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  1. 1. LOCATED IN WEST AFRICA, KNOWN FOR VIBRANT CULTURE AND MUSIC. THE CAPITAL CITY IS DAKAR.
  2. 3. THE FLAG IS RED WITH A WHITE ‘+’ IN THE MIDDLE, LIKE WE USE IN THE USA FOR A HOSPITAL SYMBOL. MOST OF THIS COUNTRY IS COVERED BY MOUNTAINS, THE ALPS.
  3. 5. THIS COUNTRY’S NAME IS THE SAME AS THE WORD FOR THE FEELING YOU HAVE WHEN YOUR STOMACH IS EMPTY AND YOU WANT FOOD. THE CAPITAL CITY IS BUDAPEST.
  4. 8. THE CAPITAL CITY IS BRATISLAVA, AND IT IS THE ONLY CAPITAL IN THE WORLD THAT BORDERS 2 COUNTRIES! IT IS BORDERED BY POLAND, UKRAINE, HUNGARY, AND AUSTRIA.
  5. 9. THE POPE LIVES HERE. IT IS THE SMALLEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD, AND YOU CAN WALK AROUND ALL OF IT IN LESS THAN 1 HOUR!?
  6. 11. COMPRISES TWO MAJOR ISLANDS IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA. KNOWN FOR BEAUTIFUL BEACHES AND SAILING.
  7. 12. KNOWN FOR K-POP MUSIC AND KOREAN CUISINE LIKE KIMCHI. THE CAPITAL CITY IS SEOUL.
  8. 14. KNOWN FOR ITS LAKES AND VOLCANOES. THE CAPITAL CITY IS MANAGUA.
  9. 15. THIS PLACE IS LOCATED WITHIN CHINA, AND IS NOT A COUNTRY. IT HAS THE MOST SKYSCRAPERS IN THE WORLD. THE FLAG IS RED, WITH A WHITE ORCHID TREE FLOWER IN THE MIDDLE.
  10. 18. KNOWN AS THE "LAND OF FIRE AND ICE" DUE TO ITS VOLCANOES AND GLACIERS. THE CAPITAL CITY IS REYKJAVIK. IT IS AN ISLAND NATION.
  11. 20. HAS 50 STATES AND A CAPITAL CITY NAMED WASHINGTON, D.C. THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IS LOCATED IN THIS COUNTRY.
  12. 22. THE CAPITAL CITY IS ROME. 2 WORDS: PIZZA AND SPAGHETTI! *THIS IS THE COUNTRY UNCLE NICCO IS FROM!
  13. 23. SECOND LARGEST COUNTRY BY LAND AREA. FAMOUS FOR MAPLE SYRUP AND ICE HOCKEY.
  14. 24. HOME TO IKEA AND THE NOBEL PRIZE. THIS IS WHERE VIKINGS CAME FROM. *I LIVED IN THE CITY OF ALNARP, NEAR MALMÖ.
  15. 25. THIS IS THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. THE CAPITAL CITY IS MOSCOW.
  16. 26. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE FROM THIS COUNTRY WHO MOVED TO WISCONSIN (CLUES: CITY OF PULASKI AND POLKA MUSIC). THE LARGEST CITY IS WARSAW.
  17. 29. A TERRITORY OF THE USA IN THE CARIBBEAN. FAMOUS FOR ITS BEACHES AND TROPICAL CLIMATE.
  18. 31. FAMOUS FOR LANDMARKS LIKE THE EIFFEL TOWER AND THE LOUVRE MUSEUM. FAMOUS FOR FOODS LIKE CROISSANTS AND ESCARGOT (SNAILS).
  19. 32. HOME TO THE ICONIC ANGKOR WAT TEMPLE COMPLEX. THE CAPITAL CITY IS PHNOM PENH.
  20. 33. HOME TO DIVERSE WILDLIFE INCLUDING LIONS, ELEPHANTS, AND RHINOS. THE FAMOUS LANDMARK TABLE MOUNTAIN IS LOCATED IN CAPE TOWN.
  21. 35. HOME TO ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS LIKE THE AZTECS AND MAYA. FAMOUS FOR TACOS AND BURRITOS.
  22. 37. FAMOUS FOR ITS BEAUTIFUL BEACHES AND TEMPLES. THE CAPITAL CITY IS BANGKOK.
  23. 38. FAMOUS FOR TULIP FLOWERS, WINDMILLS, AND WOODEN SHOES. THE CAPITAL CITY IS AMSTERDAM.
  24. 39. KNOWN FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC COMPOSERS LIKE MOZART AND BEETHOVEN. THE CAPITAL CITY IS VIENNA.
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  1. 2. FAMOUS FOR LANDMARKS LIKE BIG BEN AND BUCKINGHAM PALACE, AND CITIES LIKE LONDON AND OXFORD. *I USED TO LIVE HERE, WHERE THEY FILMED THE HARRY POTTER MOVIES!
  2. 3. THE CAPITAL IS LJUBLJANA AND THIS COUNTRY BORDERS ITALY, AUSTRIA, HUNGARY, AND CROATIA. THIS COUNTRY HAS A FAMOUS DRAGON BRIDGE.
  3. 4. HOME TO THE FAMOUS SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE AND KNOWN FOR ITS UNIQUE WILDLIFE, INCLUDING KANGAROOS AND KOALAS.
  4. 5. SHARES THE ISLAND OF HISPANIOLA WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. OFFICIAL LANGUAGES ARE FRENCH AND HAITIAN CREOLE. I WAS INVITED TO BE A VISITING TEACHER A UNIVERSITY HERE FOR A MONTH.
  5. 6. IT IS KNOWN FOR ITS VIKING HISTORY AND THIS COUNTRY TOUCHES GERMANY. LEGO WAS INVENTED BY A PERSON FROM THIS COUNTRY.
  6. 7. KNOWN FOR HAVING LOTS OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS AND PLANS, WHICH MAKES IT FAMOUS FOR ECO-TOURISM. I STUDIED TROPICAL BIRDS, INSECTS, SNAKES, BATS, AND PLANTS HERE FOR A SUMMER WHEN I WAS AT UNIVERSITY.
  7. 10. HOME TO PRAGUE, AND THE LARGEST ANCIENT CASTLE IN THE WORLD. IT ALSO HAS THE MOST CASTLES IN ALL OF EUROPE (LARGEST NUMBER).
  8. 13. DRACULA’S CASTLE IS HERE. THE CAPITAL CITY IS BUCHAREST.
  9. 16. *THIS IS WHERE I LIVE NOW! HOME TO THE BERLIN WALL, THE BRANDENBURG GATE, AND OKTOBERFEST.
  10. 17. FAMOUS FOR CHOCOLATE, WAFFLES, AND BEER. IT HAS THE MOST CASTLES PER SQUARE FOOT (DENSITY – SMALL COUNTRY, WITH MANY CASTLES) COMPARED TO ANY OTHER COUNTRY ACROSS THE GLOBE.
  11. 19. THE MAN WHO INVENTED JEANS WAS BORN IN THE CAPITAL CITY, RIGA, AND MOVED TO THE USA. THE FIRST CHRISTMAS TREE WAS DECORATED IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS LOCATED BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND ESTONIA.
  12. 21. FAMOUS FOR SUSHI, SAMURAI, AND CHERRY BLOSSOMS. THE CAPITAL CITY IS TOKYO, WHICH HOSTED THE 2020 SUMMER OLYMPICS. *I LIVED IN SENDAI AND ISHINOMAKI WHERE THERE WAS A BIG EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI – BUT WE DON’T HAVE THOSE IN WISCONSIN, IT’S VERY SAFE.
  13. 24. FAMOUS FOR KILTS, BAGPIPES, AND THE LOCH NESS MONSTER. THE CAPITAL CITY IS EDINBURGH.
  14. 27. LOCATED ALONG THE BALTIC SEA. THE CAPITAL CITY IS VILNIUS, AND THE FLAG IS 3 LARGE STRIPES OF YELLOW, GREEN, AND RED.
  15. 28. KNOWN FOR ITS RICH HISTORY, INCLUDING THE VIETNAM WAR. THE CAPITAL CITY IS HANOI.
  16. 30. LIKE THE USA HAS STATES, THIS PLACE HAS ‘COUNTRIES’ AND IS CALLED THE ‘UK’: ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES, AND NORTHERN IRELAND. THE FLAG IS CALLED THE ‘UNION JACK’ AND IS RED, WHITE, AND BLUE.
  17. 33. FAMOUS FOR FLAMENCO DANCING AND BULLFIGHTING. THE CAPITAL CITY IS MADRID.
  18. 34. OVER 50% OF THIS COUNTRY IS COVERED BY FORESTS AND HAS MANY WILD PIGS, WOLVES, FOXES, BEARS, RABBITS, AND EVEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEER. THE CAPITAL CITY IS TALLINN.
  19. 36. DURING THE WINTER IT IS VERY DARK, SNOWY, AND COLD HERE, AND SOMETIMES YOU ONLY GET 5 HOURS OF SUNLIGHT OR LESS DURING THE WINTER. *THE CAPITAL CITY IS HELSINKI, WHERE I LIVED WHEN I WENT TO UNIVERSITY.