Geography warm-up · 22 June 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 197,000 km².
- It shares a land border with 5 countries.
- People there speak French.
- The money is the West African CFA franc.
- It is in Western Africa.
- Its capital starts with "D" and has 5 letters.
Question of the day
Saudi Arabia
Which ancient people carved the great tombs of Hegra, near AlUla?
- AThe Nabataeans
- BThe Romans
- CThe Ottomans
- DThe Phoenicians
The Nabataeans, who also built Petra in Jordan, carved more than 110 tombs at Hegra about 2,000 years ago. Rome took over their kingdom in AD 106.