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@@ChristinaWintherLolk Yeah well then he should have said that the US was England as well then, I mean, that's technically accurate if you're 300 years old XD
As a french i agree😂 but not for the ww2. Just to add something for the culture two days ago it was the comemoration of the 200 years of the napoleon's death
As a swede, seeing him go towards sweden whilst trying to guess switzerland fills me with existential dread and pain that is unfathomable to most people.
@@larkinthesky The constant mix up of our countries is so frustrating lmao. Switzerland is a beautiful country, but it's not the same as Sweden and vice versa.
Strike 1: he doesn't know where Greece is and its the first country thats asked on the quiz ffs Strike 2: *FRIGGIN SOUTH MACEDONIA ERMAGERD EF EF ESS* Strike 3: Cyprus has the damn country on their flag Gah, sometime being a Greek on the internet is an experience like no other.
To be fair the flag is suuper tiny🤣 Edit; ah there was another flag up in the corner🤣 didn't see that there haha I thought man these people have amazing eyesight to be able to see that teeny weeny flag there next to the cursor😅
This man brought up every goddamn war in Europe unknowingly while simultaneously starting a petition for switzerland to join the Frugal Four and becoming the Frugal Five
I was really surprised an american spotted 46 percent of europe. I was expecting around 7-10. I met two american guys at a hostel in Amsterdam. They thought Amsterdam was the country name while they were there. They said they heard a lot about Holland and asked me how to go there. Then they wanted to visit the Netherlands as well. The final question was the cherry on top: “How many countries are there in the NetherlandSSS?”
@@Aecrim1 I know. But he is widely considered french and his territory, which widely consisted of the area that is France now conquered the territories of the germanic tribes that today make out Germany. So I consider him and his country french to a certain degree.
@@beadsman13 nah, sorry I'm German and I wasn't triggered I was more like: *loud pacepalm* I'm just thankful that they gave France France back. They shouldn't even have taking this beatiful country in the first place (in my opinion).xD
As a portuguese i am quite surprised so many americans today can identify Portugal on a map of europe. Quite surprising given that less than 10 years ago the vast majority of americans didnt even knew Portugal existed. Amazing.
@Antoine B de M Cool talking about ethnicity and all but I haven't said anything about it and it wasn't the subject to begin with. We're talking about countries owning others and especially France owning Germany. And Charlemagne Empire and before that Carolingian Kingdom, was France, and it in fact, owned the predecessor of Germany.
@@user-dl1xz3mj3i Cool talking about ethnicity and all but I haven't said anything about it and it wasn't the subject to begin with. We're talking about countries owning others and especially France owning Germany. And Charlemagne Empire and before that Carolingian Kingdom, was France.
Yeah and funnily enough, I played this game with US people about where the US states are. And I even beat them in knowing more states than they did. I got 39 which I think is pretty good for a non native. The best of them had 28. One of them only knew 6...
Never seen a Cyprus flag or even heard of the country, how would that help? xD The alien planet gloobgob has the planet on its flag so ez how can you not recognize it lmao xD
Being unable to locate such "classic", mainstream countries as France, Greece, Poland, Switzerland... That's incredible. It's a bare minimum for anyone, even a non-European.
The thing is, as a European I can't name all the balkan countries either but the mainstream countries you should learn at least when you talk about the world wars like... knowing that the "2 front war" happened in Germany because it is in Central Europe and has France to its left and Poland/ Soviet Union to its right should be covered in history... besides many other war things that happened...
As a Norwegian that has gotten 100% in around 1 minute on this quiz, this brought pain to me aswell (I would suck at US states but he didn't even know where Poland and France was)
also, US states arent common knowledge for strangers. like i dont know norvegian regions so why should i know us states? it's such a shame not being able to place big countries like france, poland germany etc
@@thebaguetteguy2207 states become important knowledge with time They are big, as big as european country, they just don't have the deep history. Those that already built some history are well known ; Florida, California, Texas, for example can be placed by most people. Arizona, new mexico, washington, new york, lousiana, michigan, nevada are well known too, Alaska and Hawaï are easy... But the middle is just the biggest farmland on earth. And a bit of desert. And emptiness. That's cool, but there's no reason to know them all
@@JH-zs3bs well cyprus in Eu and cultural it's moe to Europe but geographicly is more to Asia but it's a European country.Sometimes geography doesnt matter.Culture does
@@goongoozle4028 i am from Cyprus, and that's not even close😬we are an EU member state, but everything else is not European, Geographically we are in the Middle East/West Asia, and our Culture is Levantine or Middle Eastern in general, even tho we have strong ties with the EU member states, we have much stronger ties with our neighbours in the Middle East (i.e. Lebanon🇱🇧, Syria🇸🇾, Iraq🇮🇶, Egypt🇪🇬, Palestine🇵🇸, Saudi Arabia🇸🇦....)
As an American, I assure you not everyone in the USA is this bad at geography, my best time is 100% in 70 seconds, I strive for a minute, but I average around 90 seconds; Every time I see one of these videos a part of my soul and my brain dies
Ok for some reason I thought Switzerland had its own language that’s similar to German. I didn’t know they had three official languages from other countries. As a European I am appalled that I did not know this.
As a European, I find it very funny that Europe has so much history and conflicts between countries that pretty much everything he said or did could be a historical reference
Hey, I’m glad at least you’re not using this as ammunition for the “lol Americans dumb” joke, in particular because I have heard that stereotype too many times.
@@jabanan the typical Russians that are stereotyped are usually European whereas the Asian ones are more mongolic asian featured see the siberian tribes and the eastern tribes in russia
He was about the level of some of the pupils I taught last year. Granted those pupils were about 10 years old, and the ones he beat were the ones that couldn't care less about other European countries :). It is a great side. The kids were always allowed to used the page as extra in my class, when we were using computers. We also worked with different spatialmaps, but we sadly didn't get as much into orienteering, as I had planned.
It really hurt my soul, when he couldnt come up with the idea that austria, aka germanys little brother, is next to germany... Then i remember how bad i am at geography and how much worse i would do, so i really shouldnt judge. You 2 are really sweet, so in case you are reading this: I hope you have a nice day.
The worst part is that it's not even fair. Naming countries in a continent is waaaay easier than naming the administrative divisions of a country. Imagine asking americans to find the departments of France.
@@stormtrooper7595 True. I don't think the video is made to be a fair contest despite what the title might suggest. I do find that the US geography vs European geography is often used in comparison in similar videos though.
@Henry 1 yeah basically. North Macedonia used to be Skopje or "FYROM" which means 'former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'. The actual (ancient) Macedonia is in Greece.
@@ifkatcouldfly5317 just only u, i'm sticking with the old name without "north", change the name is no effort at all, just adding direction name, nothing related to greece, i though they were changing the name sounds completely different, but they didn't even try
Surprised by the fact he didn't even know the "big" countries of Europe. I mean, it's understandable if he got lost with the smallest ones but man, with the biggest too?
Right? I could maybe understand not knowing Belgium, Slovenia, Estonia etc. but those popular countries like France, Spain, Germany... It's so sad to be honest
A friend of mine lived in Canada and invited some Canadian colleagues to pick out Britain from an Atlas. In the end, she had to show them and they were shocked to learn it wasn't in continental Europe.
@Queena Yang To be fair, the states are not taught in Europe either. Not a single minute spent talking about them at school. I'm not even sure I could reach 40-50%.
@@andrewr_ Umm there is a difference between countries and states.. I mean you also don't learn the states of any other country. You should compare it to locating the countries in North America and not the states in the US
I don't think he clicked mainland Russia though. If you look closely there is a cut in the video, I think he clicked on the Kaliningrad exclave above Poland.
Well they speak Spanish in Argentina, French in Senegal, German in Namibia, English in Singapore, Dutch in South Africa and Portuguese in Brazil. As a German of course I know where Switzerland and Italy are located, and I could locate most countries in Asia and the Americas. With Africa I'd have a harder time though. Like ask me to find Tansania and Zimbabwe and I would have difficulties.
@@mediterranean8702 yes I know that, but people on other continents don't. Do you know what languages people in Angola spoke in the middle ages or what languages they speak in Bhutan?
Ανήκει στον κληρονόμο του Βυζαντίου! Ζήτω βᾰσῐλεύς! (Sorry if I made a mistake in Greek. I translated it using Google Translate. I'm just a regular fan of the Eastern Roman Empire. Thanks for bringing civilization and religion to the lands I'm from)
The fact that every question and swipe the guy did in europe leads to history of "well it is complicated and there was a war and we don't talk about it" is fucking hillarious
When it comes to history/geopolitics there are 3 types of people in Europe. 1. The crazy nationalist who goes on a 30 minutes rants were they insult every ex enemy the country ever had as if the war is still going on, and how X land should be theirs because //insert a here some half ass reason//. They also know very little history in spite of their rant. 2. The people who adore history and have every history channel on their subscribe list. But the second a controvertial topic comes out they nope out because the are afraid of attracting the crazy people. 3. The ones who barely know any history and the second they hear something that was not in their basic history book from 4th grade, they are amazed or confused.
@@ecaterinavisan8178 that's a surprisingly accurate representation of the types of people in in my country, Are you sure you weren't talking about italians? xD
Can someone please explain to me how it is that most Americans don't know geography? I, as an average educated European, can point out on a map most of the states in North and South America and even assign flags to them, I can do the same with Africa and Asia. And no I'm not a nerd, I have an average education and work as a forestry worker.
That honestly surprised me most. Ireland is one of the places America would seem most aware of, like the UK. Ireland's easy to identify too, because the whole isle looks like a scotty dog.
@@rommelcandiani6358 that is true... but war is a precarious thing. And the relationship between the Uk and Ireland is... rocky. You finish the picture👀
I remember someone telling me he said to an American he was from Sweden, and the American replied: "That's how you call it in your language, in English we call it Switzerland".
@@danielalmeida7382 nah americans do. All I have to say is 'the USA isn't the best country in the world' and 'gun control is a good idea' and I'll have one crying.
we aren’t all like this I promise! I can get 100% on europe map quiz and asia map quiz on under 2:00 and I know people who can do world in under 4:00 we aren’t all this bad at geography! edit: times got listed as time stamps lol don’t click them they don’t have a meaning
Almost all states of USA alone have greater economic reach than all of the balkans combined. You should have said cultures and historic importance... Edit: ppl still not understanding that I mistaken the last word for economies
@@OdinAllFather23 So you think importance = economic reach? I think it was pretty obvious GDP wasn't what I was measuring... it's really the only criteria that you can use to justify USA states being as important as European countries, *slow clap* for you.
"Ireland should be around here" **points literally over all the map except the UK** Edit: yes, I realize that Ireland isn't in the UK unless you count Northern Ireland. Stop saying what 10 other people said before you, you really don't need to.
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America have some smart people! Like we have....
:D
Ahahahaha
@Tyler B #2 really funny joke
@Tyler B #2 lmao that's such a funny joke
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"Where is Poland?" - Clicks on Russia
"Where is France?" - Clicks on Germany
Just Molotov and Ribbentrop having fun over some basic geography.
This coment 😂😂😂
Well he's technically correct, France was part of Germany and Poland was a part of Russia, but this was back in WW2 and after, so kudos to that.
@@ChristinaWintherLolk Yes, that's the joke
Me, a Malaysian: i am superior in geography more than you, i have the power to know where the heck is port blair, india
@@ChristinaWintherLolk Yeah well then he should have said that the US was England as well then, I mean, that's technically accurate if you're 300 years old XD
"Austria, it should be somewhere here" *points around Ukraine*
You're over 100 years too late.
Sadly
Austria-hungary: I agree with this person.
Yes
@@lmaocetung It’s "Mein Kaiser" in the Austrian Part ;)
R.I.P. this guy he knows nothing about geography
"I should know where France is"
*clicks on Germany*
Napoleon : agree
Me as a rhinelander: Ahh shit, here we go again!
@@TheNinj47 hehehe little guy with flute
Well... way back my hometown belonged to France 😅
As a french i agree😂 but not for the ww2. Just to add something for the culture two days ago it was the comemoration of the 200 years of the napoleon's death
HAHSHAHAHAHAHAHAH
As a swede, seeing him go towards sweden whilst trying to guess switzerland fills me with existential dread and pain that is unfathomable to most people.
Fucking HOI4 achievement for the new DLC, this.
Swederland.
+empeor... Swiss people have exactly the same feeling. We're not next to Norway! :-)
Yeah, we Swiss feel the same way.
@@larkinthesky The constant mix up of our countries is so frustrating lmao. Switzerland is a beautiful country, but it's not the same as Sweden and vice versa.
@@thespankmyfrank imagine what Slovenians and Slovakians must feel
"South macedónia."
Every european: "breath greece. He didn't meant it! "
Ahahahahah lmfao
I don't care just tell me where he lives
(Me a Greek)
*HEAVY BREATHING INTENSIFIES*
As a common european: I have met americans before, just smile and stare in his soul. He deserves it.
Strike 1: he doesn't know where Greece is and its the first country thats asked on the quiz ffs
Strike 2: *FRIGGIN SOUTH MACEDONIA ERMAGERD EF EF ESS*
Strike 3: Cyprus has the damn country on their flag
Gah, sometime being a Greek on the internet is an experience like no other.
I love the way he searched so hard Cyprus when you can LITERALLY see the shape of the country on his flag, really that s brilliant
Thats exactly what I thought :D
To be fair the flag is suuper tiny🤣
Edit; ah there was another flag up in the corner🤣 didn't see that there haha
I thought man these people have amazing eyesight to be able to see that teeny weeny flag there next to the cursor😅
Dude I’m from Cyprus
@5 2 north cyprus is Turkish so it doesn't really count
@@skianis6812 I live here
"Where is Poland?"
Germany & Russia: don't look at us, we did nothing this time, honestly
🤣bruh
Ok this one got me🤣
no jestem a co
"Are you sure?"
I am German and I had to laugh so hard😂😂
'you are coming here in april'
famous last words
This man brought up every goddamn war in Europe unknowingly while simultaneously starting a petition for switzerland to join the Frugal Four and becoming the Frugal Five
Ikr
Dude clicked on germany when trying to click france, yikes
@@wazzalord3 Oh god no
Estonia would be mad about that.
#NoToFrugals Regards from Italy LOL
"Austria should be over here" *waves in in general direction of the balkans
The Habsburg dynasty liked that.
How to piss off multiple nations in 0.01 seconds
Hey grandpa, do you want to watch the game with me?
Who plays?
Austria - Hungary
Against who?
I laughed out loud at that and then cried inside because those were our vassal states.
@@nicoladc89 it is very good, as a fan of history i aprove🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@nicoladc89 oooof 😅😂
Funny how the dude when asked about Austria clicked almost every part of the old Austrian Monarchy except Austria itself :D
Yeah xD
XD
My heart broke in meantime D:
Another funny thing is cyprus map is already drawn on cyprus flag
"My country tis of thee, Austria-Hungary"
I was really surprised an american spotted 46 percent of europe. I was expecting around 7-10.
I met two american guys at a hostel in Amsterdam. They thought Amsterdam was the country name while they were there. They said they heard a lot about Holland and asked me how to go there. Then they wanted to visit the Netherlands as well. The final question was the cherry on top: “How many countries are there in the NetherlandSSS?”
LMAO AS A DUTCH PERSON I'M DYING
@@HyperNovva I was about to cry that moment. 😂😂😂
@@Jazzgin FR THOUGH
Lol we're not all that dumb I was born in a US territory but I still know geography and I'm not an adult so I think I'm doing good enough. 😂
Honestly most americans I've met could get over 70%
He's looking for Austria and clicks around in the balkans. Habsburg moment.
Habsburg moment
that's basically what you do when you play Austria in EU4, clicking around in the balkans ;p
@@AwoudeX *oh no*
Ahhh Austria is puny now.
Austria hungry moment
Alternate Title "American upsets several ethnic groups in the Balkans in under 7 minutes"
To say nothing of the Baltics.
To be fair that isn't hard, esp for a non-European lasting 7 minutes is fairly good going
As a bulgarian, that was personal.
And Eastern Europe :D
@@jimmyrodopski8265 *hmmmm*
"Austria"
*Clicks Hungary. Slovakia and Romania*
Well, you're only about 100 years late
267 likes, no comments, let me be the first commenter on this comment
@@iy9k lol
I loved that, when he just clicked on Hungary like 99999 times for no reason and he started searching after that like: "Where is it?"🤣
Oh god, this cracked me up.
Lmao XD
Lmaoo
As one of the 12 Americans who know geography I was screaming at this guy to myself this whole time
As one of the other 11 knowledgeable Americans, I agree.
As yet another member of the other 11 knowledgeable Americans, I agree.
hi another member here
A member of the other 11, this is painful
Same
_"I should know where France is"_ **proceeds to click on Germany**
Yeah, that was about 1300 years too late
That'd be the contrary sweetie 🤣
@@LostGirLwanders ...no?
@@lauras.9294 Charlemagne was Frankish(germanic origin) xd
@@Aecrim1 I know. But he is widely considered french and his territory, which widely consisted of the area that is France now conquered the territories of the germanic tribes that today make out Germany. So I consider him and his country french to a certain degree.
The guy just unknowingly pointed on historical conflicts (confused Russia with Poland, Germany with France, Hungary with Romania etc.).
Not mentioning Macedonia... instantly triggers 5 countries [Or 6 if we count Kosovo (ask Serbians)] :)
@@beadsman13 nah, sorry I'm German and I wasn't triggered I was more like: *loud pacepalm*
I'm just thankful that they gave France France back. They shouldn't even have taking this beatiful country in the first place (in my opinion).xD
Maybe that's the reason why the US took/take part in so many wars around the globe ...
@@ShinyStarfire That make sense. They go to war in Afghanistan and end up in Iraq. :)
to be fair what ever he would click it would be a historical conflict...
"so where tf is south Macedonia?"
how to start an argument on the Balkans in less than 0.1 seconds
Ah South Macedonia? You mean.... GREECE? 😂
How to start another war in 0.00000001 seconds
@@Andy-xd5dj Oh you mean rightful land of macedonian slavic king Alexander the Great?
@@costamcostam8961 You mean rightful land of ancient Mexican empire of Pachacuti Augustus?
I took that personally
As a portuguese i am quite surprised so many americans today can identify Portugal on a map of europe. Quite surprising given that less than 10 years ago the vast majority of americans didnt even knew Portugal existed. Amazing.
É por causa do ishowspeed, que popularizou o Ronaldo e portugal lá nos EUA
@@gabrielj6609this video is from 4 years ago speed was still a kid back then
Yaaa
He saw it because he clicked it when guessing Lichtenstein lmao
Didn't he think Portugal was Ireland for a moment?
It's official, the alps split Norway and Sweden
*Switzdenland
Vikings came from Swiss now they are peaceful 😂😂
@@jesuis-ambre7937 Norwedenland
Sad italian face
Switzerland and Sweden are pain of all americans.
Flag of Cyprus: has literally the island of Cyprus in it.
American: Clicks at Serbia.
I hope he just didnt notice the flag instead of him noticing the flag and then just failing.
Cyprus e Serbja
@@UnspeakableNightmare no it isn’t, lol
He even clicked on Sweden.
Cause bot everyone knows the flag of Cyprus, im much more likely to k ow where a country is than know its flag
The fact that Cyprus flag portraying the island's shape didn't help🇨🇾😅
I genuinely didn't think of this either, hahaha. -zoe
Kosovo 🇽🇰 too
🇬🇷
How more obvious do they have to do it :D
@@rodrigocarvalhais6666 is Serbia
He clicked Russia and said it’s Asia
This is a map of Europe and it’s the biggest country in the world
Then he immediately clicked on Kaliningrad 😂😂😂
Every European: *laugh and cries at the same time*
Yeah, I have to relearn geography
As an Indonesian that love geography, I also cries a lot by watching him, am I now qualified to be a European?
@@skyfeelan Yes, I grant you the title of honourary European.
@@skyfeelan no
Yes
"Now, where is Poland?"
- Clicks on Russia -
Stalin subscribed to the channel
Germany unsubscribed
1612 intensified.
Xd
@@MichalBreslaumore like between 1605 and 1613
Stalin's actually here, just a little bit higher in the comments!
Guy: *clicks on Germany thinking it's France*
Napoleon: *tears in his eyes* I'm so proud
Also Charlemagne : that's my boiii ! 🤠
@@Aaronit0
Well Charlemagne was German ..
franconian
@Antoine B de M Cool talking about ethnicity and all but I haven't said anything about it and it wasn't the subject to begin with. We're talking about countries owning others and especially France owning Germany. And Charlemagne Empire and before that Carolingian Kingdom, was France, and it in fact, owned the predecessor of Germany.
@@user-dl1xz3mj3i Cool talking about ethnicity and all but I haven't said anything about it and it wasn't the subject to begin with. We're talking about countries owning others and especially France owning Germany. And Charlemagne Empire and before that Carolingian Kingdom, was France.
Him: Clicking on austria and then on whole europe thinking its germany
Hitler: My boy!
Only an American would think guessing countries of the continent of Europe is equivalent to guessing states of USA
Ye not even close to equal. But for testing who is best at geography it's better to chose countrys in Asia or South America
@@P4hko
Nah i think africa would be better than south america
@@Jjjjhhhjjj-sd9hm ye you are right
Yeah and funnily enough, I played this game with US people about where the US states are. And I even beat them in knowing more states than they did. I got 39 which I think is pretty good for a non native. The best of them had 28. One of them only knew 6...
yeah, but the USA is a very diverse continent-sized country though, so all the states are basically countries
''wHErE iS cYprUS???!?!''
literally has the country on its flag ;-;
Never seen a Cyprus flag or even heard of the country, how would that help? xD
The alien planet gloobgob has the planet on its flag so ez how can you not recognize it lmao xD
@@ttt5020 it shows the flag lmao xd
@@ttt5020 how the fuck cant you recognize a countries flag when the shape of the country is literally on it
@@ttt5020 You really thought "man i'm so smart" while typing one of the dumbest comments oat.
Kosovo & Cyprus were 2 of the easiest countries to spot because They literally have they’re country shape in they’re flag.
The one thing that blows my mind is how he didn't have Greece or France but got Czech Republic INSTANTLY
I think that was just a random click
He clicked on it before
Yeah that's bad design, it shouldn't show you the name when you click on the wrong one
@@Creadeyh yes it should since it allows you to learn from your mistakes
@@sarahk9306 Well, you can always learn them when you're done, but showing them while playing kinda screws the score of what your actual knowledge is
I love how the flag of cyprus LITERALLY has the shape of the country in it and he STILL DOESN'T FIND IT
Yeah, that was frustrating.
Same for Kosovo.
And trying to place it in the Baltic ...
Being unable to locate such "classic", mainstream countries as France, Greece, Poland, Switzerland... That's incredible. It's a bare minimum for anyone, even a non-European.
The thing is, as a European I can't name all the balkan countries either but the mainstream countries you should learn at least when you talk about the world wars like... knowing that the "2 front war" happened in Germany because it is in Central Europe and has France to its left and Poland/ Soviet Union to its right should be covered in history... besides many other war things that happened...
European: "What is this" *points at lake superior*
American: "that's a lake. Lake Michigan."
*Let it sink it.*
😂😂😂
close enough
@@mrbigbean06 No
makes sense later when you find out this guy is very ignorant of European geography... of course he can't tell the Great Lakes apart
"Where is South Macedonia?" - An American question.
"Where is East Virginia?" - A European question.
difference is that one of these questions has potential to start an ethnic war😂
@@sakistaratsidis4399 both
im almost european amd i can answer: it dont exist
@@DonKrieg-382 south macedonia is in greece.
THIS IS SO ACCURATE
I like how whenever he has a doubt about a country he naturally goes for the Balkans
Lmfao right
And Belgium. How many times he clicked on Belgium I have no idea xD
Honestly with the way the Balkans are that's a valid thing to do
Kosovo is Serbia
Why lmao that kinda insults my country
As a Norwegian that has gotten 100% in around 1 minute on this quiz, this brought pain to me aswell (I would suck at US states but he didn't even know where Poland and France was)
He was about to click on Sweden for Cyprus ! And how can you not know where is France, the shape is like nothing else.
...and Switzerland has got to be in Scandinavia, along with... you know... all of the snowy stuff 🤣
the Americans here were probably from the Bible Belt or some inner city. I went to school in the US and we needed to learn all the European capitals.
also, US states arent common knowledge for strangers. like i dont know norvegian regions so why should i know us states? it's such a shame not being able to place big countries like france, poland germany etc
@@thebaguetteguy2207 states become important knowledge with time
They are big, as big as european country, they just don't have the deep history. Those that already built some history are well known ; Florida, California, Texas, for example can be placed by most people.
Arizona, new mexico, washington, new york, lousiana, michigan, nevada are well known too, Alaska and Hawaï are easy...
But the middle is just the biggest farmland on earth. And a bit of desert. And emptiness. That's cool, but there's no reason to know them all
Cyprus: *is literally in the flag*
Him: *clicks everywhere else*
Kosovo to
@@ThePapaja1996 I mean like Kosovo is somewhat looking like Montenegro or skopje but Cyprus is literally there it's an island 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
to be fair it was tiny in the bottom right corner and he probably didnt even check there since he thought thats already asia.
@@JH-zs3bs well cyprus in Eu and cultural it's moe to Europe but geographicly is more to Asia but it's a European country.Sometimes geography doesnt matter.Culture does
@@goongoozle4028 i am from Cyprus, and that's not even close😬we are an EU member state, but everything else is not European, Geographically we are in the Middle East/West Asia, and our Culture is Levantine or Middle Eastern in general, even tho we have strong ties with the EU member states, we have much stronger ties with our neighbours in the Middle East (i.e. Lebanon🇱🇧, Syria🇸🇾, Iraq🇮🇶, Egypt🇪🇬, Palestine🇵🇸, Saudi Arabia🇸🇦....)
the fact that he stayed in Poland and didn't know where Poland is just so hilarious
I wonder if he's being fr sometimes 🤔
@@Tyler-zw4kq ?
@@Tyler-zw4kq she did, she got it on her first try. she was joking because it's the most obvious state on the map
The fact that he clicked on Russia is even funnier
@@Tyler-zw4kq Where was she staying?
"I didn't think of switzerland as being close to italy" well our national languages are german, french and italian for a reason
If he doesn't know where it is on the map, he won't know the official languages
lets not talk about Romansh 🌚
As an American, I assure you not everyone in the USA is this bad at geography, my best time is 100% in 70 seconds, I strive for a minute, but I average around 90 seconds; Every time I see one of these videos a part of my soul and my brain dies
Ok for some reason I thought Switzerland had its own language that’s similar to German. I didn’t know they had three official languages from other countries. As a European I am appalled that I did not know this.
@@rachelcookie321 it kind of is. its a dialect, but theres such a big difference it could be its own language
When he almost clicked on SWEDEN when trying to find Switzerland, my viking blood was SO close to boiling!
Me being Irish watching in pain as he selects Portugal
Same but im portuguese 😂
And he sounded so confident when he clicked it as well, which made it worse and the fact that he had to look for that UK to find Ireland
Aaaaah, yes, the emerald edge of the peninsula... 😋
Now Ireland is my neighbor country??? I'm Spanish 🤣
@@carlaaa_rs hello neighbour 👋
As a European, I find it very funny that Europe has so much history and conflicts between countries that pretty much everything he said or did could be a historical reference
hahaha that's true
Yep, that's very much true. If you take two European countries that share a border, you can bet there was a war there.
@@juanausensi499 not even that just the same water will do
Pretty much point at any country in Europe, and it probably had its own famous war lol
Hey, I’m glad at least you’re not using this as ammunition for the “lol Americans dumb” joke, in particular because I have heard that stereotype too many times.
"Where could switzerland possibly be?"
Me: *sweats in swedish*
Him: *hovers over sweden*
Her: NONONONONONONO
Same, I felt it in my soul😂
I'm Swiss myself and have lived in the US.
Every. Damn. American confuses Sweden and Switzerland and it's just beyond me why.
@@DragonKhan2000 maybe bc of the name similarities? In spanish it's worse though, because it's "Suiza" and "Suecia" lmao
@@orimengu yeah but wouldn't a confusion with Swasiland then be more likely? xD
The stress is real
i love how he was randomly clicking when it got to romania
“Seems like Austria should be over here” *points to Balkans.
Balkans: “OH GOD NO”
*Romania suddently starts to sweat*
Honestly this video is gold for historic references this guy didn’t even know he made
Not again !
*AUSTRIAN IMPERIALISM INTENSIFIES*
"Yes, it should!"
BALKANS:
"No! We just got rid of them like a hundred years ago!"
Not again
Cyprus: has literally the image of the island on the flag
Him: *clicks on Poland*
He almost clicks on Slovakia too
Well American.
That is what i wanted to say
Yea but the fact the he’s even confused about the states as I don’t have to question any European countries
Plus Poland had already been checked off 😂😂
"Click on Poland"
Sees european map
"I think its in Asia"
he was being sarcastic
I mean Russia kind of is part Asian, but that really depends where in Russia you are
@@jabanan the typical Russians that are stereotyped are usually European whereas the Asian ones are more mongolic asian featured see the siberian tribes and the eastern tribes in russia
@@jabanan bruh but poland isn't even slightly russian
@@tareag993 I'm seriously confused why is my reply here, I must have replied to a wrong comment. Because this just doesn't make sense xd
As a European this broke my heart on so many levels
As a American who knows geographer this actively melts my brain, ide be ok with most not really knowing there bloody Andorra is but not Germany
"Then where is South Macedonia?"
Do you want to start the 3873rd Balkan War? xD
"Then where is South Macedonia?"
Victoria 2 pop-up: My Lord, we are reporting that Greece mobilized its forces.
Nah man, were about to start the 116285th one, youre stuck in the Bronze Era of Balkan Wars.
Ha ha, yes I thought that! 🙈
True
@@good8619 Damn, I'm historically lost, in my time there had been only 2085 wars between Serbia and Kosovo
guy: where is cyprus?
cyprus flag: literally the island
also the kosovo flag
@@illyrianwarrior1746 Kosovo IS not country.
@@skiliftsandcableways.slova7247 He never said it was a country, he just said it's flag has Kosovo in it
@@skiliftsandcableways.slova7247 The Republic of Kosovo is a country ;)
@@skiliftsandcableways.slova7247 Should have capitalized "NOT".
"Poland, where are you?"
Austria, Germany and Russia: "Hey, stop looking at us!"
Thas history right there
@@youssefbarrek8089 3 points!
@@Heizemann Cuz some polish noblemen decided to side against our questionable king at that time...
When polish empire or poland-lithuania or some thing existed and kinda In ww2 because he was an austrian
Hitler and stalin: I like this man
He was about the level of some of the pupils I taught last year. Granted those pupils were about 10 years old, and the ones he beat were the ones that couldn't care less about other European countries :).
It is a great side. The kids were always allowed to used the page as extra in my class, when we were using computers. We also worked with different spatialmaps, but we sadly didn't get as much into orienteering, as I had planned.
“I should really know where France is”
* clicks on Germany *
*WW1+2 noises*
*happy Napoléon noises*
*Charlemagne approves*
"wheres south macedonia"
You, sir, just started the 3rd balkan war.
what bout Kosovo 0.0
yes
lmfao
@Tyler B #2 usa wouldn't exist without europe
@Tyler B #2 LOOOL
„I really didnt think switzerland would be close to italy“
*meanwhile one of switzerlands national languages is italian
and french also and german XD
And romanch, a mix of the three haha
Italy is litterally inside Switzerland (Campione d'Italia is an Italian enclave in Switzerland)
Lol, it's not working like that
@@nicoladc89 owo
It really hurt my soul, when he couldnt come up with the idea that austria, aka germanys little brother, is next to germany...
Then i remember how bad i am at geography and how much worse i would do, so i really shouldnt judge.
You 2 are really sweet, so in case you are reading this: I hope you have a nice day.
"So that's like... Asia"
Russia: "alright that's it your subscription to Alaska is over."
Uncle Sam drunk on oil: no
LMFAO
I mean, he's not wrong :D
@@oleksandrshymanskyi1129
He is wrong. European part of Russia is bigger than any European country.
@@ya4ovek But Asian part of Russia bigger than European
American dude: goes anywhere near balkans
Europeans:
sweats profusely
When's new arc coming out
*cries in balkan*
Im Kosovo albanian ahahhaha
- from Germany
As an Italian, NOT AGAIN PLS
The worst part is that it's not even fair. Naming countries in a continent is waaaay easier than naming the administrative divisions of a country. Imagine asking americans to find the departments of France.
That's what I thought aswell
I mean, to be fair as the guy said, the girl had a job where she had to look at US geography.
@@stormtrooper7595 True. I don't think the video is made to be a fair contest despite what the title might suggest.
I do find that the US geography vs European geography is often used in comparison in similar videos though.
Imagine asking french people to find the departments... (No seriously since they removed it from the cursus no one learns them anymore)
@@theunknownspeedrunner276 I had to learn them and I am not even French =D
I was in a french high school.
13:30 love how even with the fact the flag of Cyprus has a picture of its landmass it still isn't found
,,Do you really not know where Poland is?"
*Clicks on Russia
Every pole: You're 102 years too late
*411 years too late
TBH There is a part of Russia right next to Poland, it's where East Prussia was (roughly was)
@tara k thanks
Nendoroids forever
@@The1Flash Poland was part of Russia before 1917, so original comment is true.
As a European, i can't even laugh, i just wanna cry
As a Pol, I can’t even laugh, I just wanna be dead
As a Serb i also want to cry
As a non-European with basic geography knowledge, same
I’m an American who can map all of Europe and every time I see one of these I die inside
Gen Z knows a lot because of the Internet, but American generations before Z probably have more trouble with this.
Tries to find Austria and clicks on Hungary… well close… maybe just a lot of decades to late xD
Lmao
Underrated
Czechs and Slovaks: *_not again pls_*
*Habsburg intensifies*
That was... painful. Very very, painful.
where is France? "clicked on Germany" Germany: Ah.... Once more.... xD
Charlemagne approves
@@АндрейЗюняев-ж4щ napoleon joins in
@@popkhorne5372 Bismarck wants to know your location.
@@NominatusLP hitler : hold my beer.
Hello from Germany.
“Where is South Macedonia?”
The balkans: *Sweats nervously*
😂😂😂
Yeh we don't know that either 😂
@Henry 1 thats just a region. The name was changed undemocratucally by corrupt politicians. Before it was just Macedonia
@@markojovanovski3372 Your name sound slavic, so you definitely ainr Makedonian
@Henry 1 yeah basically. North Macedonia used to be Skopje or "FYROM" which means 'former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'. The actual (ancient) Macedonia is in Greece.
European: gets the US kinda right
American: Starts a war over South Macedonia, scares the Balkans with Austria and makes Poland Russia
AHAHAHAH LOL YES
@@afrouska The World: Not again.... Another World War because of a conflict in the Balkans and the return of empires from a familiar era
@@doorbuster99 lol yessss
LOL
WW2 but unremastered
As an American who knows maps, I apologize for our overall geopolitical illiteracy.
Austria. "Seems like, it should be somewhere here..."
not anymore it ain't.
Good.
*Soviets laugh in stonks after WW1*
@@heinrich.hitzinger Russian empire cries in executed after ww1
@@potatofuryy *The Russian Empire smiles in the White generals after WW1.*
@@heinrich.hitzinger Russian empire hasnt smiled since WW1
"Where the fuck is South Macedonia?"
In our hearts, forever.
south macedonia is in greece
the alternate name of Greece :B
@@nockeynoo nop. macedonia is greek. Skopje is what they call now "South Macedonia"
@@ifkatcouldfly5317 just only u, i'm sticking with the old name without "north", change the name is no effort at all, just adding direction name, nothing related to greece, i though they were changing the name sounds completely different, but they didn't even try
@@ifkatcouldfly5317 It is, but it was not 110 years ago!
Surprised by the fact he didn't even know the "big" countries of Europe. I mean, it's understandable if he got lost with the smallest ones but man, with the biggest too?
Right? I could maybe understand not knowing Belgium, Slovenia, Estonia etc. but those popular countries like France, Spain, Germany... It's so sad to be honest
A friend of mine lived in Canada and invited some Canadian colleagues to pick out Britain from an Atlas. In the end, she had to show them and they were shocked to learn it wasn't in continental Europe.
Or having trouble finding Ireland considering how many americans claim to be part irish.
@Queena Yang To be fair, the states are not taught in Europe either. Not a single minute spent talking about them at school. I'm not even sure I could reach 40-50%.
@@andrewr_ Umm there is a difference between countries and states.. I mean you also don't learn the states of any other country. You should compare it to locating the countries in North America and not the states in the US
funny how the european tries to actually guess the states while the american just clicks random stuff and memorises them until he knows the name
*tries not trying to memorise, he says in the video he is not even able to do that
I’m sorry but I still can’t get over the fact that he thought Russia was Poland
He feel like he knew it wasn’t Poland, he clicked on it right after discussing if it was partly in Asia i think he just wanted to confirm
I don't think he clicked mainland Russia though. If you look closely there is a cut in the video, I think he clicked on the Kaliningrad exclave above Poland.
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@@kursdmappingandco.4409 it was other way round tho
For me, a Polish, It Hurts dude
I wish the European map included Georgia, I wanted to see his reaction on the fact that there’s a country named Georgia
Big brain time.
It's in the asian country pool on this site :)
Haha, I'm Georgian and every time I tell people where I'm from they think I'm American. It's super annoying.
@@zikkoxx what about Sakartwelo? Why everyone call Sakartwelo( საქართველო ) as Georgia?
@@zikkoxx Well, can I call your country Sakartvelo ( if I meet someone from your country ) ?
Me as a German getting anxiety after Liechtenstein popped up and he was about to click Germany
Imagine the swedish when they got mistaken with Cyprus.
@@rotciv1492 Meanwhile in Liechtenstein : The HRE is back baby!
@@mordapl1641 Sneaky Lichtenstein 😈
@@rotciv1492 Cyprus has even its island on the flag :D
He clicked in Germany everytime
"I didn't think of Switzerland as being close to Italy" Italian is one of our official languages lol
“God created war so that Americans would learn geography”
-Mark Twain
And they rejected His word.
Well obviously they didnt!
Dude that quote sucks lol
In fact it's been 76 years since the last war and now they suck at geography
@@roso_dei_venti Most Americans (I think it was 60-70%) can't even point to Iraq or Syria despite their recent political situation with the US.
He: where is south macedonia?
Greek people: don't even think about it
Ελληνες;
@@freedomgoddess there is not west, east etc. As a greek its macedonia and will be forever cry about it
Uh oh
@@freedomgoddess you guys stole the flag created by the British, idiot
@@freedomgoddess what
"I didn't think of Switzerland as being close to Italy"
...they speak Italian in Switzerland.
Well they speak Spanish in Argentina, French in Senegal, German in Namibia, English in Singapore, Dutch in South Africa and Portuguese in Brazil.
As a German of course I know where Switzerland and Italy are located, and I could locate most countries in Asia and the Americas. With Africa I'd have a harder time though. Like ask me to find Tansania and Zimbabwe and I would have difficulties.
@@freedomgoddess thank you 💕 my husband is Greek and I live in Greece
@@helgaioannidis9365 yes but in switzerland speaks italian since the middle ages
@@mediterranean8702 yes I know that, but people on other continents don't. Do you know what languages people in Angola spoke in the middle ages or what languages they speak in Bhutan?
@@helgaioannidis9365 the same that they speak now, I guess
As a Greek, I died inside when he asked where is South Macedonia
Ανήκει στον κληρονόμο του Βυζαντίου! Ζήτω βᾰσῐλεύς!
(Sorry if I made a mistake in Greek. I translated it using Google Translate. I'm just a regular fan of the Eastern Roman Empire. Thanks for bringing civilization and religion to the lands I'm from)
The fact that every question and swipe the guy did in europe leads to history of "well it is complicated and there was a war and we don't talk about it" is fucking hillarious
I feel more like European every time I think about how would I answer those questions… well, it's complicated…
It is sad that I am from the America and got a 1 off from a perfect score of Europe is really sad. (I made 4 mistakes on the America one)
:D
When it comes to history/geopolitics there are 3 types of people in Europe.
1. The crazy nationalist who goes on a 30 minutes rants were they insult every ex enemy the country ever had as if the war is still going on, and how X land should be theirs because //insert a here some half ass reason//. They also know very little history in spite of their rant.
2. The people who adore history and have every history channel on their subscribe list. But the second a controvertial topic comes out they nope out because the are afraid of attracting the crazy people.
3. The ones who barely know any history and the second they hear something that was not in their basic history book from 4th grade, they are amazed or confused.
@@ecaterinavisan8178 that's a surprisingly accurate representation of the types of people in in my country,
Are you sure you weren't talking about italians? xD
When he clicked France searching for Spain
Phillip II: Y E S!!!!
Wait you mean the duke or the king?
@@mchappy100 King
@@iberian_wolf9965 i see you're man if culture
@@mchappy100 Thank you good sire
🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
fren: Confuses Switzerland and Sweden.
Me, a swede: * *aggressive IKEA noises* *
We have IKEA in Switzerland too though
If even Wallstreet cannot tell us apart... May I remind everyone about the day Spotify went to the international stock market...
I mean if they would name it properly (Swedistan) he would guess it faster
Me, a swiss: * agressive CHEESE and CHOCOLATE noises*
@@torias.113 *aggressive swiss army knife noises*
Can someone please explain to me how it is that most Americans don't know geography? I, as an average educated European, can point out on a map most of the states in North and South America and even assign flags to them, I can do the same with Africa and Asia. And no I'm not a nerd, I have an average education and work as a forestry worker.
"I didn't think Switzerland is close to italy"
Italian is literally an official language in Switzerland
I didn't know that, is there any difference with the italian from Italy?
@@bv3893 there isn't
@@bv3893 there is a bit of difference in the pronunciation, but the base language is the same, i'm an italian who lives on the border.
@@AndreaXV Is it comparable to the differences that exist within Italy itself?
@@lucaslourenco8918 yes
Imagine this Guy is head of the US Military and He Just Starts bombing the wrong country
That’s probably what they do anyway
Well, no wonder Czechia and Chechnya got confused in military plans before...
@@crystalz-h1d Just accuse them of communism and it'll be fine.
😂😂
I wouldn't even be surprised if they did
“Where is ireland?”
“Well I know it’s somewhere here”
“Points to mainland Europe”
...well... at least he didn’t point to the uk
One civil war prevented! Nice
If he pointed to the uk he would had been closer
That honestly surprised me most. Ireland is one of the places America would seem most aware of, like the UK.
Ireland's easy to identify too, because the whole isle looks like a scotty dog.
@@rommelcandiani6358 that is true... but war is a precarious thing. And the relationship between the Uk and Ireland is... rocky. You finish the picture👀
The 33rd County
His mouse was so close to Cyprus
He was searching so hard
He clicked on Poland?
It’s on the flag
Trying to find Switzerland
-Think about the landscapes
+Oh, you're giving me a hint!
+ *_Goes to Scandinavia_*
Well it makes sense, landscape is a big part of Nordic culture. (Maybe not Denmark lol)
To be fair Norway is mountainous and you can't logically figure out where mountains would be on a map like this.
@@notjosephstalin6391 Hahaha were as flat as a pancake
I remember someone telling me he said to an American he was from Sweden, and the American replied: "That's how you call it in your language, in English we call it Switzerland".
I used to get confused between Switzerland and Sweden when I was in early elementary
"yeah Greece is somewhere here"
*Clicks Croatia twice*
Byzantium intensifies
548 likes and no comment?
Well how bout a croat to comment here first to kick things off?
🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷
RIP Byzantium
@@tanishavnishsingh5198 It was good while it lasted.
@@fungus4347 Yup
kao hrvat ja sam jako razocaran ali ne iznenaden da amerikanci neznaju gdje je nasa drzava
This video should be renamed: "How one American offended the whole of Europe"
Europeans get offended easily nowadays…
@@danielalmeida7382 nah americans do. All I have to say is 'the USA isn't the best country in the world' and 'gun control is a good idea' and I'll have one crying.
@@caitlinwarren461 all I need to say is America is the number 1 country in the world and Europeans will start crying like little babies
How 1 American made the rest of us look bad. 😭😭😭
All I have to say is America is the name of the continent, and calling the United States as America is retarded
we aren’t all like this I promise! I can get 100% on europe map quiz and asia map quiz on under 2:00 and I know people who can do world in under 4:00 we aren’t all this bad at geography!
edit: times got listed as time stamps lol don’t click them they don’t have a meaning
Him: Where is South Macedonia?
Greece: *Gone. Reduced to atoms.*
Greece: I ate it hehe🤭
as a macedonian I approve this message lmao
Well north Macedonia basically used to be Greece so…
@@markomojsov63 well it’s not really correct
@@afrouska *Gone. Reduced to atoms.*
Cyprus literally had itself on it's flag lmao
true lmao
Same for Kosovo
That was what she was trying to say
@@alexanderm.635 kosovo is serbia
@@mrccoz6129 that's none of my business, just saying that it has itself on it's flag.
I nearly died when he thought Ireland was on the mainland. She literally had to give a hint in saying where is the UK.
I litteraly died when he thought Ireland was Portugal!
@@xicocunha4160 no way💀
@@mrtrollnator123 💀
As someone who has a hobby of just playing seterra whenever I get bored this hurts a lot
I like how he missed Cyprus... *Dude their country is literally on their flag*
Who says he's seen every European country's flag?
@@Madmuli The flags are always appear in the right upper corner (like at 7:22)
I'd be also interesting to identify countries from their flags. Especially like Netherlands and Luxembourg XD...
The irony is that different states aren’t near as important as different actual countries
Also most of midwest and south is really fecking weird and creepy
@@alzbetal1499 no, the coasts are the gross parts
Almost all states of USA alone have greater economic reach than all of the balkans combined. You should have said cultures and historic importance...
Edit: ppl still not understanding that I mistaken the last word for economies
@@OdinAllFather23 So you think importance = economic reach? I think it was pretty obvious GDP wasn't what I was measuring... it's really the only criteria that you can use to justify USA states being as important as European countries, *slow clap* for you.
Exactly, he should've tried to identify individual states of Germany as that would actually be comparable to USA as that's the same concept
"Ireland should be around here" **points literally over all the map except the UK**
Edit: yes, I realize that Ireland isn't in the UK unless you count Northern Ireland. Stop saying what 10 other people said before you, you really don't need to.
Ireland isn’t in the UK what do you mean. 😂😂😂
We’ve been a republic for nearly a hundred years now smh.
@@fabplays6559 I think they mean the fact that Ireland is literally the one country that borders the UK and he didn’t even check there.
@@sscorpiun6135 what about gibraltar?
@@czech_ring last time I checked, Gibraltar wasn’t the UK. It’s a British Overseas Territory.