See on Scoop.it – Geography Education

84% of Americans are unable to locate Ukraine on a world map; those that can’t are more likely to support military intervention.

Seth Dixon‘s insight:

As I’ve said before, a more informed, geo-literate citizenry helps to strengthen U.S. foreign policy and diplomatic efforts because they have a spatial framework within which to organize political, environmental, cultural and economic information.  National Geographic recently also produced a video showing how geo-education is important for business professionals as a part of their geo-education community (if you haven’t already, join!).

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