Here's how this works. I give you a the outline of several countries together, without borders or any other context, and you guess which countries you're looking at. So when I ask what five Eurasian countries are pictured here...
...you'd answer: Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania! Easy, right? (Wrong.)
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We'll start off easy. What three Northern Hemisphere countries are pictured here?
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Canada, Greenland, and IcelandRussia, Norway, and FinlandNorway, Finland, and SwedenIreland, The United Kingdom, and IcelandCorrect!Wrong!That's Canada, Greenland, and Iceland!
Okay, maybe that one was TOO easy. We'll ramp up the difficulty a bit on the next one.
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A bit more difficult now. What four South American countries do you see here?
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Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and BrazilEcuador, Peru, Bolivia, and BrazilBolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and BrazilArgentina, Chile, The Falkland Islands, and UruguayCorrect!Wrong!That was Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil!
Maybe you recognized the middle of South America there, maybe you didn't! Now things are starting to get a little more difficult!
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Which five big Asian countries are contained in this landmass?
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Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and KyrgyzstanRussia, China, Mongolia, North Korea, and South KoreaRussia, Ukraine, Mongolia, Svalbad, and KazakhstanKazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, China, and North KoreaCorrect!Wrong!That was Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, China, and North Korea!
That's a tough one, unless you spotted China's coast on the right.
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Now for a few smaller countries. What four tropical countries are these?
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French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana, and VenezuelaBelize, Honduras, Nicaragua, and GuatemalaPanama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and El SalvadorGrenada, Barbados, Guadeloupe, and TrinidadCorrect!Wrong!That was Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala!
Pretty tricky without El Salvador in there to make Central America more recognizable.
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What five European countries do you see here?
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Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, and BelgiumEstonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, and PolandSlovakia, Czech Republic, Austria, Slovenia, and SwitzerlandDenmark, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, and FranceCorrect!Wrong!That was Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, and Belgium.
A veritable league of beer-brewing nations!
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What four countries are pictured here? (Hint: Two of them are in the Middle East.)
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Turkey, Syria, Greece, and BulgariaAfghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and IranArmenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and IraqEgypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and IsraelCorrect!Wrong!That was Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Iraq.
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What seven coastal African countries do you see here?
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Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Cape VerdeGabon, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, South Africa, Cameroon, and NigeriaGuinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and BeninMozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, and EthiopiaCorrect!Wrong!That was Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, and Benin!
These seven countries make up the Southern coast of West Africa.
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And finally, what four Asian countries are pictured here?
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Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Lao People's Democratic RepublicThailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and MyanmarIndonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, and VietnameNorth Korea, South Korea, Japan, and TaiwanCorrect!Wrong!That was Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, and Lao People's Democratic Republic.
South Asia represent! (Some of it, at least.)
