A recent survey shows that only one in six Americans know the exact location of Ukraine on a world map.
Washington Post blog The Monkey Cage published a map on Monday concerning to the survey findings.
[ Each dot depicts the location where a US survey respondent situated Ukraine; the dots are colored based on how far removed they are from the actual country, with the most accurate responses in red and the least accurate ones in blue]
Political scientists from Dartmouth College, Harvard University, and Princeton University surveyed 2,066 Americans last month.
They asked respondents to locate the embattled country on a map. The survey found one in six American able to accurately place Ukraine on the map.
The survey also asked the respondents what action they wanted the US to take in Ukraine.
According to the researchers, the farther a respondent’s guesses were from Ukraine, the more they wanted the US to intervene with military force.
