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Game cards 1
Country
Surface area
442 km²
Population (2006)
69,108
Official language(s)
English
Other/minority languages
local dialects, Spanish, Chinese
Cultural highlight
West Indian cuisine
Important geographical feature
Beaches for tourists’ delight
Country
Surface area
7,741,220 km²
Population (2006)
20,555,300
Official language(s)
English
Other/minority languages
Aboriginal languages,Chinese, Italian, Greek
Cultural highlight
The Opera House was planned by a Finnish architect.
Important geographical feature
There’s a rock in the middle of it.
Country
Surface area
13,878 km²
Population (2005)
323,000
Official language(s)
English
Other/minority languages
Creole (among Haitian immigrants)
Cultural highlight
A form of local music is called ‘junkanoo’.
Important geographical feature
The Tongue of the Ocean is a deep trench separating the islands of Andros and New Providence.
Country
Surface area
338,145 km²
Population (2006)
5,274,820
Official language(s)
Suomi
Other/minority languages
Sami, Swedish, Russian, Estonian
Cultural highlight
In the tradition of the original inhabitants: sauna
Important geographical feature
There are thousands of lakes in this country.
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Game cards 2
Country
Surface area
238,534 km²
Population (2005)
22,113,000
Official language(s)
English, Akan, Dagaare/Wale, Dagbane, Dangme, Ewe, Ga, Gonja, Kasem and Nzema
Other/minority languages
About 70 other languages spoken by native inhabitants
Cultural highlight
Kente is the name of a cloth which is woven by hand.
Important geographical feature
The world’s largest artificial lake: a dam holds back the White Volta River and the Black Volta River.
Country
Surface area
10,991 km²
Population (2005)
2,651,000
Official language(s)
English
Other/minority languages
Creole (Patois)
Cultural highlight
Bob Marley was one of the most important reggae musicians.
Important geographical feature
Splendid coral reefs surround the island.
Country
Surface area
329,847 km²
Population (2006)
26,888,000
Official language(s)
Malay, partly English
Other/minority languages
About 130 indigenous languages,Chinese, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Thai
Cultural highlight
Several religions exist together with modern life: mosque and skyscraper.
Important geographical feature
Large patches of the Borneo part of the country are covered by tropical rainforest.
Country
Surface area
41,526 km²
Population (2006)
16,491,461
Official language(s)
Dutch
Other/minority languages
Frisian, Italian, Spanish, Turkish, Arabic
Cultural highlight
A world-famous painter spent his youth here.
Important geographical feature
About half of the surface area is less than 1 metre above sea level.
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Game cards 3
Country
Surface area
244,820 km²
Population (2001)
58,789,194
Official language(s)
English
Other/minority languages
Scots, Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Gujarati, Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, Bengali, Cantonese, Turkish, Lithuanian and Polish
Cultural highlight
Two famous universities compete for brains.
Important geographical feature
A river runs through the south of the country.
Country
Surface area
268,680 km²
Population (2006)
4,151,605
Official language(s)
English, Maori
Other/minority languages
Chinese, Samoan, French
Cultural highlight
A carving of Te Au-o-te-whenua, an ancestor of the Kawerau-Maki people
Important geographical feature
On the South Island, there are the Southern Alps with the highest peak at 3,754 m.
Country
Surface area
923,768 km²
Population (2006)
140,003,542
Official language(s)
English
Other/minority languages
About 520 languages, the most important being Igbo, Yoruba, Edo and Hausa
Cultural highlight
This book about the effects of colonialism made the author, Chinua Achebe, famous.
Important geographical feature
A mighty river gave its name to the country.
Country
Surface area
300,000 km²
Population (2006)
85,236,913
Official language(s)
Filipino, English
Other/minority languages
More than 170, among them Tagalog, Cebuano, Ilokano, Hiligaynon, Waray-Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan, Pangasinan. Kinaray-a, Maranao, Maguindanao and Tausug, Spanish, Arabic
Cultural highlight
Fusion culture: Spanish + American + indigenous = jeepney taxi
Important geographical feature
The country consists of about 7,107 islands.
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Game cards 4
Country
Surface area
1,221,037 km²
Population (2005)
47,432,000
Official language(s)
Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Northern Sotho, Southern Sotho, Swati, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Xhosa and Zulu
Other/minority languages
Fanagalo, Khoe, Lobedu, Nama, Northern Ndebele, Phuthi, San and others
Cultural highlight
Ladysmith Black Mambazo is a chorus that is noted for singing a cappella music.
Important geographical feature
The Cape of Good Hope is not actually the southernmost point of the continent.
Country
Surface area
214,969 km²
Population (2005)
751,000
Official language(s)
English
Other/minority languages
Amerindian languages, Guyanese Creole, Hindi-Urdu
Cultural highlight
Some buildings are typical of colonial times.
Important geographical feature
The Kaieteur Falls inspired the book and the film “The Lost World”.
Country
Surface area
699.4 km²
Population (2006)
4,483,900
Official language(s)
English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil
Other/minority languages
Various immigrant languages such as Hindi, Malayalam, Arabic, etc.
Cultural highlight
Locals can enjoy a mixture of different cuisines at so-called food courts.
Important geographical feature
The port of this city state has always been its best advantage.
Country
Surface area
70,273 km²
Population (2006)
4,234,925
Official language(s)
Gaelic, English
Other/minority languages
Languages of recent immigrants such as Polish, Lithuanian
Cultural highlight
Riverdance is a show consisting of traditional step dancing.
Important geographical feature
The ocean slowly eats away at the Cliffs of Moher.
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Game cards 5
Country
Surface area
9,984,670 km²
Population (2007)
32,847,500
Official language(s)
English, French
Other/minority languages
Languages of First Nations such as Cree, Inuktitut, Ojibway, Innu and Micmac, languages of immigration
Cultural highlight
A Kwakwaka’wakw totem pole and traditional “big house” in Victoria
Important geographical feature
The Horseshoe Falls is the largest part of Niagara Falls, one of the world’s most voluminous waterfalls.
Country
Surface area
9,631,420 km²
Population (2007)
301,275,000
Official language(s)
English
Other/minority languages
Spanish, Hawaiian, languages of migration
Cultural highlight
A well-known realistic painting by Edward Hopper
Important geographical feature
Many things in this country are man-made, but this arch in a national park is natural.
Country
Surface area
41,285 km²
Population (2006)
7,507,000
Official language(s)
German, French, Italian, Romansh
Other/minority languages
Languages of migration, dialects
Cultural highlight
Peculiar musical instruments are played here.
Important geographical feature
The Alps make up one third of the surface area.
Country
Surface area
945,087 km²
Population (2006)
37,849,133
Official language(s)
Swahili
Other/minority languages
English, aboriginal languages
Cultural highlight
A street art market on the island of Zanzibar, which belongs to this country
Important geographical feature
Mount Kilimanjaro rises to 5,895 metres.
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