Geography warm-up · 23 January 2026
Which country is it?
Put this on the big screen. Show one clue at a time and let the class guess out loud. Every class in the world gets the same country today.
- It covers about 83,600 km².
- It shares a land border with 2 countries.
- People there speak Arabic.
- The money is the dirham.
- It is in Western Asia.
- Its capital starts with "A" and has 8 letters.
United Arab Emirates
Question of the day
Botswana
Which place became the 1,000th site on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2014?
- AThe Okavango Delta
- BThe Tsodilo Hills
- CThe Central Kalahari Game Reserve
- DChobe National Park
The Okavango Delta was inscribed on 22 June 2014. The Tsodilo Hills were listed in 2001; the Central Kalahari and Chobe are not World Heritage Sites.