NAEP Geography Press Release Presentation: Slide 18
Grades 4 and 8 Sample Questions: Multiple-choice

Major Findings

• Forty percent of fourth-graders and 74 percent of eighth-graders correctly identified the state of Florida as a peninsula.
• When asked to explain the importance of countries joining international organizations such as the United Nations, 34 percent of fourth-graders and 60 percent of eighth-graders chose the correct answer. The correct answer is, "Many of the world's problems involve more than one country."

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 2001 Geography Assessment.