Also Guam was I believe taken during that Spanish American War 1898-1900.
The Chinese Embassy that was hit was in Yugoslavia (now called Serbia & Montenegro although probably not for long). It was in Belgrade, and the map was 8 years old!
I think was really disturbs me is that most Americans don't learn the geography of a country until the government invades it. And even then...well, read on.
Some of the interesting comments I get are:
-apparently I am from Czechoslovakia (which, by the way, hasn't existed since 1993!)-I guess Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia sound the same?
-Yugoslavia borders Russia
-I am from Belgium (sometimes I say I'm from Belgrade, which is the capitol of Serbia & Montenegro)
Seriously though...back in elementary school (this was in Belgrade, not Belgium
we had a subject specifically called geography twice a week from grades 5-8...I think this class would be much more useful to American schools rather than, say for instance, life management skills where we learned that 'drugs are bad, mmkay' (hopefully your guidance counselor and mother went through all of those basics when you were a kid).
Happy Turkey Day, y'all...