American insularity and geographic ignorance has reared its ugly head in our present election year. Our man John is having a bad week.
Coverage of John McCain's geographic flubs: one example among many. With video.
Our alert front pagers have contributed able commentary: McCain v Reality: Reality, 2. McCain, 0.
Many charitable souls have offered to help: DailyKos Diary "John McCain, Geography Teacher" and Help John McCain with Geography Game
To a man with a hammer, all problems look like nails, so, as a teacher and in the spirit of No Child Left Untested (snark) I am moved to try to improve the situation with...guess what?......................
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The Great Presidential Mideast Geography Quiz
Please match the country outline or bordering body of water on the map to the country's or geographic feature's correct name.
No staff assistance allowed. Leaders of the free world must score at least 70%. Due to their absolute freaking importance to our current situation, missing Israel, Iraq, Iran, Afganistan, Pakistan count off double.
__ Afghanistan
__ Armenia
__ Azerbaijan
__ Bahrain
__ Cyprus
__ Iran
__ Iraq
__ Israel
__ Jordan
__ Kuwait
__ Kyrgyzstan
__ Lebanon
__ Mediterranean Sea
__ Oman
__ Pakistan
__ Persian Gulf
__ Qatar
__ Red Sea
__ Saudi Arabia
__ Syria
__ Tajikistan
__ Turkey
__ Turkmenistan
__ United Arab Emirates
__ Uzbekistan
__ Yemen
Source Image for the quiz. This link contains the answers: don't peek if you don't want to cheat
Regards,
Baz