Geography Game

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Swancreek (OH)

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Kelowna ( B C )

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Auburn (OH)

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Newark

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Katmandu

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Katmandu

Upper Heyford, England

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Dalonega, GA

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alebo

Edited September 4, 2007 by Sand

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Oconomowoc (WI)

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Oconomowoc (WI)

Clackamas (OR)

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Steinbach, Manitoba

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I have a funny Geography story....Why is it that many US citizens that I have come in contact with think of the US as being the only country in America? I'm serious It's so funny and so stupid, and franky it gets on my nerves that the public school system failed many people miserably in the GEOGRAPHY department. I saw a nes cast that showed that many of them dont even know the Atlantic from the Pacific Ocean. ITS SO SAD. How can people be raised to think that the US is only one that makes up all of America?

A funny story.....

Last night my brothers, sisters. and I went to a MANA concert in Houston. Well as we were driving around looking for parking we spoted a place so we parked happily and this "gringa" aka your typical Caucasian lady quickly ran up to us to charge us. So my brother asks "her how much is it" And the lady looked at us retarded and said in her blond moment voice " like why would I take 10 pesos we are in America ... this is Ameica." LOL and I just had to laugh and said BINGO darling America is comprised of other countries not just the USA you know. She looked at us retarded when I told her that America also reffered to Canada and Mexico and then there was central and south America that had more American countires that could be taged along if she wanted to be more precise, then the poor thing got even more confused. I then in a joking voice I said to her Mexicans are Americans too you know. Maybe they are not US citizens but they sure are American. She was so perplexed...... jajaja. Any ways we gave her 10 dls and went off our marry way. I was so tempted to give her 10 pesos as a joke LOL. Some times it just bothers me that people say America as the one and only as if the rest of the continent does not exist or matter. Maybe people were just trained to think that way because of the influence that the US has at a global scale. Still their educational ignorance bothers me. I wish political scince, and geography teachers could help break that idiotic train of thought early on.

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Hilo

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oregon

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I have a funny Geography story....Why is it that many US citizens that I have come in contact with think of the US as being the only country in America? I'm serious It's so funny and so stupid, and franky it gets on my nerves that the public school system failed many people miserably in the GEOGRAPHY department. I saw a nes cast that showed that many of them dont even know the Atlantic from the Pacific Ocean. ITS SO SAD. How can people be raised to think that the US is only one that makes up all of America?

A funny story.....

Last night my brothers, sisters. and I went to a MANA concert in Houston. Well as we were driving around looking for parking we spoted a place so we parked happily and this "gringa" aka your typical Caucasian lady quickly ran up to us to charge us. So my brother asks "her how much is it" And the lady looked at us retarded and said in her blond moment voice " like why would I take 10 pesos we are in America ... this is Ameica." LOL and I just had to laugh and said BINGO darling America is comprised of other countries not just the USA you know. She looked at us retarded when I told her that America also reffered to Canada and Mexico and then there was central and south America that had more American countires that could be taged along if she wanted to be more precise, then the poor thing got even more confused. I then in a joking voice I said to her Mexicans are Americans too you know. Maybe they are not US citizens but they sure are American. She was so perplexed...... jajaja. Any ways we gave her 10 dls and went off our marry way. I was so tempted to give her 10 pesos as a joke LOL. Some times it just bothers me that people say America as the one and only as if the rest of the continent does not exist or matter. Maybe people were just trained to think that way because of the influence that the US has at a global scale. Still their educational ignorance bothers me. I wish political scince, and geography teachers could help break that idiotic train of thought early on.

Actually.....no.

NORTH America is comprised of the United States of AMERICA, Canada, and Mexico.

Collectively, North America, Central America, and South America are known as The Americas - NOT "America".

America = the USA. Say "America" to almost anyone on the planet, and they will assume you mean the US.

How many Canadians do you think would like to be known as "Americans"?