This world geography scavenger hunt idea is a great activity to use with any age. It can be used for kids in the classroom as part of a school geography lesson or in a youth group that’s seeking to increase world awareness.
Alternatively, you could organize it as an adult scavenger hunt at a travel-themed party to add a competitive game to the evening’s fun.
Here’s how to organize it:
Resources
- List of countries ending in A (see below)
- World maps
- Paper
- Pens
Preparation
None
Teams
This map scavenger hunt can be done with teams of any size – individually, in pairs or small teams. It really depends on how large your group is and how many world maps you have.
Instructions
Give each person / team a map, piece of paper and a pen. Their task is to search the map to find as many different countries ending in A as they can – they should then list these on the paper.
Set a time limit that they have to be completed by and set them hunting!
Winner
The person or team who has the longest list of countries once the time is up.
List Of Countries
At the time of writing, there were 75 countries that players might be able to find. Here’s a list of countries ending in A – you can also find a link to a free printable copy of the list at the end:
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Burma
- Cambodia
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Gambia, The
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guyana
- India
- Indonesia
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Latvia
- Liberia
- Libya
- Lithuania
- Macedonia
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Micronesia
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Namibia
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- United States of America
- Venezuela
- Zambia
Printable List Of Countries Ending In A
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