Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized ...

It also cemented the modern idea, upheld by most maps ... Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica. But in 2017, the story took an unexpected turn – the seven ...

Far away on the other side of the world in Asia is a country called Japan. The capital city of Tokyo, an enormous city, with lots and lots of people, fast trains and many tall buildings.

If you've seen a world map or travelled to Australia then you'll know just how far away it is from other continents - but ...

But are there really seven continents? Anyone with a map can see that Asia and Europe are connected. They are often called Eurasia for that reason. The divide is pretty arbitrary, more culturally ...

When he was in second grade, my son observed to me that Asia was a “fake continent ... Asia with the arrival in their midst of European maps and geographical works in the early 17th century.