This was from 2002. I imagine things have gotten worse since then.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...urvey.html
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...urvey.html
Quote:In a nation called the world's superpower, only 17 percent of young adults in the United States could find Afghanistan on a map, according to a new worldwide survey released today.
Quote:About 11 percent of young citizens of the U.S. couldn't even locate the U.S. on a map. The Pacific Ocean's location was a mystery to 29 percent; Japan, to 58 percent; France, to 65 percent; and the United Kingdom, to 69 percent.