Americans Try To Place European Countries on a Map

[Starter]

I think that generally speaking, when talking about the smallest or largest geographic designation (state, country, etc.) area is what is meant. If there is some other measurement in mind then that is usually specified.

[donKey jote]

http://phys.org/news/2014-02-americans- ... s-sun.html

[steveaki13]

http://phys.org/news/2014-02-americans-unaware-earth-circles-sun.html

Watch out saying stuff like this.

Taz will be on his way to your house as we speak.

[Tazio]

http://phys.org/news/2014-02-americans-unaware-earth-circles-sun.html

It's my understanding that the inhabitants of the Earth orbit around Uranus... er... I mean your missus'.
Well, that's what Billy told me! http://i46.tinypic.com/hv9ul3.gif

[D-Type]

Not all the inhabitants - just the flies!

[steveaki13]

Not all the inhabitants - just the flies!

[schmenke]

...and the Klingons.

[Spafranco]

[quote=D-Type]

Vatican City
(assuming you mean the smallest state)

Smallest state in the USA: Rhode Island?

Incorrect with respect to the State.

Which one?

The Vatican City is normally listed as the smallest country in the world - if that is what you meant by "the small state in the world". It is officially named the "Vatican City State" and with an area of approximately 44 hectares and a population of around 840 it is the smallest internationally recognized independent state in the world by both area and population.

Rhode Island has the smallest area of any of the 50 US states so it is normally listed as the smallest state in the USA - if that is what you meant by "the small state in the world" even though there is a world outside the USA. (Washington DC and various US-owned island territories are not states)
If you measure the size of a state by its population then Wyoming has the smallest population of the 50 US states.

However, if you meant the smallest "state in any country in the world" the answer may well be different and will depend how you equate an American State with what other countrises call provinces, counties, urbanisations, boroughs or other administrative terms.[/quote:1sfxl594]

The smallest state among the nations of the world is the sovereign territory of the Knights of Malta. In fact, they have their own passports, own legal system,drivers license and other laws and regulations as countries have.

[A.F.F.]

Back in the 80´s I could name all the European countries from a blank map. Today, not a change. Europe has changed so much from those days.