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Originally posted by Kadath
While I don't disagree, I think no one could argue that Canada is a larger and more influential nation than the first four nations you listed(well, three and Bikini Atoll, and the only reason anyone might know that would be a knowledge of early nuclear tests), and if an American could list all the US island territories in the Pacific off the top of his head, he would be wasting his brain, unless his job or education called for such knowledge. I doubt I could name all the state capitals anymore, because I don't need the knowledge, but I certain don't have even a passing knowledge of Canada.
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And I don't disagree with you either that few would need such knowledge on a daily basis, but Silent Jay expanded his rant to include how Americans knew next to nothing about Afghanistan and Iraq until we were at war with them.
I also can see both side's points regarding Canada; that the US should know more about its closest trading partner/ally and also that because of the relative importance of Canada on a world's scale, that many Americans know more about countries like Russia and China than Canada.