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  1. •Capitals

  2. •Major Cities

  3. •Administrative Districts: States/provinces/territories/republics of major countries (all in Mexico, Canada, and Brazil; major ones in Germany, India, China, and Russia)

  4. •Bodies of Water

  5. •Landforms (plateaus, deserts, mountain ranges, etc.)

  6. •Borders (countries, bodies of water, territories, etc.)

  7. •History (gained independence from, explorers, etc.)

  8. •Former Names (e.g., Thailand/Siam, Burkina Faso/Upper Volta)

  9. •National Parks

  10. •Political Features (type of government, administrative districts)

  11. •Economy and Resources (imports, exports, GNP, etc.)

  12. •Time Zones

  13. •UNESCO World Heritage Sites

  1. •Afghanistan

  2. •Akrotiri

  3. •Albania

  4. •Algeria

  5. •American Samoa

  6. •Andorra

  7. •Angola

  8. •Anguilla

  9. •Antarctica

  10. •Antigua and Barbuda

  11. •Arctic Ocean

  12. •Argentina

  13. •Armenia

  14. •Aruba

  15. •Ashmore and Cartier Islands

  16. •Atlantic Ocean

  17. •Australia

  18. •Austria

  19. •Azerbaijan

  20. •Bahamas, The

  21. •Bahrain

  22. •Baker Island description under United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  23. •Bangladesh

  24. •Barbados

  25. •Belarus

  26. •Belgium

  27. •Belize

  28. •Benin

  29. •Bermuda

  30. •Bhutan

  31. •Bolivia

  32. •Bosnia and Herzegovina

  33. •Botswana

  34. •Bouvet Island

  35. •Brazil

  36. •British Indian Ocean Territory

  37. •British Virgin Islands

  38. •Brunei

  39. •Bulgaria

  40. •Burkina Faso

  41. •Burma

  42. •Burundi

  43. •Cambodia

  44. •Cameroon

  45. •Canada

  46. •Cape Verde

  47. •Cayman Islands

  48. •Central African Republic

  49. •Chad

  50. •Chile

  51. •China

  52. •Christmas Island

  53. •Clipperton Island

  54. •Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  55. •Colombia

  56. •Comoros

  57. •Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  58. •Congo, Republic of the

  59. •Cook Islands

  60. •Coral Sea Islands

  61. •Costa Rica

  62. •Cote d'Ivoire

  63. •Croatia

  64. •Cuba

  65. •Cyprus

  66. •Czech Republic

  67. •Denmark

  68. •Dhekelia

  69. •Djibouti

  70. •Dominica

  71. •Dominican Republic

  72. •Ecuador

  73. •Egypt

  74. •El Salvador

  75. •Equatorial Guinea

  76. •Eritrea

  77. •Estonia

  78. •Ethiopia

  79. •European Union entry follows Taiwan

  80. •Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  81. •Faroe Islands

  82. •Fiji

  83. •Finland

  84. •France

  85. •French Polynesia

  86. •French Southern and Antarctic Lands

  87. •Gabon

  88. •Gambia, The

  89. •Gaza Strip

  90. •Georgia

  91. •Germany

  92. •Ghana

  93. •Gibraltar

  94. •Greece

  95. •Greenland

  96. •Grenada

  97. •Guam

  98. •Guatemala

  99. •Guernsey

  100. •Guinea

  101. •Guinea-Bissau

  102. •Guyana

  103. •Haiti

  104. •Heard Island and McDonald Islands

  105. •Holy See (Vatican City)

  106. •Honduras

  107. •Hong Kong

  108. •Howland Island description under United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  109. •Hungary

  110. •Iceland

  111. •India

  112. •Indian Ocean

  113. •Indonesia

  114. •Iran

  115. •Iraq

  116. •Ireland

  117. •Isle of Man

  118. •Israel

  119. •Italy

  120. •Jamaica

  121. •Jan Mayen

  122. •Japan

  123. •Jarvis Island description under United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  124. •Jersey

  125. •Johnston Atoll description under United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  126. •Jordan

  127. •Kazakhstan

  128. •Kenya

  129. •Kingman Reef description under United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  130. •Kiribati

  131. •Korea, North

  132. •Korea, South

  133. •Kosovo

  134. •Kuwait

  135. •Kyrgyzstan

  136. •Laos

  137. •Latvia

  138. •Lebanon

  139. •Lesotho

  140. •Liberia

  141. •Libya

  142. •Liechtenstein

  143. •Lithuania

  144. •Luxembourg

  145. •Macau

  146. •Macedonia

  147. •Madagascar

  148. •Malawi

  149. •Malaysia

  150. •Maldives

  151. •Mali

  152. •Malta

  153. •Marshall Islands

  154. •Mauritania

  155. •Mauritius

  156. •Mayotte

  157. •Mexico

  158. •Micronesia, Federated States of

  159. •Midway Islands description under United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  160. •Moldova

  161. •Monaco

  162. •Mongolia

  163. •Montenegro

  164. •Montserrat

  165. •Morocco

  166. •Mozambique

  167. •Namibia

  168. •Nauru

  169. •Navassa Island

  170. •Nepal

  171. •Netherlands

  172. •Netherlands Antilles

  173. •New Caledonia

  174. •New Zealand

  175. •Nicaragua

  176. •Niger

  177. •Nigeria

  178. •Niue

  179. •Norfolk Island

  180. •Northern Mariana Islands

  181. •Norway

  182. •Oman

  183. •Pacific Ocean

  184. •Pakistan

  185. •Palau

  186. •Palmyra Atoll description under United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  187. •Panama

  188. •Papua New Guinea

  189. •Paracel Islands

  190. •Paraguay

  191. •Peru

  192. •Philippines

  193. •Pitcairn Islands

  194. •Poland

  195. •Portugal

  196. •Puerto Rico

  197. •Qatar

  198. •Romania

  199. •Russia

  200. •Rwanda

  201. •Saint Helena

  202. •Saint Kitts and Nevis

  203. •Saint Lucia

  204. •Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  205. •Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  206. •Samoa

  207. •San Marino

  208. •Sao Tome and Principe

  209. •Saudi Arabia

  210. •Senegal

  211. •Serbia

  212. •Seychelles

  213. •Sierra Leone

  214. •Singapore

  215. •Slovakia

  216. •Slovenia

  217. •Solomon Islands

  218. •Somalia

  219. •South Africa

  220. •South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

  221. •Southern Ocean

  222. •Spain

  223. •Spratly Islands

  224. •Sri Lanka

  225. •Sudan

  226. •Suriname

  227. •Svalbard

  228. •Swaziland

  229. •Sweden

  230. •Switzerland

  231. •Syria

  232. •Taiwan entry follows Zimbabwe

  233. •Tajikistan

  234. •Tanzania

  235. •Thailand

  236. •Timor-Leste

  237. •Togo

  238. •Tokelau

  239. •Tonga

  240. •Trinidad and Tobago

  241. •Tunisia

  242. •Turkey

  243. •Turkmenistan

  244. •Turks and Caicos Islands

  245. •Tuvalu

  246. •Uganda

  247. •Ukraine

  248. •United Arab Emirates

  249. •United Kingdom

  250. •United States

  251. •United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges

  252. •Uruguay

  253. •Uzbekistan

  254. •Vanuatu

  255. •Venezuela

  256. •Vietnam

  257. •Virgin Islands

  258. •Wake Island

  259. •Wallis and Futuna

  260. •West Bank

  261. •Western Sahara

  262. •Yemen

  263. •Zambia

  264. •Zimbabwe

  265. •Taiwan

  266. •European Union

The country names below link to the CIA World Factbook.

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