Long belittled for their ignorance of foreign cultures—not to mention an inability to locate well-known countries on world maps—an increasing number of U.S. high school students are taking courses ...

<br>In 150 AD, the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy wrote a textbook entitled the <i>Geography, </i>which earned him the title ‘The Father of Geography’. Drawing on nearly a thousand years of classical ...

Think you know the world? It’s time to put your geography skills to the test! In this 26-question visual geography quiz, ...

We all had to learn geography in school. Memorizing capitals, tracing rivers on maps, and trying to remember which mountain was taller than the other. Let’s hope that all the knowledge stuck and ...

More recently, Gibson covered Astoria and why it never became a major hub like San Francisco. We learn more about “Geography by Geoff” and how it struck a chord on social media. Note: The following ...