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The flash cards on the following pages will help you study the country’s flags, capitals, languages,
and more–and hopefully have fun at the same time! You’ll find two sets of flash cards:
Set 1
Ÿ Country flag on the front
Ÿ Country name, capital city, and languages on the back
Set 2
Ÿ Outline map of the country and its capital on the front
Ÿ Country’s fact box with population and other information on the back
There are a couple ways you can use these flash cards.
Print the front and back on one sheet of paper and then cut on the black lines. (Use your printer’s
manual or help files to find out how to print on both sides of your paper.) This will give you a set of
ordinary flashcards that you can use for drill or review.
Print only on one side of each page and then cut on the black lines. This will give you a set of “playing
cards” that you can use for games. Here are a couple ideas, or you can come up with your own
game! You may need your copy of Expedition Earth to check your answers during gameplay.
Memory Matching
You can play this game alone or with your friends and family.
Use your entire set of flashcards (either set 1 or set 2) or separate out the countries from just one
continent. Shuffle the cards and then lay them out face down in a grid pattern. (For example, you may
have 3 cards in each row and 4 cards in each column.)
Turn over two cards. If you’ve revealed a flag and its matching country information (or the country
map and its matching fact box), you get to keep the cards and take another turn. If the two cards do
not match, however, turn them back over and let another player take a turn.
Try to remember where the matching cards appear so that you can pick them up on your next turn.
When all the cards have been matched, the player with the most cards wins.
Scatter Match
You can play this game alone. If you play with others, one person needs to be the dedicated fact
checker. He can check each player’s matches in Expedition Earth but shouldn’t try to make any
matches himself.
Use your entire set of flashcards (either set 1 or set 2) or separate out the countries from just one
continent. Shuffle the cards and then lay them out face up on the floor or table.
Try to match the flag (or country map) with the correct info card.
Cameroon Botswana Algeria
Capital City: Yaoundé Capital City: Gaborone Capital City: Algiers
Languages: French, English Languages: Language: Arabic
English, Tswana
Central African
Republic Burundi Benin
Capital City: Bujumbura Capital City: Porto-Novo
Capital City: Bangui
Languages: Kirundi, French Language: French
Languages: Sango, French
Democratic
Equatorial
Republic of Chad
Guinea Capital City: N’Djamena
the Congo
Capital City: Malabo Languages: French, Arabic
Languages: Spanish, French, Capital City: Kinshasa
Portuguese Language: French
Ivory
Liberia Ghana
Capital City: Monrovia Coast Capital City: Accra
Language: English Capital City: Yamoussoukro Languages: English, Akan
Language: French
Morocco Mali Libya
Capital City: Rabat Capital City: Bamako Capital City: Tripoli
Language: Arabic Language: French Language: Arabic
Mozambique Madagascar
Capital City: Maputo
Mauritania Capital City: Antananarivo
Languages: Portuguese, Capital City: Nouakchott Languages:
Swahili, Makhuwa, Sena Language: Arabic Malagasy, French, English
Namibia Mauritius
Capital City: Windhoek Malawi
Capital City: Port Louis
Languages: Capital City: Lilongwe
English, Afrikaans, Languages: English,
Language: English
German, Oshiwambo Mauritian Creole, French
Sierra Senegal Niger
Leone Capital City: Dakar Capital City: Niamey
Languages: Languages:
Capital City: Freetown
French, Wolof, Soninke French, Hausa
Languages: English, Krio
South Seychelles
Capital City: Victoria
Rwanda
Africa Capital City: Kigali
Capital City: Pretoria Languages:
Languages: Kinyarwanda,
Seychellois Creole,
Languages: Afrikaans, French, English, Swahili
French, English
English, Zulu, Xhosa
Zambia Tanzania Sudan
Capital City: Lusaka
Capital City: Dodoma Capital City: Khartoum
Languages: English,
Nyanja, Bemba Languages: Swahili, English Languages: Arabic, English
Uganda Togo
Capital City: Kampala Capital City: Lomé
Kyrgyzstan Iraq
Capital City:
Jordan Capital City: Baghdad
Bishkek Capital City: Amman
Languages: Arabic,
Languages: Kyrgyz, Russian Language: Arabic
Assyrian, Kurdish
South Russia
Taiwan Capital City: Moscow
Capital City: Taipei Korea
Languages: Capital City: Seoul Languages: Russian,
Mandarin, Taiwanese Tatar, Ukrainian
Language: Korean
Uzbekistan Turkey Tajikistan
Capital City: Tashkent
Capital City: Ankara Capital City: Dushanbe
Languages:
Uzbek, Karakalpak Language: Turkish Language: Tajik
Turkmenistan Timor-Leste
Yemen Capital City: Ashgabat Capital City: Dili
Capital City: Sana'a Languages: Languages:
Turkmen, Russian Tetum, Portuguese,
Language: Arabic
Indonesian, English
United Arab
Vietnam Thailand
Capital City: Hanoi
Emirates Capital City: Bangkok
Language: Vietnamese Capital City: Abu Dhabi Language: Thai
Languages: Arabic, Persian
Belgium Austria Albania
Capital City: Brussels Capital City: Vienna Capital City: Tirana
Languages: Language: German Language: Albanian
Dutch, French, German
Bosnia and
Herzegovina Azerbaijan Andorra
Capital City: Baku Capital City:
Capital City: Sarajevo Andorra la Vella
Language: Azeri
Languages: Language: Catalan
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian
United
Kingdom
Capital City: London
Language: English
Vatican
City
Languages:
Latin, Italian
Antigua and
Cuba Belize Barbuda
Capital City: Belmopan
Capital City: Havana
Languages: Capital City: Saint John’s
Language: Spanish
English, Kriol, Spanish Languages:
English, Antiguan Creole
Dominican
Republic Costa Rica The Bahamas Capital City: Nassau
Capital City: Capital City: San José
Santo Domingo Language: English
Language: Spanish
Language: Spanish
Mexico Haiti El Salvador
Capital City: Port-au-Prince Capital City: San Salvador
Capital City: Mexico City
Languages: Language: Spanish
Language: Spanish Haitian Creole, French
Federated
Palau Marshall States of
Capital City: Melekeok Islands Micronesia
Languages: English,
Capital City: Majuro Capital City: Palikir
Palauan, Japanese
Languages: Marshallese, English Language: English
Papua New
Guinea New Zealand Fiji
Capital City: Suva
Capital City: Wellington
Capital City: Port Moresby Languages: English,
Languages: English, Māori
Languages: English, Tok Bau Fijian, Hindi
Pisin, Hiri Motu
Tuvalu Samoa
Capital City: Funafuti Capital City: Apia
Languages: Tuvaluan, English Languages: Samoan, English
Vanuatu Solomon
Capital City: Port Vila Islands
Languages: Bislama, Capital City: Honiara
English, French
Language: English
Tonga
Capital City: Nuku’alofa
Languages: Tongan, English
Guyana Chile Argentina
Capital City: Georgetown
Capital City: Santiago Capital City: Buenos Aires
Languages: English,
Language: Spanish Language: Spanish
Guyanese Creole
Uruguay
Capital City: Montevideo
Language: Spanish
Venezuela
Capital City: Caracas
Language: Spanish
North America Africa
Largest Country: Canada Largest Country: Sudan
Smallest Country: Smallest Country: Seychelles
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Highest Point:
Highest Point: Mount Kilimanjaro (Tanzania)
Mount McKinley (United States)
Lowest Point:
Lowest Point: Lake Assal (Djibouti)
Death Valley (United States)
Oceania Asia
Largest Country: Australia Largest Country: Russia
Smallest Country: Nauru Smallest Country: Maldives
Highest Point: Mount Wilhelm Highest Point:
(Papua New Guinea) Mount Everest (China and Nepal)
Lowest Point: Lowest Point:
Lake Eyre (Australia) Dead Sea (Israel and Jordan)
Swaziland is divided into four districts. Togo is divided into five regions.
My Tanzanian Fact Book My Tunisian Fact Book
Full Name: Full Name:
United Republic of Tanzania Tunisian Republic
Population: 41,892,895 Population: 10,589,025
Land Area: 364,898 square miles Land Area: 63,170 square miles
Currency: Tanzanian shilling Currency: Tunisian dinar
Major Religions: Muslim (35%), Major Religion: Muslim (98%)
Traditional (35%), Christian (30%) Highest Point:
Highest Point: Mount Kilimanjaro (19,341 feet) Jebel ech Chambi (5,066 feet)
Lowest Point: Indian Ocean (0 feet) Lowest Point: Shatt al Gharsah
(56 feet below sea level)
Tanzania is divided into 26 regions.
Tunisia is divided into 24 governorates.
Qatar is divided into ten municipalities. Pakistan is divided into four provinces.
Lithuania is divided into ten counties. Luxembourg is divided into three districts.
The Bahamas is divided into 21 districts. Belize is divided into six districts.
Fiji is divided into four divisions. Kiribati is divided into three units.