What’s Your Global Literacy?

Newsweek has put together a wide-ranging, 130-question Global IQ quiz, probing its American readers on everything from politics to technology to literature. “We are hoping to start a conversation about what we are calling Global Literacy—facts and insights about the world (some objective, some subjective) that we think are worth knowing,” Jon Meacham writes in the introduction. “We are not saying this is all you need to know; just that what you are about to read amounts to a good start.” It is a good start, but for many travelers it’s also a conversation that’s already in progress.

Travelers are generally curious, engaged people who take pride in having at least a basic global literacy. I’d wager most Americans who’ve traveled out of the country will score much higher on the quiz than those who haven’t. If you take the quiz—book yourself at least 15 minutes—come back and let me know if you think your travels helped. I think mine did.

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