Countries starting with "A"
The -stan countries
What's in a name?
Water, water everywhere
A Capital idea
100
Arabic is the official language of this North African country.
What is Algeria?
100
Russia invaded this country in 1979.
What is Afghanistan?
100
Myanmar used to be called by this name.
What is Burma?
100
Iceland is located in this ocean.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
100
The capital of the South American country of Venezuela.
What is Caracas?
200
This South American country was home to Eva Peron, who was the nation's first lady from from 1945-1952.
What is Argentina?
200
A successful movement led by Muhammad Ali Jinnah led to this country gaining independence from the British, on 14 August 1947.
What is Pakistan?
200
Kampuchea is the former name of the southeast Asian nation.
What is Cambodia?
200
This is the deepest fresh water lake in the world.
What is Lake Baikal?
200
Santo Domingo is the capital of this Caribbean country.
What is Dominican Republic?
300
This country, which has the Caspian sea on its eastern border, is located in the Caucasus region at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe.
What is Azerbaijan?
300
Baku is the capital of this -stan country.
What is Azerbaijan?
300
Tanganyika and Zanzibar, in Africa, combined to create this east African country.
What is Tanzania?
300
What country contains the Ural, Yenisei and Lena Rivers?
What is Russia?
300
Papa Doc's capital idea.
What is Port-o-Prince? (Haiti)
400
This tiny island nation in the Caribbean Sea about 25 kilometers north of Venezuela is well known for its beaches.
What is Aruba?
400
Tashkent is the capital of this -stan country.
What is Uzbekistan?
400
In 1948 this country changed its name to "Thailand."
What is Siam?
400
These falls are located on the Zimbabwe/Zambia border.
What is Victoria Falls?
400
Tallinn is the capital of this Baltic nation.
What is Estonia?
500
In 1915, leaders of the Turkish government initiated a plan to expel and massacre people from this country who were living in the Ottoman Empire.
What is Armenia?
500
This is the largest of the -stan countries at 2.7 million square kilometers, making it the world's largest land locked country.
What is Kazakhstan?
500
Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma is the less well-known name for this north African country.
What is Libya?
500
This ocean contains the deepest trench in the world.
What is the Pacific Ocean? The Marianas Trench goes down over 11,000km.
500
Tripoli is the capital of this north African nation.
What is Libya?
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