Why is it that canadians on the average know more about the united states, than the americans know about canada,? consdering tha 80% of the canadian population is within 100 miles of the american border.?
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i say its because in the us they're so focused on their own history rather than a huge emphasis on other countries on the same continent. even world history doesn't have as much emphasis placed on it. partly because of the economic power of the us also i would think. kinda sucks because if i could id go to canada more and learn about them.
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Because we don't have to. Not being a dink, but that is way it is perceived. I do a lot of business in Canadia and they do know more about than we do aboot them, but I can say that about 100 other countries as well.
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I think you answered your own question. 80% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the USA, but most Americans don't live that near to Canada.
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I'm in NC and know more about Virginia and Tennessee than I do Idaho. I'd go with the proximity theory.
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I read a comment recently from a woman in England who said basically that Americans have no sense of perspective. They don't realize that Paris is only 2 hours from London and 2 more hours to Rome..Americans don't have much comparable...the US is geographically large and people just don't seem to have a picture of where they sit in the world.
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Because no one teaches us. We learn the most about the US, obviously, but then it shifts to mainly Europe to which we learn about. We learn a bit about South America and Central (or I did) in Elementary, but that was about it there. And in my sophomore year there was a bit about asain countries, but more history than knowing their current state. Canada seems to be almost last on the list. I suppose we assume you guys aren't that much different from us. And, for the 10 minutes I was over the border, the main difference I saw was french subtitles. I mean, even on our books in the US they show what they cost in Canadian cash. I guess we take Canadians for granted or something. O.o
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We Canadians have to keep an eye on what you are all up to since Americans haven't officially retracted their policy on Manifest Destiny. Yes, and the proximity thing too.
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In the united states, i've noticed that it's a really self-absorbed country. In Canada, We embrace diversity--We're OK with America and realize that a lot of the historical value can be important to us, with understanding the election and global warming, and all the technological advances in USA. It's just the norm.
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Primarily because most Americans tend to be very ethnocentric. They think that America is so important that there is little need to know more about the rest of the world. This is a mistake.
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ive noticed that i know nothing of canada, i live in florida and im not sure if its the proximity thing. i know ive never learned anything about canada in school, which is disappointing because im interested. we learn mostly about the continent of asia and europe. it could also be that in history class we learn about the wars weve had and i cant remember a war with canada so i could see why they would omit that part. or we never got that far into the lesson because the school system sucks down here.
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Who doesn't know about America?
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Because we are taught American History and Geograph in School. Most of our TV programs are from the States. Our major trading partner is the states. Most Americans only care about their own country.
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I think that is Canada's fault.Here in the US we have Black History Monthn,Women's History Month,Polish History Month Latino History Month,Asian Pacific History Month...etc.We canonize our military and polictical heroes a lot more than the Canadians.We Americans have a lot more holidays that celebrate historical figures than Canada has.The cult of personality is strong in a country like the US or Britain.I think that is why we produce "Lincolns and Churchills" that are idolized alot more.I think that is on of the things that make Canada Canada.
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Almost everybody knows more about the US, than Americans know about them. The state of education about geography and world events in US schools ranges from apalling to non-existent.
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The reason being that it is not relevant. American history is relevant to the formation of modern Canadia, but that doesn't mean Canadian history was relevant in the formation of America. Everything from The American Revolution to the American stock market crash that created the depression shaped our nation. We've done little of note that Americans need to learn. The 'real' question you should be asking is: Why isn't Canadian history taught to Canadian students?
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