shocking. I guess this is what happens when you live in a country where you get into university just because you are good at a sport.
they just think its part of us
MUCH LOVE GEORGE! Thanks for reacting to my video LOL :)
I spent weeks learning the Animaniacs nations of the world song. So the day I get asked this in public, it’ll all pay off…
Even if they’re not all countries
As a American I’m glad I know that song.
Yeah it misses out like 50 countries and includes around 50 non countries, it’s not the most accurate video
Wait is that yakko's world
Don't fall into the Yugoslavia trap xD
I wanna see these guys compete in a round of geoguesser. Just for fun
Bro is really a dream Stan 🤡🤡
We only learn American geography at my school. We learn to label all 50 states, their capitals, and their abbreviations. That's quite difficult, and we learn that in the fifth grade... but then we just stop for some reason. I started taking online map quizzes in college when I realized I should probably learn where other countries are just because it's a good thing to know.
Yet most Americans don't even know how many States there are or don't even know half of them-
@@gollishh unfortunately the public elementary school I went to was very good by American standards. I was really lucky. It’s like 70% of the reason my parents chose to live in my town even tho the taxes are insane for no reason 😅
Even if Americans don't know your country exists, they still know that they "saved your ass in WW2"
Russians be like "South ossetia, Transnistria, uh... Luhansk"
UN: "no"
Russia does not formally recognize South Ossetia and Transnistria, as well as the Lugansk People's Republic, because formally the LPR is already part of Russia, according to the Russian Federation
@@ВиталийОчко🤓
I've never seen George so viscerally angry at a video. Work of art
i’m prepared if anyone ever asks me those questions because i used to be obsessed with hetalia
Pls cause same 😭✋
George, relax. They’re completely unaware even that they share North America. We let it go years ago. 🇨🇦
Think of an American as that cute little bird with a broken wing you rescued years ago that can now only fly in circles so all it can hear is its own tweets as it goes ‘round and ‘round.
What a sweet and kind way to roast someone. You have my utmost respect
The countries my brain popped out with are definitely weird: Iraq, Namibia, Turkmenistan.
My grandmother once said Africa was a country in Europe.
When George takes his headphones off and walks away intimidatingly, only to reveal how short he is yet again
As a American that knows more than 3 countries outside of America and has traveled to more than 3 countries outside of America, I am so disappointed in these young kids and older adults that could care less about what else is out there.
An American friend of mine was telling me once that she only learnt “World history” during on year of her schooling, and I was like “wait, opposed to what?”
They literally teach them about only the USA in their history classes
I'm sorry, but no. We have World History because History class is a completely different subject. Most Schools here have you do a course of each, minimum, to graduate. Not many people go into professions where history is a matter, here, so there is not as much of an incentive to take more than a course unless you are genuinely curious.
@@HLB-cd9nl so your saying that you do get taught world history but nobody bothers to remember it? lol sounds very American.
@@xXBisquitsXx We take pride in our ignorance almost as much as our arrogance.
@@HLB-cd9nl Hardly anyone goes into a career with history in it, yet we still learn world history! Maybe in a condensed form, but we certainly know what happened in the world more or less and can name a few countries outside our own off the top of our hats.
Wrong. We have a class called American history, and a class called World History. And don't believe everything you see on the internet, the majority of Americans can name every country, and a good majority including myself can speak more than 1 language.
Countries other than the United States of America:
-Canada
-Russia
-France
Three countries that start with J
-Japan
-Jamaica
-Jordon
God bless the Canadian education system🇨🇦
O Canada, our home and native land
True patriot love, in all thy son's command
With glowing hearts, we see thee rise
The true North, Strong and Free
From far and wide, O Canada, we stand on guard for thee
God keep our land, glorious and free
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee
Canada - America if they made good decisions thoughout history.
It’s jordan actually
God bless google more like
@@brilluk9827 lol
Every person in the USA above the age of 12 should at least know the USA, Mexico, Canada, Russia, China, Brazil, Japan, France, Spain, and the UK. Its not hard for a neurotypical person with no learning disorders to know like 10 countries at least, but apparently it is now. (Also as a side note, my 7th grade geo teacher was teaching about trade stuff, and when she asked a kid to locate the Mediterranean Sea, the kid got it right surprisingly. What was even more surprising was that the teacher immediately corrected him and put his finger on THE RED SEA. The amount strength I had to have to not intervene was immeasurable lol)
Mate, I had to give a geography lesson to 2 Americans so they could understand that I was living (at that moment) in Manchester. They had no idea where UK is despite the war of independence being a big deal over there and no idea that the smaller island next to Great Britain is Ireland (despite having loads of Irish and their descendants living there). And they weren't illiterate or anything, they were in a gap year, half way their university.
GEORGE HAS BEEN DROPPING WITH THE CONSISTENCY
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Finally it's here
@@recitationtohear I've shat
Americans are a different breed bro
*Species
This lot clearly didn’t grow up with Yakko’s World from Animaniacs!
As a British child I am genuinely shocked by the lack of knowledge of these grown adults
Same here 💀
Stay in school kid, stay in school and learn......youll apprentice it when youre older!
Really? They are American. I’m not at all shocked
I am British and when the teacher asked some kid what continent we were on and she said “England”
(7:10) I like this guy for confirming if it's states of USA or states in other countries. But he got it wrong anyway.
I could probably name more than 50 countries off the top of my head
There's 41 countries in Eurovision. Then you just need 9 more
@@cantinasmile :P
You’re a god brother!
@@cantinasmile Careful, you will have people thinking both Austria and Australia are in Europe. p.s. for those who do not know. Eurovision is NOT a continent.
As an American myself this makes me face palm to the fact these people can vote and they can't even say 3 different counties
As an American this is very true, this girl at lunch in *high school* didn’t know what the difference between a state and a country was.
What the fuck do Americans learn in Geography? Is it like just your own states or what?
@@island3522 we honestly dont learn geography. At least where I went to school there was no dedicated lessons or classes for geography. You just kinda learn it as a side lesson to your history lessons.
@@megzbartsch411 Ah understood. Thanks for the knowledge lol
@@island3522 in geography we just learn the names of land formations and what they are and ik in at least california there’s a continents test (but idk if it’s a real test for your grade)
@@island3522 it’s really pathetic. I honestly learned geography from my parents.
Starting with the name "America" which is the whole continent, actually first used to refer to parts of what is today known as South America, because North America was still uncharted. North/South/Central are just location markers, every native of the continent is an American - yet the US appropriated this as exclusive to them
What's weird is that when I was in middle school, part of our curriculum was learning where every single country is on the map and had us try to replicate it on draft paper, like the teachers there wanted to push critical thinking and this was in like public school 2006.
Same
Funniest part is most of them have $100,000 of debt for their education 😂
Ummmm.... You know we have community colleges here that cost a few grand, rite? Most times you can get government grants and whatnot. You foreigners are really peddled some dumb stuff and you swallow it whole like idiots. Also, most college debt in our area does not stem from education itself but instead upon corporations. See the corporations came in and began spending on people for interest but the colleges were losing money. The colleges had to raise prices. Some more than others depending upon "exclusivity". Boomers went to these colleges and placed themselves in debt because they were given the notion that the debt would be easier to maintain with their higher level of knowledge. Now you have online schools that Millennials and Gen Z go to and receive the same knowledge that a Harvard grad gets except the debt a Harvard Grad gets.
5:33 Texas was a independent country but like 200 years ago
California, Asia and old Zealand
When we were in Disney world, An American once asked my mum (from Sheffield) where in America she was from. We haven’t been back in four years.
Naming 3 countries other than the United States isn't even a challenge. I could make a whole list but here is three:
•Malaysia 🇲🇾
•Austria 🇦🇹 (not to be mistaken for Australia)
•Uruguay 🇺🇾
Here's my 3
Mauritius 🇲🇺
Brunei 🇧🇳
Saint kitts & nevis🇰🇳
here is mine
england
wales
Scotland
Here is mine
Maldives 🇲🇻
Bahrain 🇧🇭
Uzbekistan 🇺🇿
@@hugeman537 un nations not football teams
those kangaroos in lederhosen always confuse yanks. I think a visit to Hahndorf (south Australia, not far from Adelaide) might melt their brains
I grew up homeschooled in America. Most of my friends could name every single country, label every capital, and locate and name major mountains and rivers. The public education system in America has failed every single student, and yet people still try to argue that all homeschoolers are dumb. It gets entertaining after awhile.
The geography class in my school (Sweden) would be brutal to them, we were expected to know the location of at least 80% of the world, in year 8 mind you.
I’m mind-boggled by how some can’t differentiate between continents and countries tho… 😅
Probably also capitals, main rivers and mountain ranges, climate, economic resources, etc. at the end of high-school (secondary education: about 18-19 years old).
Texas, Jamacine-cuban union and europe
Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, I love them so much
came back from a fishing trip and i see not 1 but 2 new georgeM lovely to see👍🎣
Name 3 countries outside of America? Easy
Mars Jupiter and the Sun
My man they are states of america
As an American, I can say this is certainly true in certain parts of the country, but I can rest easy it's not here.
Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, and The Gambia
3 countries other than America:
"Uuuuuhhhhh... South America"
My American friend once asked me to name 5 countries (I live in southen England) and I named all of the ones in Europe and S. America, Most in N. America and Africa and then proceded to name 44 US states. He said I should get a nobel prize because I was a mad scientist. I then told him to name his faveroute non-US countries and he said Europe.
Stupidity isn't uniquely American but damn do they do it better than anyone else.
This is just everybody who forgot Geography was a subject...
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Finally it's here
in most american schools its not
Americans think like in Attack on Titan, they think they are the only people living this world lol
2:40 *Probably how not to get shot during double maths.*
Tricks for Americans in this situation:
- Think Racism, your closest countries you make fun off are:
- Failing that think of Wars the US has been in are:
The title is in error. America is a continent, better known as the Americas to include north and south and the skinny bit in between. As a palliative to concerned muricans, there is a round in a "celebrity" quiz show in England called "Where is Khazakstan?" Maps of different parts of the world are displayed and the contestants are asked to identify certain countries or features. Either my suspicions that most so called celebrities are dim is right, or we now have similar problem.
And they say they're number 1 🤣
This makes me proud to be from Ireland
6:25
Memelous gets his UK citizenship revoked with one sentence.
1 Russia, your enemy your medias always talk about.
2 China, your enemy your medias always talk about.
3 Iran, your enemy your medias always talk about.
4. North Korea, your enemy your medias always talk about.
5. Vietnam, the country you lost against.
My favorite three countries are Dallas, Uranus, and Disneyland!
tbh if someone asked me this randomly in the street I would be thinking to myself dont say a continent and look like an idiot so much that I'd end up pulling a blank on contrys and looking like an idiot anyways
Yeah honestly I'd probably be the same way. I am terrible when I'm put on the spot. I literally need a few minutes before hand to mentally prepare myself before things like presentations. Once I have that I'm all good
That's the reaction they know they can illicit from you and then peddle videos titled as such so they can bamboozle dumb foreigners who hop on the "America is dumb" bandwagon instead of being free thinkers.
I fear for George's headphones health
2 videos in 24 hours, we’ve been treated 💪 thank you George
I sometime lay at night paralyzed by the horror of thinking what kind of person I would have become, had I been born in the US
3 countries other than America? Easy. Africa, Antarctica and Florida.
He's just naming states??? (7:24) are you ok those are cities not states
I had a dream where you and will held a concert together
As an American, I will admit we all fell asleep during geography and cheated on tests
Speak for yourself
I love looking at maps... if someone asked me to name three countries other than America, I would ask which continent they want the countries from to make it slightly more difficult.
One time in middle school as an American we did an exercise in class where we needed to name as many countries as possible as a group. So many of my classmates thought states were countries. I was horrified. I thought it was just a stereotype.
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