Nice little self-promo for TBWA’s Vancouver office.

Every few years the National Geographic Society conducts a survey of geographic literacy which usually results in shocking stats:

• Only 37% of young Americans can find Iraq on a map
• Half of young Americans can’t find New York on a map
• 11% of Americans could not find America
• 71% of Americans could point out where the Pacific Ocean
• 56% of Americans were unable to locate India

You can download the complete survey and report here (PDF).

So it’s time to test and improve your knowledge by placing countries, cities and sites of a specific region on a map with

Shame.