Far East - a popular expression for the countries of eastern Asia (usually including China and Mongolia and Taiwan and Japan and Korea and Indochina and eastern Siberia)

Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations

Old World - the regions of the world that were known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas

hemisphere - half of the terrestrial globe

Africa - the second largest continent; located south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean

Australia - the smallest continent; between the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean

Eurasia - the land mass formed by the continents of Europe and Asia

lie - be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

decide, make up one's mind, determine - reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

guide on, guide - use as a guide; "They had the lights to guide on"

reorient, reorientate - orient once again, after a disorientation

position - cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation

stem - cause to point inward; "stem your skis"

poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form

eastern - relating to or characteristic of regions of eastern parts of the world; "the Eastern Hemisphere"; "Eastern Europe"; "the Eastern religions"