Geography warm-up · 16 July 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 552,000 km².
- It shares a land border with 8 countries.
- The main language is named after the country or its people.
- The money is the Euro.
- It is in Western Europe.
- Its capital starts with "P" and has 5 letters.
Question of the day
New Zealand
What is the highest mountain in New Zealand?
- AAoraki / Mount Cook
- BMount Ruapehu
- CMount Taranaki
- DMount Kosciuszko
Aoraki / Mount Cook in the Southern Alps, 3,724 m high. Mount Ruapehu is the highest peak in the North Island, and Mount Kosciuszko is in Australia.