Name the Country — recognise it by shape and place
Find the Country tests whether you can place a name on the map. Name the Country tests the harder reverse: a country is highlighted, and you have to recognise it from its outline and its position and produce the name. It is the skill that separates people who have memorised a list from people who genuinely know the map. Twenty countries a round, with a continent filter and the same modern zoomable vector map.
How to play
One country is highlighted on the map. Type its name (an autocomplete helps) or pick from the options, then submit. Correct answers advance; misses let you try again. Zoom and pan to inspect the shape and its neighbours. Filter to a continent to focus your practice.
What this game improves
- Trains genuine map recognition, not just recall of a name list
- Pairs with Find the Country to drill both directions of location memory
- Highlights neighbours and coastlines, reinforcing regional layout
- Continent filter for step-by-step regional mastery
Tips
- Use the shape first — long and thin, blocky, an archipelago — then the position to confirm
- Zoom out a little to see which countries border the highlighted one; the neighbours are a strong clue
- The hardest are similarly shaped mid-size countries in the same region — drill those as a set
Skills you practice
map recognition · country shapes · regional geography · spatial reasoning
Frequently asked questions
- How is this different from Find the Country?
- Find the Country gives you a name and asks you to click the location. Name the Country highlights a location and asks you for the name — the harder, more revealing direction.
- How do I answer?
- Type the country's name with autocomplete help, or choose from the presented options, then submit. A wrong answer lets you try again on the same country.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no account, no ads, unlimited rounds, with a continent filter.
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