How Much Do You Know About Geography? See if you can tell me what is wrong with the following statements.

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How Much Do You Know About Geography? See if you can tell me what is wrong with the following statements

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... Andes is an after dinner mint

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... The Balkans are an alien people on Star Trek

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... The English Channel is a TV sitcom about Charles and Di

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... The Tropic of Cancer is a sunscreen lotion

The Gaza Strip is a Middle Eastern folk dance

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... The Ring of Fire is the center ring of Barnum and Bailey's Circus

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... The Bermuda Triangle is a percussion instrument

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... The Cumberland Gap sells jeans

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... The International Dateline is a late night news show

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... The Equator is a WWF wrestler

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... Paris is one of the Hilton sisters

An archipelago is a food stabilizer

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... The Dust Bowl is Granny's old favorite dish

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... A fault is what you find in other people

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... A fjord is a Norwegian car

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... A mantle is what goes over your fireplace

You Need to Study More Geography If You Think... Tide is a laundry detergent

You can do a research paper on who killed the Dead Sea

Geography Is Important Many people are incapable of locating major countries on the world map and some cannot locate their own country on one!

Geography Is Important Understanding the actual shape of the world, both physically and through its political divisions helps us better realize our own position in it.

Geography Is Important Realizing the diversity of the world helps us better understand ourselves and makes us more patient and understanding in our relations with the people that surround us.

Geography Is Important In a world where you can instantly communicate with any city in the world and can fly to its remotest corner in a matter of hours, a knowledge of differing peoples and places is a necessity for every individual.