Reply #79: It seems to depend on who taught us and when.

[JDPriestly]

I went to school way back when we used the term Middle-East to pretty much apply to Israel, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, as well as Morocco, Algeria, Turkey, the whole area. Far East was India, China. Afghanistan was just a word for school-kids back then. Middle East was vaguely the area between Europe and Africa. We also spoke of Morocco, Egypt, Syria, etc. as North Africa.

But then, I was in high school before Kenya was recognized as having its own government -- back in the time of Kenyatta. And today, many young people don't even know who he was.