Take the multiple-choice challenge and learn about the continents, countries, oceans and vast bodies of water that are part of planet Earth.

Studies show few U-S students are proficient at basic geography and it doesn't get much better when they grow up: nearly half of Americans don't know the population of the U.S.; three in ten can't ...

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.

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 ...

I didn’t think it would come to this: writing a note explaining some basic geography. But after a couple of on-air mistakes relating to Saturday’s US-England match, I felt I had no option.

Can you pass this basic geography test? Take the multiple-choice challenge and learn about the continents, countries, oceans and vast bodies of water that are part of planet Earth.