group 4 vocab

Philippines

: region: Southeast Asia; capital city: Manila; fact: more than 7,000 islands form an archipelago for this country that was once "property" of the United States and named for Spanish King Philip II

Pakistan

region: South Asia; capital city: Islamabad; fact: former home to the Indus River Valley civilization

Nigeria

region: West Africa; capital city: Abuja; fact: known as the "Giant of Africa" due in part to its large population, diversity, and oil reserves

Myanmar

: region: Southeast Asia; capital city: Naypyidaw; fact: formerly known as Burma, about half of the people are farmers with rice being a main crop

 

Mexico

region: North America; capital city: Mexico City; fact: once home to the Maya and Aztec people

 

Kenya

region: East Africa; capital city: Nairobi; fact: bones of one of the earliest human ancestors ever found were discovered in Turkana Basin in this country

 

Japan:

region: East Asian; capital city: Tokyo; fact: last of the Axis Powers to surrender in 1945, but today is one of the most powerful economies in the world

 

Italy:

region: Southern Europe; capital city: Rome; fact: boot-shaped peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea home to Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Octavian

Iran:

region: southwest Asia; capital city: Tehran; fact: once the center of Persian empires and the site of an Islamic Revolution in 1979

Indonesia

: region: Southeast Asia; capital city: Jakarta; fact: made up of more than 17,000 islands that form an archipelago