'Slovenia Map' Tops Google With Confused Searches For 'Where Is Slovenia?' (PICTURE)

Seems like we need to brush up on our geography.

In the wake of the stunning USA vs. Slovenia World Cup match, searches for "Slovenia map" have topped the charts on Google Trends, which tracks the most popular search queries.

At the time of writing, "Slovenia map" was one of the top 3 search terms on Google trends, along with the query "Where is Slovenia?" (see picture below)

In case you were also wondering where the European country (with a population of about 2 million) was located, here's a map of Slovenia:

Jeff Sullivan tweeted: "#5 Google Trend: slovenia map. Gotta figure out where those a**holes live."

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[onbekend]

02:05 PM on 07/07/2010

Slovenian GDP per capita (2009): $23,800.

[onbekend]

02:04 PM on 07/07/2010

Slovenia in the East Europe????

Slovenia is situated at the crossroads of central Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Balkans. Source: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3407.htm#history

[onbekend]

02:02 PM on 07/07/2010

Slovenia already enjoyed a relatively prosperous economy and strong market ties to the West when it gained independence in 1991. Although it comprised only about one-thirteenth of Yugoslavia's total population, Slovenia was the most productive of the Yugoslav republics, accounting for one-fifth of its GDP and one-third of its exports.

[onbekend]

02:01 PM on 07/07/2010

As the most prosperous republic of the former Yugoslavia, Slovenia emerged from its brief 10-day war of secession in 1991 as an independent nation for the first time in its history. Since that time, the country has made steady but cautious progress toward developing a market economy. Economic reforms introduced shortly after independence led to healthy economic growth. Slovenia's economy has benefited from the country's embrace of liberal trade, following the rule of law, and rewarding enterprise. The country has a well-educated and productive work force as well as dynamic and effective political and economic institutions.

[onbekend]

01:59 PM on 07/07/2010

Eat yourselves out: "Slovenia is today a vibrant democracy, but the roots of this democracy go back deep in Slovene history. According to the 16th century French political philosopher, Jean Bodin, Slovenes practiced the unique custom of the Installation of the Dukes of Carinthia for almost 1,000 years, until the late 14th century. According to some scholars, Bodin's account of how Slovene farmers contractually consented to be governed by the Duke influenced Thomas Jefferson's drafting of the Declaration of Independence. From as early as the 9th century, Slovenia had fallen under foreign rulers, including partial control by Bavarian dukes and the Republic of Venice. With the exception of Napoleon's four-year tutelage of parts of Slovenia and Croatia--the "Illyrian Provinces"--Slovenia was part of the Habsburg Empire from the 14th century until 1918. Nevertheless, Slovenia resisted Germanizing influences and retained its unique Slavic language and culture."

For more info go to: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3407.htm#history

[alex2011]

01:57 AM on 06/23/2010

There are talking American an Slovenian soccer fans:
American: "Where is Slovenia?"
Slovenian: "On the top of group C!".

Yes, I am Slovenian. :)))

[Krpsu]

02:04 AM on 06/23/2010

Haha, dobra! Upam, da bo ostala tudi po današnji tekmi! :D

[Alek Samson]

04:00 PM on 06/22/2010

Watching socer I heard someone say: Now america will know about slovenia. That's just the way it is. If you travel few 100miles in to neighbour Italy - no italians know about slovenia. It's small & new country.Many people from EU don't know exactely or at all about Slo. It doesn't mean anything !!

Interesting thing: I was in US for a month and every time I said I was from Slovenia - Nobody asked where is it...they were all like: Oh, how nice...

American, Japaneze or Australian....does not know Slovenia unless that person had something to do with it ( bussines, friend, relative..etc.)

[Tommy Garrett]

10:50 AM on 06/22/2010

I think the only reason America goes to war is to learn geography.

[hotbrown]

10:39 PM on 06/21/2010

I know a Slovenian - and if we somehow lost that country, all the better!

[hdohighdesertobserver]

03:42 PM on 06/22/2010

Let's extend this brilliant analogy. Feel free to join in, everybody.

[thebt]

09:29 PM on 06/21/2010

two points

1. the videos that foreign comedians love to make where they interview Americans on the street to "show our ignorance" are likely highly edited.
2. try asking average Europeans, or any other nationality, about the geography of the US, or anywhere outside of their native area. From my experience, lack of geographical knowledge seems to be universal rather than simply for Americans.

[AmandaBC]

09:38 PM on 06/21/2010

One crucial point you're not considering: Americans have the lowest per-capita number of passports of any developed nation. It's a widespread sentiment in America that the US is greatest country in the world and no other nation deserves to be visited.
I've personally witnessed that many Americans either don't know the capital of Canada or they think it's Toronto.

[planetjeffy]

10:37 PM on 06/21/2010

fanned.

I've spoken to lots of teabagger types. Most have never outside the US and have this us vs them mentality. The more you travel, the more intelligent you get.

[KataVideo]

11:39 PM on 06/21/2010

one reason for that is the view of many that they don't have to go anywhere.. they're already here.

[Guy Underbridge]

07:53 AM on 06/22/2010

I went to school in the US and my daughters went to school in Europe. The amount of world history and goegraphy they were required to learn is staggering in comparison to what I was taught. Granted, if you never use it, you loose it, but if you never learn it in the first place....

[UhOh1]

09:08 PM on 06/21/2010

thats what maps are for. why do i need to waste brain power memorizing info i rarely use when i can access easily whenever i need it.

[dim]

09:40 AM on 06/22/2010

Yeah, and don't worry about your vocabulary either. That's what dictionaries are for.

[hdohighdesertobserver]

03:45 PM on 06/22/2010

Does this have anything to do with my doctor leaving the room three times while I told him about the pain in my left arm? 'Cause I'd hate to have him wasting his brain power. sas

[Mewell]

06:19 PM on 06/21/2010

The funny thing...I was watching the game with my family and I was asked where was Slovenia? I told them about the country with a little historical fact.Kinda made me proud because the Geography subjects I was thought in middle and high school back home Ethiopia that insist every students to know every country with its capital city, where its located, and the leader of the country.I think Geography should be a must-know subject because it usually comes in our daily interactions directly or indirectly.

[sagcat]

06:05 PM on 06/21/2010

I think if anything this shows that Americans are not the xenophobic bastards of the popular narrative. People have, if anything, proven to be curious and interested in Slovenia. I'm not sure why anyone would take this as a bad thing. Slovenia is a teeny, tiny, and NEW country. We didn't learn about it in school, because it wasn't there then. It was Czechoslovakia then. As soon as Slovenia hit the news, Americans googled the crap out of it to learn more.

I think the Euro-centric superiority of being more international is purely a coincidence of where you live. Europeans can turn 360 degrees and spit into eight countries. You *should* know where they are. Americans know our neighbors as well. There's Canada. There's Mexico. Don't get all uppity simply because we have it easier. I'm sure most Europeans can't name all 50 states. They can't immediately tell you which one is Alabama and which one is Mississippi. They can't tell between Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. AND our continent is bigger than yours. AND we get along with each other well enough to have economic and political unity, something that Europeans can only dream of.

[ZenSufi]

06:54 PM on 06/21/2010

Slovenia was not part of Czechoslovakia. You're thinking of Slovakia (The Slovak Republic).

[AmandaBC]

06:56 PM on 06/21/2010

"Americans know our neighbors as well."

Ehm, have you tried asking the average American what the capital of Canada is? A famous Canadian comedian (Rick Mercer) actually has. The results were hilarious...

I seriously doubt many Americans know "Talking to Americans", his famous TV show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seYUbVa7L7w

[thebt]

09:30 PM on 06/21/2010

how heavily edited do you think that is? I could get a camera on any canadian street and with an hour and some editing software make them look like idiots. nobody wants to watch a video with people answering questions correctly.

[Samuel Perry]

12:54 PM on 06/22/2010

"I know all about you! Your country is situated between Canada and Mexico! You have 50 provinces, or states! Your capitol is Washington, DC! See, I told you I knew all about you..."

I know Canadians. I know about them personally(my friends I mean), but I wouldn't demand they name the capitol of my home state before a ride home, or be stranded on the side of the road. There's a reason geography is relegated to trivia and foreign service exams. There's a lot that we NEED to know. There's a lot that's useful to know. I'm not sure the geographic location of a former Soviet bloc country with shapeshifting borders falls on that list. Unless I'm flying a plane, trying to get there.

[Chaling]

04:58 PM on 06/21/2010

I was able to up by four the countries I had traveled in, just from Yugoslavia breaking up. Used to count as one, Yugoslavia, but now counts as Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo.

without leaving the country...LOL

[larmarch5]

05:43 PM on 06/21/2010

What about Slovakia?

[AmandaBC]

06:50 PM on 06/21/2010

The former second-half of Czechoslovakia...

[Jerome Healy]

10:40 PM on 06/21/2010

Try this one; Where's Slavonia?

[onbekend]

01:52 PM on 07/07/2010

Slovenia, Croatia, BiH, Montenegro, Serbia (Kosovo), Macedonia

[bobbyperu]

04:30 PM on 06/21/2010

I think this is progress and quite nice to hear. Usually we have to start bombing a country before anyone here really cares to find out where the place is located.