My schools were so-so and no US geography after eighth grade unless you took the elective. The only non-US geography I ever got was Central American in Spanish class, and I learned my European capitals from Carmen Sandiego in the '80s (so guess how out of date half of them are now).
That said, I can locate all 50 states and also know the capitals, because it interested me/my dad and I have a good memory. On the other hand there are FIFTY of them and while I expect people to know the obvious-shaped ones around the edges (California, Texas, Florida, NY, etc) and have a general idea of the region they're in, I don't think it's that weird people can't identify a lot of them.
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My schools were so-so and no US geography after eighth grade unless you took the elective. The only non-US geography I ever got was Central American in Spanish class, and I learned my European capitals from Carmen Sandiego in the '80s (so guess how out of date half of them are now).
That said, I can locate all 50 states and also know the capitals, because it interested me/my dad and I have a good memory. On the other hand there are FIFTY of them and while I expect people to know the obvious-shaped ones around the edges (California, Texas, Florida, NY, etc) and have a general idea of the region they're in, I don't think it's that weird people can't identify a lot of them.