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Learn the US states, the countries of the world and their capitals by finding them on a blank map. Pick a mode, play, and challenge your class with a link: everyone gets the same questions.

US states

Tap the state it asks for on the map.

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How to play

In Point mode we name a place (“Where is Ohio?”) and you tap it on the map. Get it right and it turns green. Get it wrong and we show you where it was, which one you tapped, which way it lies and a hint drawn from the data: its region of the world, its capital or its size.

In Type mode a place lights up on the map and you type its name. Accents and capital letters don’t matter, and well-known alternatives count (Holland for the Netherlands, Burma for Myanmar). A single typo is fine too, unless what you typed is closer to another answer in the quiz, like Gambia and Zambia. You can play it entirely from the keyboard: type, press Enter, then Enter again to move on.

In Time trial you point to as many as you can before time runs out: 6 seconds per question, one minute for 10. If you miss, the map flashes the right one and moves on.

Each game has 10, 20 or all the questions. At the end you see your score, your time, your longest streak and the ones you missed on a small map, and you can practice just those.

What you can play

The 50 US states and their capitals, with Alaska and Hawaii in their insets.

The 44 countries of Europe and their capitals, the 194 countries of the world and their capitals, or one continent at a time, each on its own map: Africa (54), North and Central America (23), South America (12), Asia (47) and Oceania (14).

And inside countries: the counties of 41 US states, and the states, provinces, departments or regions of 38 countries (Mexico, Canada, Brazil, France, Italy, Germany, China, India…), with their capitals where the data has them. Quizzes need 10 to 110 places: with fewer, a short game is already the whole map; with more, like Texas’s 254 counties, a game never ends and the smallest are impossible to tap on a phone.

In the capitals quizzes you can tap the capital’s dot or the state or country it’s in.

Every quiz has its own page

Each quiz has its own page with the map already picked, how many places there are, the hardest ones, tips to learn them, classroom ideas, the full list and its own FAQ. You’ll find them all at the end of this page and in the games index.

What counts as a country

The 193 members of the United Nations plus Vatican City: 194 in all. Kosovo, Taiwan, Palestine, Western Sahara and territories such as Greenland or Puerto Rico are shown in gray on the map, but they aren’t asked.

Countries of Europe has the 44 the UN places in Europe, including Russia and Vatican City. Turkey, Cyprus, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan count as Asia, as in the rest of the quiz.

Tiny countries (Vatican City, Monaco, San Marino, Malta and the islands of the Caribbean and the Pacific) have a circle you can tap. They’re in every mode: at sea, tapping near the circle is enough, and where several sit close together, zoom in with the buttons or with two fingers.

A few countries have more than one capital. We show Pretoria for South Africa, Dodoma for Tanzania and Astana for Kazakhstan, and when typing, Cape Town or Bloemfontein, Dar es Salaam and Nur-Sultan count too. For Bolivia, both Sucre and La Paz are accepted.

Challenge your class

Pick the quiz in the New game panel and copy the link under Challenge your class. Everyone who opens it gets the same questions in the same order, with no sign-up and no personal data. At the end, each student sees their score and time and can share it with the same link.

Your best score for each quiz is saved only in your browser: neither we nor anyone else can see it.

Classroom ideas

Put the quiz on the interactive whiteboard with the full-screen button and play as a group: one student points and the rest say whether it’s right before tapping.

Start with 10 questions in Point mode and switch to Type once they can place them: that way they practice spelling too. Practice the misses asks only the ones that got away.

To practice on paper, there are printable worksheets with a blank map, questions and an answer key.

Every quiz

Each quiz has its own page, with the map already picked and what you need to know to learn it.

Spain

United States

Europe

The world

By continent

States and provinces of other countries

Counties of US states

Frequently asked questions

Do I need an account?

No. It runs in your browser with no account and no personal data. Your best score is saved only in your browser.

How do I give the whole class the same questions?

Copy the link under Challenge your class and send it. It carries the quiz, the mode, the number of questions and a seed, so everyone who opens it gets the same questions in the same order.

Does it work on phones and tablets?

Yes. Tap the map with your finger, and zoom in with two fingers or the + and − buttons for the smallest states and countries.

Do I have to spell names exactly?

No. Accents and capitals don’t matter, a single typo is usually fine, and well-known alternatives count (Holland, Burma, Ivory Coast).

Why aren’t Kosovo or Palestine included?

Because we count the 193 UN members plus Vatican City as countries (194 in all). Kosovo, Palestine, Taiwan and Western Sahara are on the map, but they aren’t asked.

Are there rivers or mountains quizzes?

Not yet. For now there are states, countries and capitals.

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