Geography warm-up · 7 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 357,000 km².
- It shares a land border with 9 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 "B" and has 6 letters.
Question of the day
Morocco
In 788 Idris I founded a dynasty that built up the city of Fes. What is the dynasty called?
- AThe Idrisids
- BThe Almohads
- CThe Saadians
- DThe Alaouites
The Idrisids, named after Idris I, founded their state in 788 and made Fes their capital. The Almohads came in the 1100s, and the Alaouites, who still reign, took Fes in 1666.