Quick civics test

[Liar]

Hey Americans, let's see if you have a good grasp of your country.

What do these maps represent?

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn329/Enmattias/usstates.jpg

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn329/Enmattias/usstates2.jpg

 

[DeeZire]

That I should be eating Thai food? And that I was born in France?

 

[Freefall_mc]

well...neither is population density
Process of negation, one down, 20 guesses to go. My brain hurts. *pouting*

 

[TE999]

Preponderance of population that has that country of origin?

Either that or whoever labeled that map knows less about Geography than the average American school kid.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

I don't know, but that bottom map does not correctly identify the flags in the upper map.

 

[Freefall_mc]

bottom...US ambassadors? Kermit whispered to me.

 

[TxRad]

Someone with to much time on their hands maybe.

 

[Darkniciad]

Population figures seemed to be matching fairly closely for country vs. state on the bottom one, and then I hit California/France, which was way off... unless I misread something in quick googling.

Then I noticed Russia over there in the NE cluster. Yeah, that don't work.

 

[SixtyMinuteMan]

Definitely not a GDP comparison, either per capita or nominal. At least on the bottom one.

 

[ishtat]

I mustn't say - not being American.

 

[Lady Reiha]

Um.. Texas is wrong.

The bottom says it's suppose to be Canada.. but it's not the Canadian flag : (

 

[Lady Reiha]

So my conclusion is that America only cares about itself and doesn't give a rats ass about any other countries in the world?

 

[SixtyMinuteMan]

Aaaaah, that's Palestine, not Jordan. The top one's rough population.

 

[SixtyMinuteMan]

They're different maps, Reiha. The flags aren't supposed to match the names below. The top map is a population equivalency. Still stuck on the bottom one.

 

[SixtyMinuteMan]

I'm going to retract an earlier post... the bottom one could be similar to GDP, but if so then the numbers are skewed by the recession or something. Or I'm just finding different sources than the author.

There's a similarity, but France is 1/3 again California, Turkey is double Washington, Canada is almost 1/3 again Texas... they're all in the same general range re: billions, trillions, etc, but the differences are too big for me to say I've solved it. Am I on target but finding different numbers, Liar?

 

[Freefall_mc]

striking last post...I should have checked a few more origins

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

The top map has pretty colors having to do with nothing. The bottom map is GW Bush's foreign policy map.

 

[3113]

CA gets to be France? Cool--

http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/Vr/french-bread-de.gifhttp://www.eiffel-tower.us/Eiffel-Tower-Images/eiffel-tower-landmark-4.jpg

http://pregame.com/forums/blogs/rj-bell/039_25511~Brigitte-Bardot-Posters.jpghttp://www.greathampers.co.uk/img/uploads/champagne_and_truffles_hamper.jpg

http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e8/TrentKojiras/FrenchTaunt.gif

Yeah, that's us.

 

[Freefall_mc]

hmm...I have a sudden thirst for culture.

 

[PREMwriter]

I'm going to guess it's the diversity of the population of the US in the top one, and the ratio of those peoples in relation to the size of the states they're in.

 

[Liar]

Hockay,

The first one is supposedly countries with the neareast equal population. As far as I can see and Google, it's fairly accurate.

The second is the same but for GDP, but it's from 2005 so things might have changed.

 

[SixtyMinuteMan]

So I got 'em both. What do I win?

 

[Liar]

So I got 'em both. What do I win?

Another challenge.

What's this?

http://i320.photobucket.com/albums/nn329/Enmattias/us_high.jpg

 

[sr71plt]

George Bush the Greater's points of lights?

 

[SixtyMinuteMan]

The obvious first guess is urbanization, but there are a couple things that look off for that. Let me contemplate.