Countries 3 Flashcards
Italy: Physicist
Enrico Fermi
The Netherlands: Capital
The Hague
Kenya: Game reserve
Masai Mara
Myanmar: Nobel Peace Prize winner - 1996
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
Italy: Northeast Adriatic port
Trieste
Italy: Countries within its border
Vatical City and San Marino
Ireland: Olympic swimmer (not Janet Evans)
Michele Smith
The Philippines: Capital and largest city
Manila
Japan: Poison fish
Fugu
Japan: “Divine Wind”
Kamikaze
Myanmar: Former Name
Burma
Ireland: 8th century book of gospels
Book of Kells
Italy: Capital of Piedmont region
Turin
Norway: Island
Spitsbergen
World’s largest landlocked country
Kazakhstan
Monaco: Capital
Monaco-Ville
Papua New Guinea: Capital
Port Moresby
Lebanon: Tree
Cedar
Italy: Largest island
Sicily
Myanmar: River
Irrawaddy
Japan: First pocket radio maker
Sony
Norway: Currency
Krone
Latvia: Capital
Riga
Mexico: Stone carving Indians
Olmecs
Ireland: Olympic swimmer (not Michele Smith)
Janet Evans
The Philippines: Currency
Peso
Italy: Violin manufacturing center
Cremona
Mexico: Southern state with insurgency
Chiapas
Italy: Bell tower
Campanile
Italy: Florence ruling family
Medici
Israel: Former capital and largest city
Tel Aviv
Nicaragua: Female president - 1990-1997
Violeta Chamorro
Mali: Ancient trading center
Timbuktu
Norway: Actress
Liv Ullman
Northern Ireland: actor
Liam Neeson
Italy: Turin auto maker
Fiat
Mozambique: Capital
Maputo
Italy: Capital of Tuscany region
Florence
Italy: Venetian traveller
Marco Polo
Nepal: Capital
Kathmandu
Italy: Rome fountain
Trevi fountain
Nicaragua: Capital
Managua
Mexico: Yucatan resort
Cancun
Japan: Flower
Chrysanthemum
Israel: Collective farm
Kibbutz
Japan: Lute
Samisen
Italy: Capital and largest city
Rome
Mexico: Pacific peninsula
Baja California
Ireland: Writer and poet
James Joyce
Kenya: Native tribe
Masai
Mexico: Capital and largest city
Mexico City
Northern Ireland: Capital
Belfast
Kazakhstan: Curency
Ruble
Italy: North central mountains
Dolomites
Italy: Milan opera house
La Scala
Italy: Sicily capital
Palermo
Myanmar: Bay
Bay of Bengal
Libya: Capital
Tripoli
The Netherlands: Priest and humanist - 1466-1536
Erasmus
Namibia: Capital
Windhoek
Italy: Venetian leader
Doge
Japan: Grill
Hibachi
Japan: Emperor
Akihito (125th emperor)
Mexico: Pyramid-building Indians of the Yucatan
Mayans
Kenya: Independence leader
Jomo Kenyatta
Myanmar: United Nations secretary general
U Thant
Northern Ireland: Northern port
Londonderry
Italy: Largest lake
Lake Garda
Japan: Drama theater
Kabuki
Jamaica: Mountains
Blue Mountains
New Zealand: Islands
North Island; South Island
Japan: Massage
Shiatsu
Japan: Green liquor
Midori
Pakistan: Former capital largest city and port
Karachi
Pakistan: Capital
Islamabad
Italy: Cities Vesuvius burried
Pompeii and Herculaneum
Madagascar: Capital
Antananarivo
Italy: Infamous patron of the arts
Lucretia Borgia
Laos: Religion
Buddhism
Mexico: Christmas procession
Peseta
Madagascar: Monkey
Lemur
Myanmar: Religion
Buddhism
Japan: Primary religion
Shinto
Sweden: Actress
Greta Garbo
Ireland: Convent
Sisters of Mercy
New Zealand: Strait
Cook Strait
North Korea: Head of government - 1994-
Kim Jong-Il
Jamaica: City of “eight rivers”
Ocho Rios
New Zealand: Operatic soprano
Kiri te Kanawa
The Netherlands: Currency
Guilder
Italy: Longest River
Po
Morocco: King Hassan II’s successor
King Sedi Mohammed
Norway: Ethnologist
Thor Heyerdahl
The Philippines: Largest Island
Luzon
Italy: Opera conductor
Arturo Toscanini
Kenya: Languages
Swahili and English
Italy: Galileo’s birthplace
Pisa
Peru: President - 1992-
Alberto Fujimori
Japan: 9th to 16th century military dictators
Shogun
Jordan: King 1953-1999
King Hussein I
Norway: second largest city
Bergen
Japan: Act of ceremonial suicide
Hara-Kiri (sepeku)
Jordan: Former name
Trans Jordan
Pakistan: President - 1977-1988
Ul-Haq Zia
Nepal: “lost man” of Himalayas
Yeti
New Zealand: Capital
Wellington
Mexico: State after which a breed of dog was named
Chihuahua
Ireland: Irish-American Miners
“Molly Maquires”
Japan: Art of paper folding
Origami
Kenya: Currency
Shilling
New Zealand: Former Capital
Christchurch
Ireland: Dramatist and director of Abbey Theater - 1904
John Millington Synge
Italy: Electrostatics and animal physiology pioneer
Luigi Galvani
Japan: photographic Film maker
Fuji
Mexico: Maximillian’s Belgian wife
Grand Duchess Carlotta
Israel: Capital
Jerusalem
Israel: Prime minister - 1996-1999
Benjamin Netanyahu
Mexico: Artist-muralist
Diego Rivera
Norway: Artist
Edvard Munch (“Screaming Artist”)
Japan: Added to a name for respect
San
Norway: Olympic figure skater
Sonja Henie
Israel: World’s saltiest lake
Dead Sea
Mongolia: Desert
Gobi
Italy: Sicily volcano
Etna
Monaco: Man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo
Charles Wells
Peru: Incan city in Andes
Macchu Picchu
Italy: Second largest island
Sardinia
Italy: Venetian composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Mexico: President 2000-
Jefe Vincente Fox
Japan: Self defense
Judo and Jujitsu
Italy: Capri cave
Blue Grotto
Italy: Violin virtuoso
Niccolo Paganini
Italy: Turin veil of controversy
Shroud of Turin
Italy: Religion
Roman Catholic
Japan: “Empty Hand”
Karate
Ireland: Hunger striker
Bobby Sands
Panama: Currency
Balboa
Japan: Kabuki theater of Tokyo
Ginza
Nigeria: Breakaway republic
Biafra
Monaco: Prince Renier’s wife
Princess Grace (Kelly)
Pakistan: Currency
Rupee
Morocco: King who died in 1999
King Hassan II
Ireland: Playwright
Sean O’Casey
Libya: Dictator - 1969-
Muammar Gaddafi
Nicaragua: Lakes
Lake Nicaragua; Lake Managua
Japan: High speed train
Bullet train
Italy: Rome River
Tiber
Ireland: Rebellion against British rule - 1916
Easter uprising
Mexico: Caribbean peninsula
Yucatan
New Zealand: Indigenous people
Maori
Israel: Foreign minister who wore an eye patch
Moshe Dayan
Mongolia: Capital
Ulan Bator
Pakistan: Northern disputed territory
Kashmir
Nicaragua: Dictator ousted in 1979
Anastasio Somoza
Italy: Venetian artist
Titian
Panama: General and strongman (now in US prison)
Manuel Noriega
Kuwait: Capital
Kuwait City
Japan: Largest Island
Honshu
New Zealand: Bird
Kiwi
Mexico: Mexican-American female golfer
Nancy Lopez
Japan: Warrior knights
Samurai
Israel: Nobel Peace Prize winner - 1987
Menachem Begin
Israel: Prime minister - 1974-1977 and 1992-1995
Yitzhak Rabin
Lebanon: Valley
Bekaa Valley
Liechtenstein: Capital
Vaduz
Italy: Florence palace used as an art gallery
Pitti Palace
Italy: The Jewel of the Adriatic
Venice
Ireland: Dublin theater and company
Abbey Theater
Kenya: Tallest mountain
Mt. Kenya
Martinique: Capital
Fort de France
Mexico: Austrian archduke - ruled 1864-1867
Maximillian
Japan: “Precision” watch maker
Seiko
Norway: Playwright
Heinrich Ibsen
Ireland: 1848-49 disaster
Potato famine
Monaco: Renier’s children
Princesses Caroline and Stephanie; Prince Albert
Norway: Betrayer of Norway
Vidkun Quisling
Ireland: Moaning spirit
Banshee
Mali: Capital
Bamako
The Netherlands: Largest city
Amsterdam
Monaco: Currency
Monegasque Franc
Japan: Capital
Tokyo
Norway: Explorer
Roald Amundsen
Italy: Currency
Lire
Kenya: Capital
Nairobi
Sweden: UN secretary-general
Dag Hammarskjold
Pakistan: Prime Minister - 1988-1990 and 1993-1996
Benazir Bhutto
Italy: Milan ruling family
Sforza
North Korea: US ship captured in 1968
Pueblo
Jamaica: Famous Olympians
Jamaican Bobsled Team
Namibia: Desert
Namib
North Korea: Capital
Pyongyang
Japan: Largest port
Yokohama
Lebanon: Capital
Beirut
Japan: Three line poem
Haiku
Italy: Venetian bridge on the way to the gallows
The Bridge of Sighs
Israel: Desert
Negev
Nigeria: Capital
Abuja
Italy: Florence fountain
Fountain of Neptune
The Philippines: Largest religious group
Roman Catholic
Jordan: King Hussein’s wife
Queen Noor (American born)
Italy: Florence art gallery
Uffizi Gallery
Japan: Gangster
Yasuka
Israel: First prime minister
David Ben-Gurion
Mexico: Leader of Mexican revolution - 1910-1914
Emilio Zapata
Italy: Florence river
Arno
Peru: Capital
Lima
Luxembourg: Grand Duchess
Carlotta
Italy: Columbus’ birthplace
Genoa
Italy: Venetian canal
Grand Canal
New Zealand: Mountains
Southern Alps
Mexico: Leader during Mexican-American war
Santa Anna (one legged)
Morocco: Well known cities
Fez; Marrakesh
Japan: Powerful businessman
Tycoon
Luxembourg: Grand Duke
Henri
Japan: Art of dwarf tree growing
Bonsai
Zimbabwe: Last Rhodesian prime minister
Ian Smith
Malaysia: Island
Borneo
Japan: Hokkaido aborigines
Ainus
Italy: Naples island
Capri
Norway: Capital and largest city
Oslo (former Christiana)
Norway: Royal names
Haakon; Harold
Mexico: Late Mexican-American singer
Selena (Perez)
Japan: Northernmost main island
Hokkaido
Jamaica: Capital
Kingston
Ireland: Physicist and chemist
Robert Boyle (Boyle’s law)
Mongolia: Rodent
Gerbil
Paraguay: Capital
Asuncion
Japan: Akihito’s father
Hirohito
Italy: Comedy of Masks
Commedia del’ Arte
The Netherlands: Artists
Piet Mondrian and Rembrandt
Norway: Composer
Edvard Grieg
Italy: Tenor from Modena
Luciano Pavarotti
Luxembourg: Major religion
Roman Catholic
Israel: Parliament
Knesset
New Zealand: Minor Island
Chatham Island
Liberia: Capital
Monrovia
Jamaica: Liquor
Tia Maria
Monaco: Principal income
Gambling
Monaco: Gambling city
Monte Carlo
Luxembourg: Capital
Luxembourg
Israel: Group that created Israel
Zionists
Morocco: Capital
Rabat
Italy: Central mountains forming the spine of Italy
Apennines
The Netherlands: Port
Rotterdam
The Philippines: Former capital
Quezon city
Japan: Ancient Capital
Kyoto
Morocco: Rice dish
Couscous
Mexico: Pyramid-building Indians of central Mexico
Aztecs
Nicaragua: Communist rebels
Sandinistas
Laos: Capital
Vientiane
Mexico: Mexican-American male golfer
Lee Trevino
Ireland: “Little Clover”
Shamrock
Jordan: King 1999-
King Abdul Hussein
Martinique: Dormant volcano
Mt. Pelee
Israel: Prime minister - 1977-83
Menachem Begin
The Netherlands: Royal House
Orange
Japan: Southernmost main island
Kyushu
Kazakhstan: Space port
Balkanor Cosmodrome (leased by Russia)
Japan: Dramas
Noh dramas
Italy: Caesar’s river
Rubicon
New Zealand: Explorer
Sir Edmond Hillary
Japan: Conductor
Seiji Ozawa
Madagascar: Former name
Malagasy Republic
Israel: Intelligence Agency
Mossad
Italy: Revolutionary Red Shirt leader
Guiseppe Garibaldi
Japan: Currency
Yen
New Zealand: Currency
Dollar
Japan: “Long Life”
Bonzai
Mexico: President 1994-2000
Ernesto Zedillo
Libya: Gulf
Gulf of Sidra
Japan: Art of flower arranging
Ichybonnet
Japan: Sacred mountain
Mt. Fuji (Mt. Fujiyama)
Malaysia: Peninsula
Malay Peninsula
Peru: Incan dialect
Qechua
Mexico: President who overthrew Juarez - 1887
Porfirio Diaz
Japan: Wrestling
Sumo
The Netherlands: Pottery making city
Delft
Italy: Rome underground cemeteries
Catacombs
Italy: Mainland volcano
Vesuvius
Peru: Indians
Incas
Lithuania: Capital
Vilnius
Mexico: Man who overthrew Maximillian
Benito Juarez
Japan: “Exalted Gate”
Mikado
Israel: Prime minister - 1984-1986 - 1995-1996
Shimon Peres
Israel: River
Jordan
Panama: Capital
Panama City
Japan: Floor mat
Tatami
Kenya: President 1978-
Daniel arap Moi
The Netherlands: Explorer
Abel Tasman
Myanmar: Capital
Yangon (former Rangoon)
Nicaragua: Rebel leader and president
Daniel Ortega
The Netherlands: Current Queen
Beatrix
Japan: Director
Akira Kurosawa
Israel: Prime minister - 1999-
Ehud Barak
Jordan: Capital
Amman (former Philadelphia)
Israel: Nobel peace prize winner - 1994
Yitzhak Rabin
Ireland: Female writer
Maeve Binchy
Mexico: Candy filled toy
Pinata
The Netherlands: Beatrix’ mother
Juliana
Japan: Ancient ceremony
Tea Ceremony
Mexico: President 1988-1994
Carlos Salinas
Macedonia: Capital
Skopje
Mexico: Aztec god
Quetzaquadl
Italy: Rome steps leading to Villa Burghese
Spanish Steps
Italy: Venetian landmark bridge
The Rialto
Monaco: Current royalty
Prince Ranier
North Korea: Head of government - 1948-1994
Kim Il-Sung
Japan: Temple
Pagoda
Italy: Second largest city - capital of Lombardy
Milan
Israel: Currency
Shekel
Japan: Ornamental fish
Koi
Mexico: Aztec conqueror
Hernando Cortez
Mexico: Atlantic gulf
Gulf of Mexico
Ireland: Poet who won Nobel Prize for Literature
William Butler Yeats
Nepal: Wild ox
Yak
Mexico: Pacific gulf
Gulf of California (sea of Cortez)
Mexico: Island off of Yucatan
Cozumel
Morocco: Port and largest city
Casablanca
The Netherlands: Area drained for farmland
Zuider Zee
Japan: Female professional entertainer
Geisha
Italy: Educator
Maria Montessori
Jamaica: Reggae artist
Bob Marley
Kazakhstan: Capital
Astana
New Zealand: Extinct bird
Moa
Mali: River
Niger
Japan: Parliament
Diet
Japan: Number of syllablesin haiku
Seventeen
Lebanon: Group of militant Shiite Muslims
Hezbollah
The Netherlands: Architect
Mies Van der Rohe
The Netherlands: Juliana’s mother
Wilhelmina
Nigeria: Former capital and largest city
Lagos
Italy: Rome ancient arena
Colosseum
Malaysia: Capital
Kuala Lumpur
Jamaica: Resort City
Montego Bay
Nicaragua: Rebels against the Sandinista government
Contras
Martinique: City destroyed by Pelee - 1902
St. Pierre