In the nationally representative sample of public and private schools, 7,000 fourth- graders, 9,500 eighth-graders and 10,000 12th-graders participated in last year's geography test.

In a recent video, YouTuber James Klug set out on a journey to ask members of Gen Z basic questions about the United States, geography and world history, among other subjects. Some of the answers ...

That means only 21 percent of 12 th -graders had at least a solid grasp of geography and could, for instance, explain why Mali is considered overpopulated or explain why the economies of ...