Geography Club #2

Countries Joshua Hidalgo has visited

100

The capital of this island country means "Holy Sunday", and it is also the location of a Nickelodeon Resort 

Dominican Republic

200

This European nation is home to the world's oldest still-operating university printing press, founded in 1585, and hosted the World Cup in 2006

Germany

300

This nation is home to East Asia's highest peak outside Japan, Yushan, also known as Jade Mountain. This nation also used to be called Formosa by Portuguese sailors for its "beautiful" appearance

Taiwan

400

Hundreds of thousands of migrants pass the Darien gap annually, a roadless treacherous jungle region in this country which was also the first Latin American country to adopt the US dollar

Panama

500

Joshua got altitude sickness when he visited the "Rainbow Mountains", a stunning Andean peak known for its mineral streaked slopes in this country, accessible only by car from Cuzco

Peru

Flag Frenzy

100

This red, white, and blue flag is made up of two stacked triangles, making it the most irregularly shaped national flag in the world

Nepal

200

This mountainous Asian nation features an orange and yellow flag with a white dragon in the center

Bhutan

300

This African country's flag features Green, Black, and Yellow stripes along with a hoe and an AK-47

Mozambique

400

This red, white, and blue flag depicts its coat of arms as a double white cross on three blue hills, symbolizing Christianity and the Tatra, Fatra, and Matra mountains

Slovakia

500

Featuring the golden Raggiana bird of paradise on the top and Southern Cross on the bottom, this flag splits diagonally black and red to honor its tribal heritage and past under German rule

Papua New Guinea

Island Hopping

100

Known for its bottled water, this island nation sits in the South Pacific roughly 1,300 miles north of New Zealand

Fiji

200

This Polynesian nation split by the International Date Line chose to "jump forward" in 2011, skipping an entire day to align its calendar with Australia and New Zealand. Additionally, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson owes half of his ancestry to this nation.

Samoa

300

Halfway between North America and Asia, this remote atoll was the site of a pivotal 1942 battle that turned the tide of WWII 

Midway Island

400

This island, second largest in its chain, was formed by the merging of two shield volcanoes and is home to the sacred peak Haleakalā, whose name means "House of the Sun" 

Maui

500

Among the kastom villages of Tanna, devotees of a unique religious movement revere British monarch Prince Philip as a divine figure. This South Pacific island is also home to a cargo cult which interpreted Western cargo as being spiritually destined for them. 

Vanuatu

Populations

100

The Johnson Space Center is located in this city, the 4th largest by population in the US

Houston

200

This mountainous Asian city has 7.5 million people in just 431 square miles, giving it a population density of 18,000 people per square mile, and reaching up to 90,000 people per square mile in certain districts in Kowloon

Hong Kong

300

This is the most populous island in the world, with over 150 million people

Java

400

This Middle Eastern nation and home of the Dragon's Blood tree has 40 million people 

Yemen

500

This nation has the largest amount of Spanish speakers in Africa and is ranked as the 7th most corrupt country in the world

Equatorial Guinea

European Cities

100

This Italian city is known as the Global capital of fashion, and is the regional capital of Lombardy

Milan

200

This Balkan city hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics and is the site of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Sarajevo

300

This Irish city is home to King John's Castle also the name of a type of humorous five-line poem 

Limerick

400

This central European city's name translates to "Castle of Salt" and is the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Salzburg

500

This sea-level city is the third-largest in its country and hosts the seat International Criminal Court

The Hague