The kids who grew up on 'Star Trek' can't find (1)_____ way around Earth. Americans can (2)_____ direct to England, but only half can find (3)_____ on a map of Europe. They can fly almost (4)_____ in the United States for a few hundred dollars, but they put New York State in 37 places on both coasts. When they look for the United States (5)_____, they (6)_____ it in China, Australia, Brazil, Russia, India and Botswana. For people who are supposed to be leaders of the (7)_____ world, Americans are (8)_____ dumb, according to a survey conducted for the National Geographic Society. In many school (9)_____, geography has been mixed with history (10)_____ melted down into social studies. Social studies has been processed into' teacher resource packages 'and (11)_____ of good writing, excitement, color and any ideas that aren't simplistic too (12)_____ and too deadening to hold students' attention. In the last few years, evidence of America s educational (13)_____ has prompted hundreds of studies, generated baskets (14)_____ legislation and moved parents into advocacy groups. But there's (15)_____ to show that the trend has been (16)_____. NO matter (17)_____ you try, you can't make it seem (18)_____ that many Americans say pandas come from Panama, the Summer Olympic Games were held in Vietnam or (19)_____ Iraq, and Columbus was trying to get to Europe when he bumped into (20)_____.