Geography Awareness Week is November 11 - 17, 2007. The theme this year is Asia.
National Geographic - Geography Action (Geography Awareness Week website)
The week spotlights the importance of a foundational geographic knowledge in this increasingly globalized world in which we live.
The following survey shows how Americans in general need a more thorough grounding in geographic literacy:
National Geographic-Roper Survey 2006
And here is a link to an article I wrote a couple of years ago:
Geographic Knowledge in America is Severely Lacking
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A MAN A PLAN A CANAL PANAMA
I wish you would make a related blog and post your travel writing there.
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