50 percent of American students cant find America on the map.
I'll give it a shot:
It's the western hemisphere of the Earth?
Yes, but you may be looking at the wrong image. Go to this URL: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/910003/posts
and scroll down to the bottom image (after the spring thaw images of the lake in Kazakhstan). Also scroll down in the replies for a different image of the WhereIsIt? region.