Maps I find Mesmerizing

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on JackSucksAtGeography we upload a range of easy to watch & sometimes educational geography related content. I have successfully learned all 197 countries and flags of the world. I also look at interesting maps to teach us more about different parts of the world and their culture. On this channel I also play Geoguessr.

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[lasya]

This series improves my geography and my vocabulary at the same time

[dismal]

The face at "they just look at each other angrily across a fence" was iconic

[SonOfMuta]

1:44 Ballet for Russia is actually very accurate. Peter the Great created a new Russia which rivaled the society of the West with magnificent courts and palaces. His vision was to challenge the west. Classical ballet entered the realm of Russia not as entertainment but as a "standard of physical comportment to be emulated and internalized – an idealized way of behaving." The aim was not to entertain the masses of Russians, but to cultivate new Russian people.

[ginyah]

The Japan year 5 thing is what is called "Nengo", which divides eras by which emperor was/is on the throne. Recently, in 2019, the previous emperor retired and the new one was enthroned, hence 2023 is the 5th year of the "Reiwa" period.

[Inspirations__]

As an Egyptian. The year one is inaccurate ( 4:49 ). We all live in 2023. The one related to 1444 is more of a Religious thing for Muslims

[-Eckhart]

0:50 Jack claims "all of Europe" is covered by Google Street View despite the gaping hole where Germany is.

[EthanEskenazi]

Hey Jack, at 1:56 you showed an American proposal to create a canal through Israel. It should be noted that this was NOT proposed recently. The plan was made in 1963, when US relations with Egypt were quite bad, and there was a possibility that Egypt could block the US its allies from using the Suez Canal. So the US made an alternative idea, with a canal through Israel. But obviously, this never happened.

[prakharsrivastava]

2:20
It's because as you go up, i.e., the altitude increases, the atmosphere gets thinner and thinner and the temperature cools down.

[TheSanpletext]

You said you'd butcher the Finnish pronounciation and you absolutely delivered that promise 😂

[Mercure]

2:20 Heat does come from the Sun, but you need to take the greenhouse effect into consideration, which traps the heat closer to sea level. The higher you go, the less atmosphere there is, and the less greenhouse effect there is. The area behind the Himalayan mountain range is the Tibetan plateau, which is also at a higher altitude. Also, temperature is affected by air currents, especially coming from the sea (water temperature plays a role in regulating air temperature), and those are blocked by big mountains.

4:33 To clarify, pretty much all countries do use the Gregorian calendar (the one that says we're in 2023), because it's useful for international communication and coordination, but in some countries, it's used alongside a traditional or religious calendar. Which makes sense, of course, since the Gregorian calendar is itself a traditional/religious calendar in Europe.

The Japanese calendar works by indicating who the current emperor is, and what year of his rule we are in. Currently, we are in Reiwa 5. World War 2 ended in Showa 20. The year 2000 corresponds to Heisei 12, and so on.

[GoOregonDucks]

Hello Jack. For half a year, I was unable to express how much you taught me geography and how much you entertained me. Thank you very much for that.

[mecht]

They left out the most insane part of the Israel canal plan from 1963! It wasn't JUST that they wanted to make a new Suez, they wanted to string together 540ish nuclear weapons through the desert to make it. Obviously that did not get too too far, but it is quite the interesting topic! You can actually find the declassified memorandum of the original proposal.

[PalauBallEdits]

4:50 the year is widely accepted as 2023 except in the DPRK but for the years shown it’s just for religious reasons

[forsxcs]

0:51 germany, china, belarus, the carribeans, canada, most of africa, mongolia, kazakhstan, greenland, southeast asia, and most of the middle east

[gaspshichat]

1:43 ballet was invented in italy but refined in russia

[SonOfMuta]

3:04 The Korean War, 1950 - Current. Only an armistice agreement was signed, not a full on peace deal. The Korean War is technically still ongoing.

[HoreaUrsu]

Can we all take a moment to appriciate the fact that Jack never runs out of video titles?

[_m.i.l.z.i_]

7:31 as a Finn I have to say that you made all countries drunk expect Suomi, my country. I absolutely loved how you said United Kingdom 😂

[Benjifan]

For North Korea, the year is 112 because they base time on Kim il Sung's birth year in 1912.

[fasty]

1:27
IKEA!
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