How much do you know about Brazil?
Brazilians don't think much of Americans' knowledge of their country.
Many Brazilians are still convinced that American textbooks show the Amazon under United States and United Nations control, even though that hoax was disproved years ago. And every Brazilian knows someone who has come home from Florida or Texas or Nebraska with a story — the same story — about the American who was surprised to hear Brazilians wear shoes.
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Oh come on! How many Americans can name the seat of government of Iraq or of Afghanistan? How many journalists can tell you how to spell the word that means seat of government? Or is my dictionary out of date?