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  • @General.Knowledge
    @General.Knowledge  3 роки тому +544

    *What other maps do you want to see in videos?*
    *(also yes, Brussels does have more rain)*

    • @robbey43
      @robbey43 3 роки тому +36

      Where your subscribers are from

    • @TBAnimations
      @TBAnimations 3 роки тому +4

      @@robbey43 yes

    • @oillipheist
      @oillipheist 3 роки тому +5

      lol the ice is not melting because some little swedish girl says it is

    • @hugopnik3380
      @hugopnik3380 3 роки тому +8

      @@oillipheist what do you mean? Do you think that glaciers and ice from both poles are not melting? If so, tell me location of the cave you vere isolated in so we can do proper archeological research

    • @alexandrevieira1391
      @alexandrevieira1391 3 роки тому

      Dude Leiria is a myth it doesn't actually exist ;)

  • @renatoe9648
    @renatoe9648 3 роки тому +1056

    7:57 the dutch conquer the sea
    13:39 the sea counter attacks

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  3 роки тому +274

      Episode V: The Ocean Strikes Back

    • @jwkkwu
      @jwkkwu 3 роки тому +6

      I would still be alive hehe

    • @StewieG46
      @StewieG46 3 роки тому +35

      I'm confident we would win. The sea is no match for us, we are on a 70 year win streak atm

    • @disillusionedrightest7313
      @disillusionedrightest7313 3 роки тому +38

      Episode VI : Return of the Dutch East Indies Company

    • @manghariz2211
      @manghariz2211 3 роки тому +8

      @igor lopes my god
      The best comment so far
      Hahahahha

  • @coconutcore
    @coconutcore 3 роки тому +460

    “Glasgow in Scotland seems to be the rainiest place out of all of these”
    Me, from Belgium: “I’m RIGHT HERE!”

    • @abharjaminonpremanand4317
      @abharjaminonpremanand4317 3 роки тому

      yes

    • @gerryadams4413
      @gerryadams4413 3 роки тому +6

      It never showed the west of west of Ireland.

    • @gerryadams4413
      @gerryadams4413 3 роки тому +5

      Trust me it's the worst

    • @emilen2
      @emilen2 3 роки тому +5

      I think Bergen in western Norway has the way highest precipitation though.

    • @WK-bo6qv
      @WK-bo6qv 3 роки тому +1

      Sorry, the visibility’s a bit low so we can’t really see you

  • @Erik24296
    @Erik24296 3 роки тому +201

    I love how at 10:15 he draws a blackberry phone while talking about fruit and doesn't even bat an eye at the joke.

    • @ctuallynice
      @ctuallynice 3 роки тому +18

      Wow I missed that totally bc at 10:10 he says "tomatoes" and draws a potato 🤣😂

  • @milosvrastanovic6092
    @milosvrastanovic6092 3 роки тому +479

    6:27 Sad Brussels noises

    • @nathanbossuyt5017
      @nathanbossuyt5017 3 роки тому +2

      true

    • @ivanoffw
      @ivanoffw 3 роки тому +18

      And I thought that 199 was larger than 170?

    • @mediocrecontent2449
      @mediocrecontent2449 3 роки тому +5

      @@ivanoffwThat's what the comment is saying? or are you criticizing the video, too?

    • @terrainaheadpullup3092
      @terrainaheadpullup3092 3 роки тому +2

      sad northern Ireland noises we get 213 days of rain per year

    • @ivanoffw
      @ivanoffw 3 роки тому +1

      @@terrainaheadpullup3092 so the map was wrong?

  • @MellonVegan
    @MellonVegan 3 роки тому +842

    Would love to hear about those African expeditions! Honestly never heard of them before

    • @charliescene786
      @charliescene786 3 роки тому +13

      Same.

    • @irtifairshad2646
      @irtifairshad2646 3 роки тому +7

      Same

    • @gorge2786
      @gorge2786 3 роки тому +14

      We’ve heard loads about the contact between the Chinese and various western empires but it’d be amazing to have a look at this topic

    • @kathom67
      @kathom67 3 роки тому +4

      These are only the ones during the first century AC. There already were others after the fall of Carthage at 146 BC. There even have been some along the Nile river in Egypt way down to the south.

    • @bloss031ng
      @bloss031ng 3 роки тому +1

      Yes please !

  • @TheRealNacho87
    @TheRealNacho87 3 роки тому +44

    I'm from Sri Lanka and you're correct about Perera. We used to be colonised by Portugal in the 1500s. Our most common last names are Perera, Fernando, and Silva.

  • @korpen2858
    @korpen2858 3 роки тому +95

    Last name from ancestral origin meaning:
    Your father is named Anders, therefore you are the son of Anders which would make you Ander's son or Andersson.

    • @richdiddens4059
      @richdiddens4059 3 роки тому +19

      No, that's a patronymic. An ancestral name is if you are named after a more remote ancestor. Technically, most occupational and other source names are also ancestral. If your family name is Miller an ancestor was probably a miller (occupational) and, at some point, a son who wasn't a miller was still named Miller along with his descendants and so it became ancestral. Even most Western European patronymic names are now ancestral. If your name is Hanson your father probably isn't named Hans. So the source of the name is patronymic but has become ancestral. I believe Russia is both. Your surname is ancestral but your middle name is traditionally patronymic. Your father's given name with a variation of evich added on for a son or evna for a daughter.

    • @KeithLaws
      @KeithLaws 3 роки тому +5

      @@richdiddens4059 if you look at the category it says patronymic, matronymic and ancestral - they've all been lumped together

    • @pierreheider4581
      @pierreheider4581 3 роки тому +3

      @@richdiddens4059 of course your fathers name isn't Hans, if you family name is Hanson.
      Your fathers name would be Han!
      If your fathers name is Hans, you would be called Hansson.

    • @allantidgwell5624
      @allantidgwell5624 3 роки тому +3

      @@pierreheider4581 not necessarily. Just as contractions remove letters this can also happen with names. If letters are duplicated and yet not pronounced as such then the letter can be dropped like how Gwynne became Gwen

    • @benn454
      @benn454 2 роки тому +1

      @@allantidgwell5624 Ellis Island: Allow me to introduce myself

  • @UnsaneMan
    @UnsaneMan 3 роки тому +273

    "And Tomatoes."
    *Shows Potatoes*

    • @boop53
      @boop53 3 роки тому +31

      “Blackberries”
      *shows the phone*

    • @wkrijthe
      @wkrijthe 3 роки тому +4

      @@boop53 or Apple... :p

    • @ashinthehouse1710
      @ashinthehouse1710 3 роки тому +1

      @@boop53
      Do you see me laughing

    • @boop53
      @boop53 3 роки тому +2

      @@wkrijthe yeah lol

    • @grrkaa8450
      @grrkaa8450 3 роки тому +3

      tomato potato..

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 3 роки тому +85

    And if you look at maps of German states by GRP, life satisfaction, and population changes, they too match with the former division line between East and West Germany. On a map of population changes, the East German states are shrinking in a bigger percentage when compared to West German states.
    the former division has certainly impacted the way Germany is today

    • @TheRealGPope
      @TheRealGPope 3 роки тому +13

      Reason for population shrinking is the amount of pay you get for jobs, east germans get payed worse than west german, standard of living however is cheaper in the east than the west
      don't get fooled germany as a state might be unified, but the old scars are still there.
      West and east germany are nowhere equal and the people in the east have a way different mindset than west germans
      source: me an east german

    • @robertandrews6915
      @robertandrews6915 3 роки тому

      No way! So if a wall was built to separate the United States into a western/eastern or northern/southern states, it would probably impact the country like Germany? I had no idea a division could cause problems

    • @rubbishrabble
      @rubbishrabble 3 роки тому +1

      No, Germany has the least + $100k 37.7%, $35k median vs France $102k & $92k Italy.
      Meanwhile the mean average closer for all 3 $276k France, $234k Italy, Germany $216k.
      Source: Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report.
      Lower Saxony $42k & $37k Saxony closer.
      Rhineland Palatinate $44k vs $57k Bavaria.
      Bavaria is closer to Switzerland than West.
      Source: OECD regions by GDP per capita.
      As a sidenote, 750k by 435 USA house district disparity, is a solid rural referral.
      VA dot gov vets by district.
      Florida panhandle.
      FL 1 109k, FL 2 74k, FL 3 68k, FL 4 75k
      Northwest Georgia Appalachian.
      GA 1 79k, GA 2 55k, GA 3 58k
      Northwest North Carolina Appalachian.
      NC 8 89k, NC 9 51k, NC 10 50k, NC 11 59k
      NYC has only 1/3 the average South district.
      NY 5 18k, NY 6 14k, NY 7 9k, NY 8 16k
      NY 9 12k, NY 10 13k, NY 11 22k, NY 12 16k
      NY 13 13k, NY 14 12k NY 15 11k
      USA mean $404k & $62k median is similar to mean & median Germany unfortunately.
      "This fighter jet is a disaster, but Congress keeps funding it" VOX F 35 trillion YT.
      Most high paying jet jobs North vs poor SE.

    • @buzzx2123
      @buzzx2123 3 роки тому +7

      Not necessarily. The reason Germany is still economically divided today isn't just because of the wall. From 1945 to 1990, Germany was divided between a Democratic West German state, and an Authoritarian East German puppet state. West Europe and the USA dumped lots of money into repairing cities bombed to rubble in many european countries including West Germany, while the Soviets let East Germans live in the basements of the rubble of their old homes. The damage wasn't repaired until the 1990s after Germany unified.
      TLDR: NATO cared about Germany, Russia didn't.

    • @jitrax-_-5206
      @jitrax-_-5206 3 роки тому +2

      @@buzzx2123 LMAO

  • @lief3414
    @lief3414 2 роки тому +6

    For "the most common last name": Red coloring means the surname was derived from the first name of parents (or clan). Nováková is female version of Novák, which is the same as Nowak, basically meaning 'new guy'.

  • @Sanu.sk167
    @Sanu.sk167 3 роки тому +98

    This guy: Glasgow is the rainiest place in Europe
    Brussels: Pls hold more than 3 quarter of my year ...

    • @Ricky911_
      @Ricky911_ 3 роки тому +6

      I think the rainiest place in Europe is actually Bergen (Norway) with something like 220 days of rain but it doesn't appear on the map

    • @Sanu.sk167
      @Sanu.sk167 3 роки тому +2

      @@Ricky911_ Lol the Ardennes in Belgium and Antwerp are so rainy there is more rain here than sun

    • @erlendukvitne
      @erlendukvitne 3 роки тому +1

      @@Sanu.sk167 Check out www.climatestotravel.com(or google rain days Bergen/Antwerp).
      Antwerp has on average 133 days of rain and 850 mm precipitation during the year, while Bergen has on average 235 days of rain and 2250 mm precipitation during the year. And Bergen is not even the place in Norway where it rains the most.

    • @OP-1000
      @OP-1000 3 роки тому +1

      @@Sanu.sk167 Well, those Spa bottles need filling.

  • @grzegorzkomon3056
    @grzegorzkomon3056 3 роки тому +10

    4:53 Nowak in Poland and Novákova in Czech Republic are really the same surname. The difference here is caused that Czech surname is different depending if is borne by man (Novák) or woman (Novákova). Polish surnames do not change now (it did historically) except for those ending in -ski (for man i. e. Kowalski) or -ska (woman i.e. Kowalska) so both, men and women are called Nowak in Polish.

  • @bcw1370
    @bcw1370 3 роки тому +27

    Very cool! I’m intrigued by the Roman expeditions into the Sahara. Never heard of this before, would love to know more!

  • @nathancreek6086
    @nathancreek6086 3 роки тому +31

    I think the ancestral thing on the last names map means "son of" like the most common in Sweden being Andersson (son of Anders) and in Denmark it's Jensen (son of Jen) and Norway is Hansen (son of Han)

    • @Anna-pj8te
      @Anna-pj8te 3 роки тому +3

      I think it’s son of Hans. Han isn’t a common name

    • @mikkelsieburg89
      @mikkelsieburg89 3 роки тому +1

      The danish name is Jens and the northregien one is Hans but you are right about the meaning

    • @ivanborsuk1110
      @ivanborsuk1110 2 роки тому

      @@Anna-pj8te *angry chewbaka noises*

  • @lmaocetung
    @lmaocetung 3 роки тому +113

    5:01 Nováková Is female version of Novák
    English:
    Joseph Novák
    Elizabeth Novák
    Czech:
    Joseph Novák
    Elizabeth Nováková

    • @alengrm7488
      @alengrm7488 3 роки тому +10

      The most common surname in Slovenia is Novak as well:)

    • @nelsonricardo3729
      @nelsonricardo3729 3 роки тому +1

      Most of the time in English, we don't bother with diacritics.

    • @KJ_SC
      @KJ_SC 3 роки тому +6

      It's such a basic thing, you would think the person making such video's would know that.

    • @nelsonricardo3729
      @nelsonricardo3729 3 роки тому +3

      @@KJ_SC Is it, though? This is a geography video, no genealogy.

    • @jlpack62
      @jlpack62 3 роки тому +3

      @@nelsonricardo3729 Well, I am just an English speaker and not a genealogist, and I knew that.

  • @noahstevens4894
    @noahstevens4894 3 роки тому +14

    Before the actual video here I got an ad for Old Spice that said “men have skin too” and I honestly had to take a minute to check if I still had skin

  • @Aiphares
    @Aiphares 2 роки тому +3

    "Starting off with the 2 from the thumbnail" man, youre the real MVP. Not just baiting us with Thumbnail pics but actually delivering right away!

  • @hugopnik3380
    @hugopnik3380 3 роки тому +203

    Nováková (female version of Novák surname) and Polish Nowak are the same. There is also German Neuman, wich means Newman IIRC

    • @sztallone415
      @sztallone415 3 роки тому

      and what does it mean?

    • @hugopnik3380
      @hugopnik3380 3 роки тому +18

      @@sztallone415 like when someone Just moved to new city - he is new there

    • @MellonVegan
      @MellonVegan 3 роки тому +1

      I wonder, is that a loanword then (like e.g. Russian tends to have a couple loanwords from Europe from early reforms) or more of an ancient common ancestor kind of thing?

    • @hugopnik3380
      @hugopnik3380 3 роки тому +2

      @@MellonVegan I think it's the ancestor one, but I am not an expert

    • @h.l.n.m.d.l.r.6304
      @h.l.n.m.d.l.r.6304 3 роки тому +18

      @@MellonVegan Czech and Polish are both Western Slavic languages and share many similarities apart from the spelling. Novák and Nowak are an example of words common to both languages, like pivo and piwo (beer), and also similar words like den and dzień (day). This is because before Czechs and Poles split into different countries they were one group who spoke the same language, to put it extremely simply

  • @vishwadrikhkashyapa7016
    @vishwadrikhkashyapa7016 3 роки тому +56

    3:01 this is freaky. The amount the Soviets impacted the east that still remains today is shocking. There are even images from space showing the east of Berlin having mainly yellow lights while the west of berlin uses whiter more efficient light. Also P.S another great video. Loved the intro thing in this one.

    • @riccards
      @riccards 3 роки тому +8

      Iam pretty sure the yellow ones are more efficient (coming from a citizen of a former USSR country) but ok

    • @xyungeloest
      @xyungeloest 3 роки тому +14

      And I think atheism is really good as is makes the country more progressive or at least easier to adopt progressive changes

    • @Salome.
      @Salome. 3 роки тому +7

      My mother grew up in the DDR and she once told me, that you got despised when you were a Christian. (alot of people got "bullied" or had disadvantages in school)

    • @tronicman1
      @tronicman1 3 роки тому +10

      It's because they weren't brainwashed in school with religion from childhood on - and that's the reason why it is the same in old West-Berlin, the only German state without religion in school.
      And although I was raised in the West with white lights, I definitely like the eastern yellow lights which is no less efficient and doesn't dazzle the eyes.

    • @marcelow8606
      @marcelow8606 3 роки тому +10

      @@Salome. While in my school in Poland, i seen kids bullying other because he was atheist. I am catholic but that is not cool

  • @erickbarbosa2935
    @erickbarbosa2935 3 роки тому +45

    6:50 in Brazil, the conscription for men is mandatory indeed, but you indicates if you want to take the military service or not. usually the number of volunteers is sufficient, but, if it isn't, who didn't wanted in first place can be forced to. idk if my explanation was comprehensive or not, but at least I tried 😂

    • @CmdrUD87
      @CmdrUD87 3 роки тому

      Draft with exception is probably like it used to be in Germany, which means the military can choose whom they approach... such as exclusively the high-level school graduates who will likely go to college

    • @turtle-balloon
      @turtle-balloon 3 роки тому

      Same in Sweden. Its like having no conscription. They just kind of push you and encourage you to do it

  • @patrikcath1025
    @patrikcath1025 3 роки тому +68

    "Glasgow seems to be the rainiest place out of all of these."
    >Brussels has 199 days
    **later, proceeds to draw potatoes for "tomatoes"**

    • @afonsoeca1319
      @afonsoeca1319 3 роки тому +2

      And a phone for blackberries AHAHHAHA 10:17

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 3 роки тому +12

    I bless the rains, down in
    *EUUUUROPAAAA*

  • @zkittlezthabanditt604
    @zkittlezthabanditt604 3 роки тому +40

    Here in Oregon, you can literally walk on a trail in the city here and just eat blackberries off of bushes even in the city, I had no idea we were the main producer though lol

  • @Muritaipet
    @Muritaipet 3 роки тому +16

    the wonderful thing about maps is that they are visual. You can still understand them, with the sound OFF

  • @TheLiamster
    @TheLiamster 3 роки тому +15

    It’s really interesting how Smith is the most common surname in all of the Anglosphere countries since they all share a language, history, culture, lifestyle and identity.

  • @bkatsard
    @bkatsard 2 роки тому +4

    1) great video!
    2) more map videos please🙏
    3) yes to Roman expedition videos
    4) check again the rain map as I think Brussels comes 1st with 199 days a year

  • @JonBA94
    @JonBA94 3 роки тому +5

    16:01 Reindeer are also found in east part of Iceland, not native but were domesticated (probably from Norway) in the 1700's and now roam wild

  • @TypicalRussianGuy
    @TypicalRussianGuy 3 роки тому +3

    Here is an interesting historical fact about 12:18 from me (a Russian guy). You can clearly see the divide but here is a very interesting fact and some food for thought:
    At the beginning of the century (1910s), this divide was present, with countries in Eastern Europe generally having shorter life expectancies due to their historically lower levels of development.
    In the middle of the century (1960s), most of the Eastern European countries caught up to the West in terms of life expectancy and HDI due to the affordability of healthcare in Socialist countries, where most people could afford to go to the doctor, as well as eat healthier food due to the better food standards that food-producing companies had to abide by.
    By the end of the century and beyond (2000s), most of the Eastern European countries turned back to Capitalism, and life expectancy suddenly dropped due to the decrease in healthcare affordability and the degradation of food quality standards, as well as the higher crime rates caused by the mass unemployment typical to scarcely regulated Capitalism, the very model that we naïvely borrowed from the USA, and which, in the end, guaranteed the demise of our health and prosperity.
    The moral of the story: don't believe ''free market wizards'' like Ben Shapiro that promise you miracles. In the real world, massive deregulation and privatization ruin the lives of millions. If you don't believe me, ask other Russians, they will tell you the same.

  • @yochitoranaga
    @yochitoranaga 3 роки тому +7

    patronymic / matronymic names tend to be something like:
    Karl Gustavsson = Karl son of Gustav
    Gnut Jonsdottir = Gnut daughter of Jon
    They simply state who you are related to.

  • @robnotstr8
    @robnotstr8 3 роки тому

    Thank you for this video. I really enjoy watching your work.

  • @susie154
    @susie154 3 роки тому

    Thank you for your time and effort for this interesting info!

  • @Jose-vx4vt
    @Jose-vx4vt 3 роки тому +20

    6:47 for example in Mexico when you are 18 years old you have to go to a raffle where you can be chosen to prepare as a soldier but when you complete this training you don’t have to stay

    • @ArturoLopez-ly2pn
      @ArturoLopez-ly2pn 3 роки тому +2

      Also, I remember my dad told me that in his time you had to have your Military Service Card if you wanted to get a job

    • @jarskil8862
      @jarskil8862 3 роки тому +1

      In Finland its similar.
      When people turn 18 they must spend 6-12 months at training and then return home, and if they do well, they get asked to stay and make a career at military.
      They can refuse.

    • @K0ukku
      @K0ukku 2 роки тому

      I lived in Mexico for a while, and some family told me that they bribe the officials not to pick their name in the "conscription". Here in Finland every guy serves, and no brown paper bags.

  • @areyouastalker4591
    @areyouastalker4591 3 роки тому +41

    I love the fact that every german watching this video immediately looked up what his Landkreis's religion is :D

    • @kayvan671
      @kayvan671 3 роки тому +4

      Natürlich muss man das machen 😂

    • @kevinh.8668
      @kevinh.8668 3 роки тому

      @@kayvan671 Ja. Ich werde das machen wann ich dort fliegen!😂

    • @kayvan671
      @kayvan671 3 роки тому +2

      @@kevinh.8668
      Mach das Bro

    • @felixlehmann9241
      @felixlehmann9241 3 роки тому +3

      *Laughs in East German atheism* :D

    • @AnnetteAnnie
      @AnnetteAnnie 2 роки тому

      Das weiß man in Bayern. Da muss ich nicht schauen. :D ;)

  • @ricbic56
    @ricbic56 3 роки тому

    Outstanding presentation can't wait for the next one!!!!

  • @nunocorreia5570
    @nunocorreia5570 3 роки тому

    Thanks for creating and sharing

  • @AccidxGhost
    @AccidxGhost 3 роки тому +16

    6:50 i am from austria, and i doing my military service right now.

    • @zsoltpapp3363
      @zsoltpapp3363 3 роки тому +1

      I am from Hungary and this is the first time i ever hear about mandatory military service in Austria...interesting.

    • @eemeli9572
      @eemeli9572 3 роки тому

      im from finland and mine is starting on july

    • @greentea1487
      @greentea1487 3 роки тому

      im from Turkey mine will start after the university
      and yes i will try to keep it as long as possible

    • @Andreas-pj6np
      @Andreas-pj6np 3 роки тому

      Bei mir gehts glei nach da matura los mitn zivildienst

  • @koenboerstra2888
    @koenboerstra2888 3 роки тому +11

    Crazy to think that if the sea levels rose the caspian sea would be connected to the world ocean system

  • @benjaminlewis4667
    @benjaminlewis4667 3 роки тому

    Thank you for this. So cool!

  • @davids9520
    @davids9520 3 роки тому +1

    Great video. Very informative.

  • @kfool7120
    @kfool7120 3 роки тому +100

    7:54 “China has peace and freedom for their citizens” Loool

    • @nehcooahnait7827
      @nehcooahnait7827 3 роки тому +16

      Is China engaging active warfare with foreign countries at the moment?
      No.
      Do the Chinese citizens have a choice over military conscription?
      Yes.
      Is his words about some other subject matter that is not related with conscription?
      No.

    • @kfool7120
      @kfool7120 3 роки тому +33

      @@nehcooahnait7827 he said they have freedom. They have nothing close to freedom. Organ harvesting programs wtf

    • @dde553
      @dde553 3 роки тому +1

      @@kfool7120 We (in the western countries) also have no full freedom, just in the other cases which Chinese people have.

    • @karla.1213
      @karla.1213 3 роки тому +27

      @@dde553 no humans will never achieve full freedom but this doesn’t mean that the censoring of free speech and the genocides the CCP is commiting are okay

    • @dde553
      @dde553 3 роки тому

      @@karla.1213 We ve got our own censorship and sometives even committing genocides. How are we different than them?

  • @alengrm7488
    @alengrm7488 3 роки тому +36

    4:53 The most common surname in Slovenia is Novak as well
    And I think that Novakova is just a female version of the surname Novak

    • @holakfun8243
      @holakfun8243 3 роки тому +2

      As czech yes it is the male czech version is novák

    • @alengrm7488
      @alengrm7488 3 роки тому

      @@holakfun8243 Is Novakova written in official documents as well or is it just Novak

    • @alengrm7488
      @alengrm7488 3 роки тому

      @Jo Interesting, here in Slovenia only Novak is used

    • @LordTomigun
      @LordTomigun 3 роки тому

      @Jo Slavaks do have female forms in the same way as Czechs or Poles do (e.g. Russians, Ukrainians and some other Slavic countries as well).

    • @matejlieskovsky9625
      @matejlieskovsky9625 3 роки тому +4

      @@alengrm7488 Yes, official documents do contain the gendered version. So husband and wife would have Novák and Nováková respectively. Pretty much all Slavic languages have this in slightly varying versions.

  • @Dr.A.Rosenberg
    @Dr.A.Rosenberg 3 роки тому +1

    Simply amazing , I actually learned something !

  • @CandiceLikes
    @CandiceLikes 2 роки тому

    Heck yea!! Loved this! Please more map vids!!

  • @AndrywMarques
    @AndrywMarques 3 роки тому +21

    In Brazil, all men have to register in the military force but only a few are selected to spend a time in the military. That's why is a limited conscription

    • @nickvliet4614
      @nickvliet4614 3 роки тому

      I was wondering how that works for USA too since all men have to register for the draft which seems similar to conscription to me except its rare that we actually would get called

    • @AndrywMarques
      @AndrywMarques 3 роки тому

      @Teamgeist It's not SO random. When you register, you tell if you want to join the army. So, they usually (but not always) pick the people who want to join. Some poor people want to join the army because of the wage and benefits.

  • @mbgal7758
    @mbgal7758 3 роки тому +10

    The paternalistic/maternalistic/ancestral names means you would be named after your father or mother or something related to family. Such as Sweden Anderson meaning son of Ander or in the Iceland Jonsdottir would be the daughter of Jon. In Russia Ivanovna is the daughter of Ivan

    • @joshuataylor3550
      @joshuataylor3550 3 роки тому

      In fact in Iceland this is the only type of surname they use, everyone takes an individual surname e.g. a brother and sister with the father Jón would be (brother'sfirstname) Jónsson and (sister'sfirstname) Jónsdóttir. (Exceptions being recent immigrants or descendants of those connected to Danish aristocracy).

    • @joshuataylor3550
      @joshuataylor3550 3 роки тому

      To be clear, in Sweden for example the name Anderson is passed down the family in a more 'traditional' sense and everyone in the same immediate family is named Anderson. Though at one point in history it was given to someone who was the son of Anders, like the Icelandic tradition that persists to this day.

    • @mbgal7758
      @mbgal7758 3 роки тому

      @@joshuataylor3550 Yes, that is correct. I was just informing where the names originated and how they came about. Perhaps I should have been more detailed. Like Smith doesn’t mean you’re a Smith anymore but that’s how it started out. Over time in most places surnames have become more permanent following a family through descendants instead of describing one particular person and possibly their siblings of the same sex. Except in instances like Iceland where it continues.

    • @joshuataylor3550
      @joshuataylor3550 3 роки тому

      @@mbgal7758 I was just clarifying my own comment to be honest. But sure always worth mentioning Iceland's uniqueness up front.

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  3 роки тому +1

      Ah okay! Thanks

  • @craigchanter5812
    @craigchanter5812 3 роки тому

    Fantastic video. Thank you very much!

  • @pedrororiz9910
    @pedrororiz9910 2 роки тому

    jesus, mate... i bet this video took a LONG time to me researched. kuddos for the great work!

  • @elianderson3450
    @elianderson3450 3 роки тому +3

    The red, signifying ancestral origin, basically means the way your last name came about was being named after your father/mother/etc. Take Hernández, in Hispanic countries that basically means “son of Hernando”, while Andersson in Sweden would be “son of Ander”. However, countries eventually stopped passing down last names based on the first name of their parent and instead kept it the same between generations.

  • @fabiangrodek5612
    @fabiangrodek5612 3 роки тому +13

    14:00 Its interesting that the Iberian Peninsula lost only a small amount of land

    • @zuzucha5881
      @zuzucha5881 3 роки тому +6

      Interestingly, the Iberian peninsula is very mountainous, so most of the land is at a higher altitude than one might think. Madrid one of Europe's highest capitals (in terms of height above sea level).

    • @jarskil8862
      @jarskil8862 3 роки тому

      Also I wonder if the map is compensating "Bedrock expansion"
      Example in Finland land is actually rising up faster than sea level.
      During Iceage there where kilometres of Ice over Finland and it created enough pressure to "Squeeze" bedrock. Now the bedrock is slowly uncompressing.

  • @silauz1552
    @silauz1552 2 роки тому

    Learning something and listening to 'Mein Tiroler Land' in the Background is simply great.

  • @CzechTex
    @CzechTex 3 роки тому

    Love the vid! The U.S. one with 50 states divided by population was cool; I know the "state" of Big Thicket has to do with the dense forest area (Sam Houston Nat. Park, Piney Woods) while some of the other "states" have odd names, they are named after prominent Native American Tribes, as are some of our current states (Dakota, Delaware, Idaho)

  • @Aleksae_Zhiltsauff
    @Aleksae_Zhiltsauff 3 роки тому +4

    10:11 aaah that's famous grey Californian tomatoes. Would love to taste one.

  • @mojeminifilmy1973
    @mojeminifilmy1973 3 роки тому +3

    I like the new quality!

  • @darrellbrown9523
    @darrellbrown9523 3 роки тому +1

    The Roman expeditions into the Sahara and sub saharan Africa sounds very interesting. I'd enjoy seeing a detailed video on those please.

  • @fantasticmio
    @fantasticmio 3 роки тому +5

    Yes, please, on the Roman expeditions!

  • @matousfiala7435
    @matousfiala7435 3 роки тому +10

    5:00 Polish and czech surnames have same origin, they both mean new

  • @pedroluis758
    @pedroluis758 3 роки тому +9

    Obrigado pelo vídeo General Knowledge! Segue em frente! Muito sucesso!

  • @reiPaquit0
    @reiPaquit0 2 роки тому

    Not even 1 Minute into the Video and Portugal is already mentioned twice, I love it

  • @papazataklaattiranimam
    @papazataklaattiranimam 3 роки тому +1

    Great summary👍

  • @NorthHaug
    @NorthHaug 3 роки тому +15

    5:57 Bergen Norway shuld really be on this map. It rains like 300 days in the year

  • @benkendrick8465
    @benkendrick8465 3 роки тому +3

    Love the roman map, would watch a video on it

  • @SteinGauslaaStrindhaug
    @SteinGauslaaStrindhaug 3 роки тому +1

    About the reindeer being on islands in the north: it's easy to forget when looking at a map that lots of the sea here were in long periods during ice ages, and lots of places still is; covered with sea ice thick enough walk on for even heavy animals such as polar bears. So for a wandering little flock of reindeer, as long as they can walk the distance without starving, a bit of ice covered sea is no real obstacle. (In fact it's probably faster to walk on fairly flat ice than on mountainous land)

  • @Luboman411
    @Luboman411 3 роки тому +1

    At 10:35. California is the top producer here of 25 out of 31 crops. It is an enormously important agricultural state.

  • @naosei839
    @naosei839 3 роки тому +3

    love how ur portuguese accent rises up to surface whenever u say portuguese words like "timor leste" or "soares"

  • @ZetaFuzzMachine
    @ZetaFuzzMachine 3 роки тому +24

    Yes, give us those African expeditions!!

  • @tyrese685
    @tyrese685 3 роки тому

    This video was SOOO INTERESTING!!!! When it finished I was so pissed😂 SO EDUCATIONAL AND FUN TO WATCH

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 3 роки тому

      Kind of sad to see the Germany map. Regardless of what your own religious beliefs are, that map also signifies how thoroughly Communism demolished traditional German culture in the east. At least west Germany managed to preserve some of their good old cultural elements.

  • @sigurjonvilhjalmsson5009
    @sigurjonvilhjalmsson5009 3 роки тому +1

    Hello. Thanks for the video. A couple of things you might have addressed here is that Icelands flight control zone is huge, especially compared to land mass and population, and also, there are quite a few reindeers here. Cheers!

  • @niccfajardo
    @niccfajardo 3 роки тому +27

    That Roman exploration of Africa video is gonna be dope

  • @youpick4402
    @youpick4402 3 роки тому +4

    16:16 the extreme east of Russia is actually VERY CLOSE to north america. It's just the map that makes Russia seem to be very distant.

    • @dkroll92
      @dkroll92 3 роки тому +2

      there was a woman in the 1980s that swam between two islands, one of which is on the American side, the other of which was on the Russian side. In other words, she swam from the US to Russia

    • @you_peak
      @you_peak 2 роки тому +1

      @@dkroll92 yeah, also don't forget that alaska was once part of Russia.

    • @you_peak
      @you_peak 2 роки тому

      True, a pacific centered map would've been better to explain the reindeer population distribution

  • @mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150
    @mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150 3 роки тому

    Great video!

  • @ricardo1e93
    @ricardo1e93 3 місяці тому

    I'm here after watching IWrocker last video. I'm happy to see more and more English speaking portuguese channels popping up. Well done. Have a nice day.

  • @mojeminifilmy1973
    @mojeminifilmy1973 3 роки тому +19

    By the way, I think the Czech and Polish surnames are connected, because "Nováková" is a female name. A male name is "Novák", which is very close to the Polish "Nowak".

    • @V0lkanic
      @V0lkanic 3 роки тому +3

      You are right. The Czech equivalent of Nowak is Novák, Nováková is the female version of the name.
      For those who don't know, female surnames in Czechia usually (98% of the time) end with "ová". Male surnames never have this ending.

    • @rsoldier7829
      @rsoldier7829 3 роки тому +1

      @@V0lkanic interesting, in north macedonia they always end with -ovska

    • @V0lkanic
      @V0lkanic 3 роки тому

      @@rsoldier7829 Really? I thought Czechia is unique in this. 😄

    • @joshuataylor3550
      @joshuataylor3550 3 роки тому

      @@V0lkanic unrelated to Novak Djokovic? Assuming that's a normally Serbian first name.

    • @zireal8462
      @zireal8462 3 роки тому

      @@joshuataylor3550 yep, novak is pretty often name in ex yugoslavia countryes

  • @ismarius1749
    @ismarius1749 3 роки тому +15

    6:29 Brussel has 199 rainy days

    • @jeanpaul8685
      @jeanpaul8685 3 роки тому +1

      @@rj5848 You stupid? Europe and EU is not the same things...

    • @joshuataylor3550
      @joshuataylor3550 3 роки тому

      @@rj5848 learning is wonderful, don't let people get you down.

    • @joshuataylor3550
      @joshuataylor3550 3 роки тому

      @Lukas Engel as an educated fellow I'm sure you heard about Yugoslavia as well....

    • @joshuataylor3550
      @joshuataylor3550 3 роки тому

      @Lukas Engel that hasn't existed for nearly 30 years...

    • @joshuataylor3550
      @joshuataylor3550 3 роки тому

      @Lukas Engel I know you know, that's what I was pointing out.

  • @alimoharam4362
    @alimoharam4362 3 роки тому

    Starting with the thumbnail content is the opposite of clickbait and that's why I liked this video

  • @paranoidrodent
    @paranoidrodent 3 роки тому +1

    Regarding the reindeer map, they get called caribou in North America. There are some in the southern areas of Canada but the big here's are further north, away from population centres.. That might account for some of the range that surprised you.

  • @oc2226
    @oc2226 3 роки тому +28

    6:27 Brussels has the most days of rainfall on the map, with 199, not Glasgow.
    6:20 Newfoundland is pronounced like NEW-fin-lind with emphasis on the NEW.
    Great Video though! I like how you explain things.

    • @randomsheep2949
      @randomsheep2949 3 роки тому

      Thanks? I guess

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  3 роки тому +2

      Thanks! :)

    • @gabkoost
      @gabkoost 3 роки тому

      Brussels as low rainfall Number of days have nothing to do with total rain. It's a useless statistic actually.
      My region in Northern Portugal gets 1500mm. Brussels 890.

    • @joshuataylor3550
      @joshuataylor3550 3 роки тому +1

      @@gabkoost critical thinking is alive and well.

    • @Sven-lg4jr
      @Sven-lg4jr 3 роки тому

      It's what you would call "rainfall" most of the time it''s just drizzling. But 200 would still seem a lot.
      Also in the map of the surnames Belgium is in the wrong category. It should be red as Peeters is the same as for example Johnson, Hansen, Andersson. It comes from Pe(e)ter his son like in the same stuff in other languages.

  • @JoaoPedro-or1co
    @JoaoPedro-or1co 3 роки тому +3

    Cool video, buddy. I think that the tittle could easily be "Maps That Help You Understand The USA and Europe"

  • @juliofreire7009
    @juliofreire7009 3 роки тому +1

    Feliz por ver aí Leiria em destaque ahaha, bom video

  •  3 роки тому +1

    1 - limited conscription usually means it can be prevented or one can be discharged by some sort of objection of service, legal action or bribery, depending on the state of national freedom.
    2 - The names of the alternative states are the names of the most numerous ancestral populations, so mostly native tribes, some spanish and some english names

  • @cyclocatxarxaciclista5946
    @cyclocatxarxaciclista5946 3 роки тому +3

    I'm really interested on the 4 roman expeditions! how they get that far? did they go back?

  • @thechto-to3151
    @thechto-to3151 3 роки тому +15

    I'm pretty sure the Polish and Czech surnames are just different genders, same with Russia and Belarus

    • @F100cTomas
      @F100cTomas 3 роки тому +2

      Not just genders, but languages

    • @user-hj8hp5ku4y
      @user-hj8hp5ku4y 3 роки тому

      Czech*

    • @michi1743
      @michi1743 3 роки тому

      Yes, they're the same surname, one is feminine (Nováková) and one is masculine. Also the spelling is different but the origin and meaning remains the same

  • @mowvu5380
    @mowvu5380 3 роки тому

    what a channel! i only have about 5 channels that get a like and a comment before I've even watched the video ha. i know my impact carries little weight but i live for maps/geography/flags/history etc. top work👍

  • @flopunkt3665
    @flopunkt3665 3 роки тому +1

    In Germany there are countless topics that make you clearly see the former border, for example population density, GDP, voting results etc.

  • @callumvantriet2941
    @callumvantriet2941 3 роки тому +21

    It’s so funny how i’ve seen multiple of these maps in one of Drew Durnil’s videos

    • @evilishness
      @evilishness 3 роки тому +2

      I was just thinking that

  • @Sofus.
    @Sofus. 3 роки тому +10

    I have the feeling you live in Leiria

  • @bernhardgellner3513
    @bernhardgellner3513 3 роки тому

    This video is amazing. But the thing that grabbed my attention is the marching music in the background. Would never have guessed, this would work, but it does fit well. 😄

  • @Flk0217
    @Flk0217 3 роки тому

    The names of the states from the Equal Population map come from geographic features or tribes within the new borders. Ogallala is a massive aquifer under the Great Plains, Ozark is a lake system and forest in Missouri and Arkansas, Nodaway is a river in Iowa and Missouri, Tidewater is the region in the Mid-Atlantic where the rivers go from rocky and lots of waterfalls to big, slow and navigable.

  • @MichaelAndersxq28guy
    @MichaelAndersxq28guy 3 роки тому +3

    Please do an episode on the Roman Empire's African expeditions. Thank you for your channel.

  • @idktj10
    @idktj10 3 роки тому +3

    Lol anyone notice at 10:22 He drew the blackberry (Phone) instead of the fruit

  • @lanemcculloch4468
    @lanemcculloch4468 3 роки тому +2

    Definitely interested in a video on the Roman tours in Africa

  • @joseluisnietoenriquez6122
    @joseluisnietoenriquez6122 3 роки тому +1

    Greetings from Mexico City. Military service here in México is not really a way to make the army larger or to train future soldiers, it's more like a community service. It is supposed to be mandatory for every male, and it's voluntary for all women. But, as a male, you are only requested to make a paperwork when you turn 18, and then there is a selection process where most of the applicants are not selected and they don't have to do anything and they get a card called "cartilla" which is similar to a passport, and that's it. The minority of the male applicants who are in fact selected are usually people with juvenile records, problematic families, or simply those who didn't make the papperwork in time; and they all have to "serve". But the service itself that they do is not any military stuff, instead it's kind of a mixture of community service, and general civilian assistence, and the only military stuff they learn is the discipline. So it's more like a way to put these people to good use for the community, than to truly train future soldiers. To be part of the army is actually voluntary, so the term "military service" is very misleading. Recently, it has been proposed to make the military service different, and make it voluntary for everyone, but it hasn't happened yet. And about 45 years ago, military service was in fact military stuff and it was mandatory for every male and no women were allowed. My dad learned to use guns, basic military organization and stuff soldiers do. But I didn't have to do anything, only the paperwork.

    • @jarskil8862
      @jarskil8862 3 роки тому

      Its actually interesting how opposite the system is there.
      In Finland the people with problematic lives and bad family history are ones who Do not get in military service.
      Its actually lil shame that in Finland people who are not able to do military service are considered "2nd grade citizens"
      When applying for a job, a boss might ask that "What is your military rank" and if you say you skipped the army, you might not get chosen for a job.

    • @totalmente_madoka_fan
      @totalmente_madoka_fan Місяць тому

      That's so cool :)

  • @amannaikwade3118
    @amannaikwade3118 3 роки тому +10

    Starting with the ones in the thumbnail 😳. May God bless you 😇

  • @jbach2002
    @jbach2002 3 роки тому +41

    The south historically has been poor and underdeveloped since the civil war. Compared to the rest of the US that is. It really wasn’t until the past 3-4 decades that the south has started to catch back up to the rest of the country.

    • @summerhuman
      @summerhuman 3 роки тому +6

      Since industrilization! Its one of the reasons they had the civil war, the north wanted to ban slavery which was the basis of the southern economy.

    • @Perrirodan1
      @Perrirodan1 3 роки тому +14

      @@summerhuman Slavery kept industrialization impossible then there was the failure of reconstruction post civil war. Lastly Air conditioning is one the reason why business started moving there and why population also came. Whithout Air conditioning the south would be a lot more empty and poor.

    • @jbach2002
      @jbach2002 3 роки тому

      @Jo I might be able to answer if you can explain the question

    • @jbach2002
      @jbach2002 3 роки тому

      @Jo sorry, I misread something you said. I saw the “I had to ask” as “I have to ask” 🤷‍♂️

    • @jbach2002
      @jbach2002 3 роки тому

      @White Ness UA-cam is being dumb, won’t let me edit my comment.
      Anyway average IQ can vary source to source. West Virginia I found another source say 98.7 still above the national average though.
      That source also said the same IQ for California

  • @shorewall
    @shorewall 3 роки тому

    This was a very fun video! :D

  • @hiltibrant1976
    @hiltibrant1976 3 роки тому +1

    Regarding the North-South dichotomy regarding Catholic vs Protestant parts of Germany, you identify part of the cause correctly: That the various states that predate the unification of Germany as a national state were mostly leaning either Protestant or Catholic. However, I wouldn't say the underlying cause goes as far back as Roman empire or HRE times, more directly it is related to the reformation and the immediately following 30 Years War, which had a very strong religious component. Basically, the majority of Southern German states, as well as many Western states bordering France, were kept under Catholic hegemony and subject to Counter-reformation movements, whereas the Northern states in Germany in that period were under the protection of Protestant rulers such as the Swedes and could form strong alliances to protect each other.

  • @AndrywMarques
    @AndrywMarques 3 роки тому +40

    In portuguese "Da Silva" has the origins in "Da Selva", "from the jungle". Many free slaves in Brazil received this last name

    • @DARK-rq6rm
      @DARK-rq6rm 3 роки тому

      Fontes: vozes na minha cabeça.
      Não sabia que havia selvas em Portugal pra alguém se chamar Manuel ''da selva'', por exemplo..., fake news.

    • @Rafael-jn6iv
      @Rafael-jn6iv 3 роки тому

      Isso é sério?

    • @AndrywMarques
      @AndrywMarques 3 роки тому

      @@DARK-rq6rm uma pesquisa rápida vai encontrar fontes do que eu falei super.abril.com.br/especiais/a-origem-dos-50-sobrenomes-mais-comuns-do-brasil/

  • @tosterm
    @tosterm 3 роки тому +6

    I like the new more animated introduction you had in this video

  • @DarkRaven4649
    @DarkRaven4649 3 роки тому

    For 6:49, at least in Norway, you have to go to an enrollment session in the army when you're 18. However, you can opt out of actually enlisting for service. So there is a broad conscription on the national level, but it's not mandatory to actually serve. So in our case, the limits are so generous it's just about voluntary service. Could be similar in other nations with limited conscription.

  • @nxghthrra
    @nxghthrra 3 роки тому +1

    The blackberries got me. Nice one.