UN votes for maps that show Africa's real size
On many world maps, Africa looks smaller than it really is. On September 4, the United Nations, where almost every country in the world meets, voted for a resolution to change this.
The land of Japan
Social studies
Grade 5
The Earth has six continents and three oceans, and Japan lies in the northern half of the world, east of the Eurasian continent. Japan is an island country made of many islands, large and small, surrounded by sea and neighbored by other countries. It has its land, the sea along its coast, and a wide zone where it can use fish and other resources, and there are disagreements with other countries over some of its territory. Much of Japan is mountains with little flat land, and there are many volcanoes; the coasts are uneven, plains lie along them, and the rivers are short and fast. Japan has four seasons, and because the country is long from north to south and has mountains, seasonal winds, a rainy season, and typhoons, the climate differs greatly from place to place. People fit their lives and their work to these conditions, on low land and high land, and in warm places and cold places.