World geography question

[Rainger99]

Without looking at a map, how many people can identify Botswana on a map of the world?

[golfing eagles]

Without looking at a map, how many people can identify Botswana on a map of the world?

Easy, no problem (of course I’m leaving in 3 weeks to go there on safari)

[Tom52]

Without looking at a map, how many people can identify Botswana on a map of the world?

That sorta sounds like a game of pin the tail on the donkey.

[Rainger99]

Easy, no problem (of course I’m leaving in 3 weeks to go there on safari)

Could you have done it before booking the trip?

If you had a map of Africa, with the country borders marked out but no names, I would think 99% of Americans could not pick 10 of the 54 countries.

[Stu from NYC]

When I was in school could have identified most African countries but they have mostly changed names since and I have not kept up with their names

[Pugchief]

Challenge accepted.

I wasn't sure which one Botswana was (I think one of the two right above South Africa), but I'm pretty sure the ones I filled in are correct. Got over 20. Not bad for an old f*rt.

[Stu from NYC]

Easy, no problem (of course I’m leaving in 3 weeks to go there on safari)

Can you bring me back a zebra? My horse does not believe there is such a thing

[golfing eagles]

Can you bring me back a zebra? My horse does not believe there is such a thing

No, but I was considering flying back with an emotional support elephant. Then I'll bring it to stores and restaurants with me, assuming I can buy a large enough "service animal" vest online. :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[Two Bills]

When I was at school, it was called Bechuanaland.

[golfing eagles]

When I was at school, it was called Bechuanaland.

And Zimbabwe was Rhodesia. If you go back far enough Ethiopia was Abyssinia

[fdpaq0580]

No, but I was considering flying back with an emotional support elephant. Then I'll bring it to stores and restaurants with me, assuming I can buy a large enough "service animal" vest online. :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

There is a funny story related to a safari incident. Have a great time, but be careful. And don't forget that emotional support elephant. And stay off my lawn ... PLEASE!

[Rainger99]

What prompted the post was that I was watching the 200 meters and the announcers said that Tobago had won and that it was the first gold medal for Africa in the 200 meters! I didn’t think Tobago was in Africa so I was really confused. I then found out that the runner’s name was Tebogo but that he was from Botswana. But I then had to google Botswana to find out where it was.

[Stu from NYC]

No, but I was considering flying back with an emotional support elephant. Then I'll bring it to stores and restaurants with me, assuming I can buy a large enough "service animal" vest online. :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

OK will give you alternative nice guy that I am. We have about 60 bananas in our freezer complements of our banana tree. Tired of looking at them. Can you bring back a hungry monkey? We will handle his food needs and you can have your service or emotional support animal. Win win

[Michael 61]

Geography major in college - so I better know

[Stu from NYC]

Geography major in college - so I better know

Lot harder when they keep changing their names.

[Taltarzac725]

Not sure that is where Mali is.

I take a good number of FunTrivia quizzes on African geography and history but still have problems with many of these countries' locations unless I have had a Facebook or FunTrivia contact who lives in one of them.

[Ray Greene]

I can I’ve been there. Beautiful country.

[Ray Greene]

North of Zimbabwe, next to Zambia!

[LeRoySmith]

My kids were in town a few weeks ago and I joined them watching this video. I was shocked at just how poorly I did.

https://youtu.be/AkElTEAZ8y8?si=IToX5gQvgLn1rxvv

[Ignatz]

Not me. I can locate the 50 US states and the Canadian provinces and territories.

For the rest, I’m happy to put them in the right continents.

[Angelhug52]

Could you have done it before booking the trip?

If you had a map of Africa, with the country borders marked out but no names, I would think 99% of Americans could not pick 10 of the 54 countries.
Not sure how many Americans could identify the 50 states of the USA? Or their capitals. Never mind countries on another continent.

[crash]

Without looking at a map, how many people can identify Botswana on a map of the world?
Right next to Zimbabwe just got back from Africa.

[DONNIEBRONX]

Who cares

[crash]

Easy, no problem (of course I’m leaving in 3 weeks to go there on safari)

It is winter there don’t need to worry about mosquitoes and all those diseases they cause. The water and ice was safe at the hotels in the cities also.

[La lamy]

Not me!!!

[MandoMan]

Without looking at a map, how many people can identify Botswana on a map of the world?

I can. I can even tell you its principal products, form of government, discuss its people groups and weather, and recommend some good detective novels set there. It’s just the sort of thing an educated person should know. But I’ve lived in Africa, and I don’t want to go back, anywhere. Flying there is not fun, nor quick.

[golfing eagles]

Not sure how many Americans could identify the 50 states of the USA? Or their capitals. Never mind countries on another continent.

I think that number is inversely proportional to age :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[Sandy and Ed]

Could you have done it before booking the trip?

If you had a map of Africa, with the country borders marked out but no names, I would think 99% of Americans could not pick 10 of the 54 countries.
Light green above South Africa. Gabarone is capital and the Seat of SADC.

[golfing eagles]

Could you have done it before booking the trip?

If you had a map of Africa, with the country borders marked out but no names, I would think 99% of Americans could not pick 10 of the 54 countries.

I could probably pick out about 45 of them, as well as most countries in the rest of the world. I would have some problem with West Africa, as well as some of the former Soviet bloc nations. But then again, if it ends in -stan, I couldn't care less about it.:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[mkjelenbaas]

Without looking at a map, how many people can identify Botswana on a map of the world?
I am going to take an educated guess and say - 4. Thanks for asking.

[aldeana]

Next year , after giving some to your neighbors, please take them to a food bank. There are several around The Villages. I have to do that every year.

[Sandy and Ed]

I can. I can even tell you its principal products, form of government, discuss its people groups and weather, and recommend some good detective novels set there. It’s just the sort of thing an educated person should know. But I’ve lived in Africa, and I don’t want to go back, anywhere. Flying there is not fun, nor quick.
Africa could be a powerhouse if it could get its act together. Even with ECOWAS and SADC the continent is too fractured to do much of anything.

[KSIMI10799]

Could you have done it before booking the trip?

If you had a map of Africa, with the country borders marked out but no names, I would think 99% of Americans could not pick 10 of the 54 countries.

It actually came up in my daily game today….check out globle-game.com and beware the spelling. It is somehow related to Wordle

[SaucyJim]

Without looking at a map, how many people can identify Botswana on a map of the world?

My iPhone is not a map, so no challenge here. lol!!

[Rainger99]

North of Zimbabwe, next to Zambia!

I would call that south of Zambia and west of Zimbabwe.

[maistocars]

Could you have done it before booking the trip?

If you had a map of Africa, with the country borders marked out but no names, I would think 99% of Americans could not pick 10 of the 54 countries.
many of those would not even know it was in Africa.....

[Rainger99]

Not sure that is where Mali is.

I assume you are referring to post 6? You are correct. That is not Mali. It is Mauritania.

I thought Mauritania was a cruise ship!! Incidentally, the ship was named after ancient Roman province of Mauretania on the northwest African coast, not the modern Mauritania to the south.

But he got Eritrea!!

[Stu from NYC]

Who cares

The people posting on this thread do.

[Regorp]

Without looking at a map, how many people can identify Botswana on a map of the world?

A country in Africa, located southeast of center, near Zambia and Tanzania.

[Regorp]

Without looking at a map, how many people can identify Botswana on a map of the world?

Worldle, is an app for daily geography quiz. Good refresher for all.

[JanRoberts]

Without looking at a map, how many people can identify Botswana on a map of the world?

I can, but only because one of my kids had a non-profit next door in Namibia. I do know a lot of them though from sponsoring children through Compassion International so I look at a map when praying for them.

[jackandbeth]

One of my go to places. Land locked - southern Africa, but it has the Kalahari Desert which is actually a savannah. An Amazing Place with great diversity of plants and animals.
Bother to Google it. 🧐

[Jerseybob]

Without looking at a map, how many people can identify Botswana on a map of the world?

I think I got it!

Isn't that the name of the new group of homes in the extreme southern side of the Villages that also feature both an East AND West village? LOL

*** on a serious note, in Botswana, Setswana is the national language and is spoken by most of the population with English as a second language.

[bumpa]

Without looking at a map, how many people can identify Botswana on a map of the world?

Without looking I think it's just north of South Africa. Now I'm going to look.

[Rainger99]

Africa could be a powerhouse if it could get its act together. Even with ECOWAS and SADC the continent is too fractured to do much of anything.

I agree that many of the countries are very small and it probably leads to the economic problems in Africa.

I was looking at a current map of Africa. There are 54 countries. At the end of WW2, there were only four independent countries. They were Egypt, Ethiopia, Liberia and South Africa. By 1970, there were 48 nations in Africa.

Alaska has a total area of 665,384 square miles.
Texas has a total area of 268,596 square miles.
Florida has a total area of 65,758 square miles.

The biggest country in Africa is Algeria which is 919,595 square miles.
If Alaska were in Africa, it would be the 5th largest country in Africa and if Florida were in Africa,
Florida would be the 35th largest country in Africa so there are 20 countries in Africa smaller than Florida.

Little known fact - if you flew straight east from the Villages and landed at the prime meridian, you would be in Algeria. Before looking at a map, I thought we would be in Spain.

[LeRoySmith]

Little known fact - if you flew straight east from the Villages and landed at the prime meridian, you would be in Algeria. Before looking at a map, I thought we would be in Spain.

would you believe all of south america is east of the villages?

[lodifo74]

don’t wanna

[seecapecod]

What prompted the post was that I was watching the 200 meters and the announcers said that Tobago had won and that it was the first gold medal for Africa in the 200 meters! I didn’t think Tobago was in Africa so I was really confused. I then found out that the runner’s name was Tebogo but that he was from Botswana. But I then had to google Botswana to find out where it was.

Doesn’t the medal go to the Country not the Continent?

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I can do the United States, Canada provinces, all the English/Gaelic countries, and some of the Mediterranean/MiddleEast and some of Asia. Never learned the African nations. Though I do know Morocco is right under Spain and Egypt is on the upper right corner near Israel, which is partly in West Asia and partly in the MiddleEast. Partial credit for that!

[Two Bills]

Doesn’t the medal go to the Country not the Continent?

Actually, it goes to the individual athlete/s.

[Marmaduke]

No, but I was considering flying back with an emotional support elephant. Then I'll bring it to stores and restaurants with me, assuming I can buy a large enough "service animal" vest online. :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:
I observed a woman who came into our very large and modern DENTIST office for a procedure, with a very neurotic dog in her dog 'PURSE'.

It kept biting the leather handle of her very expensive bag, but why it was allowed is beyond me.
Bring that Elephant back!

[Rainger99]

I can do the United States, Canada provinces, all the English/Gaelic countries, and some of the Mediterranean/MiddleEast and some of Asia. Never learned the African nations. Though I do know Morocco is right under Spain and Egypt is on the upper right corner near Israel, which is partly in West Asia and partly in the MiddleEast. Partial credit for that!

I find it surprising that there is a huge dispute as to the number of countries in the world. The UN recognizes 195 countries.

The CIA lists 237 countries and Peakbagger.com counts 253 "countries" by including 55 dependencies, Antarctica, and three other areas.

I would be hard pressed to name 100 countries much less locate them on a map!

[Marmaduke]

No, but I was considering flying back with an emotional support elephant. Then I'll bring it to stores and restaurants with me, assuming I can buy a large enough "service animal" vest online. :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:
I observed a woman who came into (my 1st visit this week) our very large and modern DENTIST office for her cleaning, with a very neurotic dog in her dog 'PURSE' who was chewing the leather straps of the "doggie bag"

Annoying personality behavior was highlighted by her talking on her cell while in the waiting room. I tried to consider the source of an entitled woman, to no avail.

Bring that Elephant back from Boswana, it's time to show our angst.

[Stu from NYC]

I observed a woman who came into (my 1st visit this week) our very large and modern DENTIST office for her cleaning, with a very neurotic dog in her dog 'PURSE' who was chewing the leather straps of the "doggie bag"

Annoying personality behavior was highlighted by her talking on her cell while in the waiting room. I tried to consider the source of an entitled woman, to no avail.

Bring that Elephant back from Boswana, it's time to show our angst.

Her face is in the dictionary under entitled

[flamingonutjudy]

When I was in school could have identified most African countries but they have mostly changed names since and I have not kept up with their names
Same for me

[pablo cruze]

Without looking at a map, how many people can identify Botswana on a map of the world?
Haha - good one. How can i identify Botswana on the map when I can't look at the map?

[xcaligirl]

Without looking at a map, how many people can identify Botswana on a map of the world?
Above or north of South Africa.

[Bwanajim]

Easy, no problem (of course I’m leaving in 3 weeks to go there on safari)


What are you going to Hunt there? I love Botswana

[golfing eagles]

What are you going to Hunt there? I love Botswana

I'm going to shoot every animal I see----with my camera :1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl: