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How good is your geography? Test your knowledge

Answer 20 questions on capitals, flags, maps and country context. Get a score out of 100, a geography level and a focused next practice session.

20 questions · Four topics · No timer

What will your geography profile look like?

Answer without looking things up. You can choose “I don’t know” instead of guessing. We’ll show corrections at the end, then suggest a five- or ten-minute practice session based on this round.

Six levels, one clear score

Each correct answer earns five points; incorrect and “I don’t know” answers earn zero. Scores increase in steps of five. At a boundary, the higher band applies: 20 is Explorer, 40 is Traveler, 60 is Geographer, 80 is Atlas Master and 95 is Geographic Genius.

  • 0–19: Beginner. Start with a small set of places.
  • 20–39: Explorer. Turn a few familiar clues into reliable associations.
  • 40–59: Traveler. Connect country names with capitals, flags and locations.
  • 60–79: Geographer. Give the missed topics another focused round.
  • 80–94: Atlas Master. Work on the details that escaped this time.
  • 95–100: Geographic Genius. Try recalling answers without choices next.

These are playful assessment titles, not professional credentials, IQ scores or a ranking against other people. Twenty questions sample a small part of geography. This assessment is not a validated measure of overall ability.

A profile that leads somewhere useful

Your result separates capitals, flags, maps and country context, with five questions in each topic. A low map score suggests a different next step from a low capital score. We recommend the lowest-scoring topic and show the exact questions to revisit. When topics tie, we explain the tie and use a consistent starting order; you can choose another topic.

Choose five or ten minutes for your next session. The plan gives you a short review, a recall task and a later recheck. A perfect score leads to a recall challenge instead of inventing a weakness. You can start a separate practice round here or use the suggested mode in GeoCapitals on iPhone and iPad.

The plan is displayed on this website. App practice is a manual next step: open the app and select the suggested activity. Results are not transferred into the app or used to create an account.

How to use the result

Take a first attempt without using the reference below. Feedback is held until the result so that one explanation does not teach a later answer. There is no time bonus or penalty. Each question has four choices plus “I don’t know”; correct guesses still count, so multiple-choice scores are not the same as unaided recall.

Map questions show simplified country boundaries with a text location clue as an accessible alternative. Flag questions include visual descriptions. Keep that format in mind when interpreting a high score. A category score comes from only five questions and can change substantially with one answer.

Answers stay in this page session and clear when the page is reloaded. A repeated assessment is labelled as practice within the session. Your practice-round score never replaces the original assessment result. Copy your profile to keep a personal note or invite a friend; there is no public leaderboard.

Paper version and answer key

For each question, write an answer before revealing the key. Award five points per correct answer, or one point per correct answer within each topic. A topic with the fewest correct answers is a useful place to begin your next practice session.

  1. What is the capital of Peru? Lima / Quito / Bogotá / Santiago
  2. Which country does this flag represent?A red maple leaf on a white field between two red vertical bands. Canada / Denmark / Peru / Austria
  3. Which country is highlighted in gold on this map?At the northeastern corner of Africa, south of the Mediterranean and west of the Red Sea. Egypt / Morocco / Kenya / Ghana
  4. Which of these countries is in South America? Chile / Mexico / Spain / Angola
  5. What is the capital of Kenya? Nairobi / Kampala / Kigali / Dodoma
  6. Which country does this flag represent?A red circle in the centre of a white field. Japan / Bangladesh / Palau / South Korea
  7. Which country is highlighted in gold on this map?In southern South America, east of Chile, with a long Atlantic coast. Argentina / Peru / Venezuela / Ecuador
  8. Which of these countries is landlocked? Bolivia / Uruguay / Ecuador / Colombia
  9. What is the capital of Thailand? Bangkok / Hanoi / Phnom Penh / Vientiane
  10. Which country does this flag represent?A green field with a yellow diamond and a blue globe. Brazil / Jamaica / Bolivia / Guyana
  11. Which country is highlighted in gold on this map?A large peninsula in southern Asia, south of the Himalayas and north of Sri Lanka. India / Pakistan / Bangladesh / Thailand
  12. Which country shares a land border with Portugal? Spain / France / Italy / Morocco
  13. What is the capital of New Zealand? Wellington / Auckland / Christchurch / Dunedin
  14. Which country does this flag represent?A green Y-shape, black triangle, yellow and white borders, red above and blue below. South Africa / Kenya / Namibia / Zimbabwe
  15. Which country is highlighted in gold on this map?A boot-shaped peninsula in southern Europe extending into the Mediterranean. Italy / Greece / Portugal / Croatia
  16. Which of these is a city-state? Singapore / Malaysia / Vietnam / Laos
  17. What is the capital of South Korea? Seoul / Busan / Tokyo / Pyongyang
  18. Which country does this flag represent?A blue field with the Union Jack and four red stars with white borders. New Zealand / Australia / Fiji / Samoa
  19. Which country is highlighted in gold on this map?An archipelago across the equator in Southeast Asia, north of Australia. Indonesia / Philippines / Japan / Sri Lanka
  20. Which two countries border Mongolia? Russia and China / China and India / Russia and Kazakhstan / China and Nepal
Reveal the answer key
  1. Lima — capitals.
  2. Canada — flags.
  3. Egypt — maps.
  4. Chile — context.
  5. Nairobi — capitals.
  6. Japan — flags.
  7. Argentina — maps.
  8. Bolivia — context.
  9. Bangkok — capitals.
  10. Brazil — flags.
  11. India — maps.
  12. Spain — context.
  13. Wellington — capitals.
  14. South Africa — flags.
  15. Italy — maps.
  16. Singapore — context.
  17. Seoul — capitals.
  18. New Zealand — flags.
  19. Indonesia — maps.
  20. Russia and China — context.

Keep your curiosity moving

For a focused capital challenge, try ten European capitals. For visual practice, use the eight-country flag and map starter. If two country names keep swapping, the country-confusion guide gives you a way to separate them.

GeoCapitals offers capital questions, flag recognition, map challenges and country Atlas cards for iPhone and iPad. Limited starter access is included; most quiz modes and the full Atlas require an optional Pro subscription.

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References and assessment scope

Question set G20-1. Capitals: UN geographical names dashboard and Te Ara on Wellington. Country grouping: UN regional classification. City-state reference: Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Maps: public-domain Natural Earth data. Flags: flag-icons, in 4:3 display format, with its MIT licence.