Geography... Who Knew Asia was a Continent?

Today, while sitting down to enjoy (I use the word "enjoy" very loosely here) lunch in our lovely school cafeteria, my friends of the feminine persuasion and I ended upon  the topic of geography. It all started with my one friend telling me to teach her phrases in French. Since my French is elementary at best I would ask her a question, she would respond in Spanish, and our other friend would translate to English. Eventually, my friend decided to ask about some countries in Europe.


First question:
England is a country in Europe right? And it's part of the United Kingdom? 
Answer: 
Yea, England, Scotland, and Ireland are on the island that makes up the UK.


My friends were both completely startled at the fact that England was on an island. They then preceded to ask, "What about Great Britain?" To which I patiently explained was simply an outdated term for England, and that they were essentially the same thing. We then moved on to more exciting geographical specifics including: naming all 7 continents, listing several European countries, agreeing on the position of Turkey, concluding that India was indeed a part of Asia and below China, Vatican City was technically its own "district" sort of like Washington D.C. but not part of a larger country, and Australia was both a country and continent.


By far the best part of the conversation was when I was prompted by my friends to explain the following:
Statement 1:
And Italy is in Spain.
Response 1:
Italy is its own country.
Question 2:
Well, what about Rome?
Answer:
Rome is the capital of Italy...


I'm sure some of you have found this mildly entertaining, and I assure you, I did as well. But if you think about it my friends and I are all college freshman. Which means we're above the age of 18. Don't most people learn basic geography in elementary school? This is a problem people. And if you thought any of the same things as my friends above, or are unsure of the placement of countries, continents, or islands please refer to an atlas. Or for you lazy bums out there I've provided a fancy little link to a political world map :)


Link---> These are the continents, that contain countries, which have cities in them

à bientôt!