Here are a few questions to determine how much importance you attach to your geographic environment, orientation, geographic situation or knowledge of world geography in general.
1) Do you like watching maps for fun ?
2) Do you usually check a map of a city/town
3) Are you good at remembering metro/tram/bus station and line names in general ?
4) Can you find your way easily just after arriving in a city/town where you have never been before ?
5) Can you instinctively find your way back to where you come from in a city without a map (just "feeling" the direction you have to head to) ?
6) Can you name all your continent's countries ?
7) Can you name all your continent's capital cities ?
8) Can you name over 200 countries in the world ?
9) Can you name the world's your contient's longest river, tallest mountain and biggest lake ?
10) Do you usually pay attention to details on buildings in the street outside your neighbourhood or work area (e.g. shop names, street names, carvings on a facade, frame colour, door knobs...) ?
11) Can you easily draw your (or other) country's map so that other people recognise it easily ?
12) Do you have a good idea of the population of all/most countries on your continent ?
13) Can you name the world's ten most populous countries ?
14) When you hear or read a country's name, do you automatically picture the map of this country (on its position on the globe) in your head ?
15) Do you have a good idea of the population of the main cities in your country (with and without suburbs) ?
16) Do you have a good idea of the population of the world's major cities ?
17) Can you name at least 10 mountain ranges, 10 peaks above 3000m, and 10 rivers longer than 1000km ?
18) Can you name all European countries (including micro-states like Monaco or Andorra), as well as all US, Canadian and Australian states ?
19) Can you name all Indian states ?
20) Can you name all Chinese regions ?
21) Can you name all countries in Africa ?
22) Can you recognise over 200 country flags ?
23) Do you have a clear idea of the century (and if possible decade) in which each formerly colonised countries got their independence ?
24) Do you know what are the dominant and/or official languages of each country on your continent ?
25) Do you know what are the dominant and/or official languages of most countries worldwide ?
Count your points. If you have doubts about the answers to each question, check Wikipedia or Google for answers (but admit your mistakes, if any).
1) Do you like watching maps for fun ?
2) Do you usually check a map of a city/town
3) Are you good at remembering metro/tram/bus station and line names in general ?
4) Can you find your way easily just after arriving in a city/town where you have never been before ?
5) Can you instinctively find your way back to where you come from in a city without a map (just "feeling" the direction you have to head to) ?
6) Can you name all your continent's countries ?
7) Can you name all your continent's capital cities ?
8) Can you name over 200 countries in the world ?
9) Can you name the world's your contient's longest river, tallest mountain and biggest lake ?
10) Do you usually pay attention to details on buildings in the street outside your neighbourhood or work area (e.g. shop names, street names, carvings on a facade, frame colour, door knobs...) ?
11) Can you easily draw your (or other) country's map so that other people recognise it easily ?
12) Do you have a good idea of the population of all/most countries on your continent ?
13) Can you name the world's ten most populous countries ?
14) When you hear or read a country's name, do you automatically picture the map of this country (on its position on the globe) in your head ?
15) Do you have a good idea of the population of the main cities in your country (with and without suburbs) ?
16) Do you have a good idea of the population of the world's major cities ?
17) Can you name at least 10 mountain ranges, 10 peaks above 3000m, and 10 rivers longer than 1000km ?
18) Can you name all European countries (including micro-states like Monaco or Andorra), as well as all US, Canadian and Australian states ?
19) Can you name all Indian states ?
20) Can you name all Chinese regions ?
21) Can you name all countries in Africa ?
22) Can you recognise over 200 country flags ?
23) Do you have a clear idea of the century (and if possible decade) in which each formerly colonised countries got their independence ?
24) Do you know what are the dominant and/or official languages of each country on your continent ?
25) Do you know what are the dominant and/or official languages of most countries worldwide ?
Count your points. If you have doubts about the answers to each question, check Wikipedia or Google for answers (but admit your mistakes, if any).