Spin the wheel Countries of the world
Who spins a wheel of the whole world
Geography teachers get the most out of this wheel. Spin, then ask the class for the capital, the continent, the main language or the flag colors. Because the wheel jumps from Mongolia to Madagascar to Mexico, every spin sends the lesson somewhere new, and nobody can guess the next question from the last answer.
At home it turns into a game or a decision. Draw the flag of the country you land on, cook a dish from there on Sunday, or let the wheel settle the argument about where to go next summer. If you keep a list of dream trips, spin once a month and write the winner down.
To be clear about what is on it: 60 well-known countries spread over every inhabited continent, not all 195. Sixty slices keep every name readable, and big and small nations sit side by side. If your country or your textbook's example is missing, open Entries and type it in, or paste a longer list with one name per line.
Need all 195 countries, each with its flag and capital? The random country generator has them: Random country generator
What's on this wheel
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Vietnam
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Running a flag and capital quiz
- Split the group into teams and press Present so the wheel fills the whole screen.
- Give each team one spin. It has thirty seconds to name the capital, the continent or the flag colors of the country that comes up.
- Use Remove from wheel after a correct answer. The quiz gets harder as the famous countries disappear first.
- Open the Results tab at the end and read out every country you covered as a quick revision list.
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Questions about the world wheel
Why only 60 countries and not all 195?
With nearly 200 slices every name would be too small to read, so this wheel holds 60 well-known countries from all inhabited continents. If you need every one, paste the full list into Entries, one name per line.
Can I spin only one continent?
Yes. Delete the countries you don't need in Entries, for example keeping only the African ones for a lesson about Africa. The wheel remembers your version in the browser.
Is every continent covered?
Every inhabited one: Asia, Europe, Africa, North and South America, and Oceania with Australia, New Zealand and Fiji. Antarctica is missing because it has no countries.
Does every country have the same chance?
Yes. A random number from your browser picks the result before the wheel starts moving, and Russia gets a slice no wider than Fiji's.
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