Geography warm-up · 10 August 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 181,000 km².
- It shares a land border with 3 countries.
- People there speak Khmer.
- The money is the riel.
- It is in Southeast Asia.
- Its capital starts with "P" and has 9 letters.
Question of the day
Brazil
The plan of Brasília, drawn by Lúcio Costa, is famous for looking like what?
- AAn airplane
- BA five-pointed star
- CA perfect circle
- DA chessboard
Brasília's plan looks like an airplane: the government buildings lie along the 'body' and the homes along the curved 'wings'.