Geography warm-up · 22 February 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 1,648,000 km².
- It shares a land border with 7 countries.
- People there speak Persian (Farsi).
- The money is the rial.
- It is in Southern Asia.
- Its capital starts with "T" and has 6 letters.
Question of the day
South Africa
On which island was Nelson Mandela held for 18 years?
- ARobben Island
- BBird Island
- CMarion Island
- DDassen Island
Mandela spent 18 of his 27 years in prison on Robben Island in Table Bay, now a museum and World Heritage Site.