Screens are great for practice and terrible for a classroom test where you want thirty people working at once. Here is the paper version.
What to print
- Printables library — blank maps, label sheets and worksheets.
- Flashcard generator — build capital or flag cards for any continent, then print.
- World capitals list — the full reference table, printer-friendly.
- 50 states and capitals table — one page, all 50 pairs.
- Quiz builder — choose topic, region and length, then print the generated quiz.
A ready-made 20-question round
Print this straight out. Answers are in brackets — cut them off before handing it out.
- Capital of Australia? (Canberra) 2. How many countries in Africa? (54) 3. Longest river? (Nile) 4. Which continent has no countries? (Antarctica) 5. Capital of Canada? (Ottawa) 6. Largest country by area? (Russia) 7. Smallest country? (Vatican City) 8. Which ocean is largest? (Pacific) 9. Capital of Brazil? (Brasília) 10. Which country has the most people? (India) 11. Capital of Japan? (Tokyo) 12. Which US state is largest? (Alaska) 13. Capital of Egypt? (Cairo) 14. How many US states? (50) 15. Which country is shaped like a boot? (Italy) 16. Capital of South Korea? (Seoul) 17. Which desert is largest hot desert? (Sahara) 18. Capital of Kenya? (Nairobi) 19. Which two countries share Hispaniola? (Haiti, Dominican Republic) 20. Capital of Norway? (Oslo)
Running it well
Give ten minutes, no phones, then mark in pairs — peer marking with discussion is where the learning actually happens. Follow with the online version of whichever topic scored worst so the class gets immediate reinforcement.
For group play on screens instead, classroom mode runs a live quiz everyone joins with a code, and teacher resources has lesson-length plans.