Go to Maps.Google.com, and select "Satellite." Plug in a zip code like 20910 (for example). I then challenge you to tell me where you are - especially if you zoom in one more factor (which is still higher than you would be in a Cessna).
And for the record, that zip code is in downtown Silver Spring, MD on the DC border -- well inside the no-fly zone, and only a couple of miles from Walter Reed Medical Center; about 7 or 8 miles north of the White House.
It's possible to not know where you are, especially if you're just learning to fly.
Thanks for the suggestion. I plugged in my zip code and easily located where I live (okay, living on a rural river/lake makes it a lot easier). BTW, does flying without instruments include not using a compass?