This troper once knew a girl who said after hearing that Avian Flu could spread from Russia to America via Alaska, "No! Alaska isn't near Russia... Alaska's near Hawaii!"

Don't you know? Alaska went off to hang out with Hawaii with California after the end of the world.

No, Barry}} they towed it down near Hawaii and put it in a box so it'd be easier to make maps.

This troper had a friend who thought Canada was a state, our country is called North America, and Bermuda is near Calfornia.

This troper had a classmate who thought that the continent of Asia is located in New Jersey and that China is located where Australia is.

This troper didn't know that Austria and Australia were saparate countries until she moved to Germany. Her reaction to seeing Austria on the map next to Germany was "But isn't it supposed to be in Asia?!"

As a child this troper thought that Iceland was Turkey. He still has no idea why.

This troper attended a general cartography course in which the lecturer decided to include an education on basic geography. She said this was necessary because somehow, some students were unable to identify Africa, pointing to South America instead, ''despite the fact that this course was being presented at an African university''. So, don't feel too bad about yourselves, Americans.

This troper's dad is under the impression that the Nile River begins in England and flows to Egypt. Don't ask me how that works. He also believes that Mt. Everest is between Europe and Asia.

This troper continually runs into people who think that Maine is in Canada.

This troper knew a girl who, on an APUSH quiz, failed because the only one of the thirteen colonies she labeled correctly was the one she lived in.

This Troper heard someone doing this the other day. We were coming back from a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and some kid yelled out "Did we just pass the Empire State Building?" We were leaving Saint Paul, ''Minnesota''.

This Troper's teacher once confused that Africa was a country. Note that this was the geography teacher.

This troper failed 9th-grade Geography. He lives in Jamaica, so that class was mainly about Jamaica's geographical structure, as well as the different types of rock plates in the Earth's crust and whatnot. His final grade for that course was 45%, but it wasn't his LOWEST grade in 9th grade (that went to Woodwork, for which he got a measly 5%...) It was also the only time in his high school years that he ever took Geography; usually it was a choice between Geography and Spanish (neither of which are subjects he likes or has ever been particularly good in).

This Tropette had always thougth that Germany was in Russia, then she looked at a map. She still dosn't know where she got the idea from.

Let's just say that you'll be amazed by the number of people this troper has known that think Africa is a country.

This Troper has just seen a page on this very wiki link Switzerland to Norse by Norsewest. It's a bit more like Yodel Land, the lack of vikings is a great clue.

God bless her, but my mother is horrible at geography. She got Sweden and Switzerland confused (which granted, they do sound similar), admitted she thought Africa was one country and all the countries on the map were states, and somehow thinks Denmark is interchangeable with the Netherlands.

A boy in my middle school class asked "Isn't China and Japan the same thing?"

This troper used to think that Jamaica is where Cuba is on the map. Not anymore.

I once had a boy in my history class that believed England was the 50th state. When asked to find England on a map, he had no idea where it could be.

My best friend once pointed to Greenland on the map and said "It´s Canada!".

One of this troper's classmates had recently been discovered as having terrible geography skills. While quizzing her on various continents' geography for a laugh, another friend found out she thought Belgium was ''a city in Seattle''.

That is just.... words fail me. It's Wrong On So Many Levels taken up to 11.....

This. This troper quoted the page title, you fail geography forever, to the family. Had 'em laughing.

This troper once said that Spain wasn't near the Mediterranean.

This troper, who lives in a town near the Lake District in the north of England, was once asked by a British tourist who had just got off the coach from London how far he was from Snowdon (Wales's largest mountain), which is over 100 miles away.

This troper used to think Turkey was near Alaska, that London was in the US, and that Singapore was farther north than the Philippines. She also thought, for a long time, that North Korea wasn't connected to China.

This troper, until very recently, thought Kazakhstan was a tiny, ''fictional'' country. Turns out it's the ninth-largest country in the world. Huh.

This troper used to think that the UK was a bunch of islands near ''Antarctica''. True that the UK ''does'' own a lot of islands near that place, but hell was she embarrassed when she realized she never regarded the ''mainland'' as the UK, but its ''territories'' of all things.

This troper's relative once drew France and Spain on a piece of paper and ''separated'' the two countries with a body of water. Completely.

This troper used to think that the Koreas, while still connected to each other, was an island south of Japan.

This troper is very interested in geography and started teaching her maid about it. She printed a blank world map and pinned it to a corkboard. She then gave her maid a pin and told her to pin it on whatever country this troper says. Well, this troper then learned that her maid was ''absolutely terrible'' at geography, and while she doesn't blame her maid for her poor educational background, it was rather sad to see her pin Sudan when asked for South Africa, Peru when asked for China, Greenland when asked for Argentina, and so on. This troper then pointed to Canada and asked her what country it was. Her maid said it was either France or Sweden. This teaching stuff is gonna take a hell ''long'' time.

This troper drew the map of Europe from memory a few times. It always came out horribly deformed.

This troper used to think Taiwan was the smallest country in the world.

This troper lives in Detroit, and had friends from England visiting. While they were here, they expressed an incredible interest in taking a few hours out of a day of their visit, and driving down South to Texas, so they could see the Alamo.

Once during a class of this troper there was a guessing game. A classmate asked to another "Is he English?" Reply? "English from England?" And trying to justify himself: "He could be from the US!"

That could have been a mix-up of English (nationality) and English (language)

This troper has always been bothered by Sunset Beach, North Carolina. Where does a Southeast-facing beach get off calling itself ''Sunset'' Beach?

A Girl In This Troper's Class Thought that Massachusetts Was in New York, That Nevada Was In California, and That OHIO was In HAWAII. His Teachers Were Forced To Bring Up A Map Of The US. IN MATH CLASS!!!!!!!!!!!!! It Led To Him Facepalming So Hard That A *POP* sound effect was heard. In The 8th Grade!

When he was ten, this troper was pointing to the left was Memphis and to the right was Minneapolis. Never mind he was pointing left was actually North and pointing right was south.