Are Europeans more well versed with world geography than Americans?

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Are Europeans more well versed with world geography than Americans? - Lemmy.zip

I’ve seen multiple videos equivalent of Americans pointing where (country) is on the map, and there was an instance where the host asked the woman where the continent Africa is located (points to Asia) like WTF? That’s not even close at all. I know there’s bias towards those types of videos since there are accusations of the host “handpicking” select strangers framing them as if they are representative of the US. But the truth is that their education system isn’t good as it lacks funding. When you put it into perspective: how many Europeans can correctly locate & name countries adjacent to them within their own continent and globally? Is the education system within the EU that good or effective at teaching kids that subject?

How many Europeans can point out Kansas on a map? I’d bet I could find just as many Europeans ignorant of North American geography as they find Americans ignorant of European geography, especially since, as you point out, they cherry pick the most ignorant sounding responses.

I’m pretty sure most people outside of the USA would fail to point to Kansas on a map. That’s roughly equivalent to asking for someone to point to Brittany (administrative region of France). Just like I’m sure most people outside of Canada would struggle to locate Nova Scotia on a map. Heck even I sometimes mix up where New Brunswick and Nova Scotia are and I grew up in Canada. Administrative regions really aren’t relevant outside of their own country, but country borders are relevant internationally.

I do wonder how much North American geography the average US resident knows though. Like how (part of) France is part of NA or which island(s) is for which Caribbean country.

So many opportunities to cherry-pick funny and wild answers.

That’s more or less my point. Americans learn (or less m at least did when I was in school) where all 50 states are, as well as nearby countries. We didn’t cover European, African or Asian geography in depth just like Europeans don’t cover North and South American geography in depth (from what I understand).
So what depth are we talking about?