Area of interest in an Intro to Western Civilization class (6)

I believe the answer is:

europe

(Other definitions for europe that I've seen before include "Union in popular parlance?" , "Did Poe rue being on the continent?" , "Second-smallest continent" , "lot of countries" , "several countries" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.

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