Geography warm-up · 4 March 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 7,692,000 km².
- It shares no land border with any other country.
- People there speak English.
- The money is the dollar.
- It is in Oceania.
- Its capital starts with "C" and has 8 letters.
Question of the day
Myanmar
Which river flows through the middle of Myanmar, past Mandalay, Bagan and Pyay?
- AThe Irrawaddy
- BThe Mekong
- CThe Salween
- DThe Ganges
The Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady), about 2,170 km long, runs from the far north to the delta south of Yangon. The Mekong only touches the border with Laos, and the Salween flows further east.