Geography warm-up · 3 October 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 1,564,000 km² and has no coastline.
- It shares a land border with 2 countries.
- The main language is named after the country or its people.
- The money is the tögrög.
- It is in Eastern Asia.
- Its capital starts with "U" and has 11 letters.
Question of the day
Costa Rica
What does the Spanish name 'Costa Rica' mean in English?
- ARich coast
- BGreen coast
- CPure life
- DFine harbour
Costa Rica means rich coast. By some accounts the name comes from the gold jewellery Columbus saw local people wearing in 1502. 'Pure life' is 'pura vida', the country's favourite phrase.