Which Country Are We in, Kids? (5) Quiz

Answer: Kenya

About 80% the size of the US state of Texas, Kenya is home to around 47 million people (2016 estimate), so just marginally larger than Spain in terms of both area and population.

The Great Rift Valley splits the country, running north to south from Kenya's northern border with Ethiopia and Sudan before continuing into Tanzania to the south. It is within this valley that you can find most of Kenya's famed wildlife: the Amboseli National Park straddles the border with Tanzania and is second in renown only to the Maasai Mara National Reserve.

Answer: Austria

Comparable in size to the US state of South Carolina, Austria is slightly more than half as large as Bangladesh. Austria's population (2015 estimate) was 8.6 million, though, whilst Bangladesh's was 171 million! Located in the midst of the Alps, Austria's national flower is the edelweiss, a mountain flower of the daisy or sunflower family made most famous by the song from the movie "The Sound of Music".

One of the world's most famous Baroque palaces, the 1441-room Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna was home to the Hapsburg dynasty for generations. Emperor Franz Joseph I (reigned 1848-1916), Austria's longest-reigning monarch, was born here in 1830 and died here aged 86.

First performed in 1867, "The Blue Danube" is a waltz by Vienna-native Johann Strauss II (1825-99). The River Danube flows across Austria on its way from Germany to the Black Sea. Vienna is one of four national capitals on the river's route.

Answer: Tonga

The southernmost archipelago in the central Polynesia region, Tonga literally means "south" in many local languages. Spread over a region larger than France, the Kingdom of Tonga consists of 169 islands, of which only 36 are inhabited. The three main islands are Vava'u, Ha'apai and Tongatapu. The capital, Nukuʻalofa, is situated on Tongatapu, which is home to more than 70% of the entire country's population of 103,000 (2011 Census).

Tonga became a protected state in 1900, and although it had a Treaty of Friendship with Britain, it remained self-governing and was never colonized. It chose to join the Commonwealth in 1970, joining Swaziland, Lesotho and Malaysia as members with their own monarchy rather than the British crown as head of state. Tonga became a member of the UN in 1999.

Answer: Costa Rica

Costa Rica is about 20% larger than The Netherlands but is home to only a quarter of that country's 17 million (2016 estimate) population. Areas set aside as national parks and wildlife protection areas represent 8% of the land mass in the developed world and 13% in the developing world, but that figure is 25% in Costa Rica -- more than any other country on the planet.

The internationally renowned, 175-square mile Corcovado National Park (about the size of Barbados) is the country's largest. Containing one of the world's few remaining large lowland tropical rainforests, visitors here can see the endangered Baird's tapir (pictured), the rare harpy eagle, jaguar, puma, margay and other big cats, four species of monkey, sloth, poison dart frogs and even American crocodiles and bull sharks.

Answer: Iran

The world's 18th-largest country, The Islamic Republic of Iran is only marginally smaller than the largest US state, Alaska. While Alaska has a population of around 740,000 (2015 estimate), though, Iran is home to more than 100 times that number -- similar to the populations of Germany or Turkey.

Persian gardens date back to the 6th-century BC, although they can today be found in many places (eg. the Alhambra in Spain and the Taj Mahal in India). Such gardens symbolize the Garden of Eden: the word 'paridaiza' means "walled-garden" in the Median language native to historic northern Persia. Persian gardens are always divided into four sections with water playing a key role in terms of both ornamentation and irrigation. They also generally have a central pavilion and, of course, walls. Chehel Sotoun Palace in the city of Istafhan in central Iran is one of the nine Persian gardens designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Answer: The Azores

Named after the northern goshawk (açor in Portuguese), the Autonomous Region of the Azores lies some 850 miles west of mainland Portugal in the North Atlantic Ocean. With a land area only slightly smaller than Luxembourg, the islands consist of a 370-mile chain divided into three distinct groups. The largest city, Ponta Delgada on São Miguel Island, is one of three regional capitals and is home to around 30% of the entire 245,000 (2012 census) population of the island group.

Although officially discovered in 1432 and settled five years later, there is evidence of human activity on the islands dating back more than two millennia. Today, agriculture, dairy farming and tourism driven by the mild climate produced by the Gulf Stream are the islands' main industries.

Mount Pico itself is situated on Pico Island in the central group. It is sometimes called 'Ilha Preta' ("Black Island") due to the volcanic earth that makes the island ideal for its vineyards which have attracted UNESCO recognition.

Answer: Ghana

Ghana means "Warrior King" is the language of the Soninke people who are native to large swathes of West Africa. Slightly smaller than the US state of Michigan, humans have inhabited what is now Ghana for at least a thousand years. First occupied by the Portuguese in the 15th century (Columbus visited on an early voyage), the Gold Coast was a Dutch possession before becoming part of the British Empire. In 1957, it became the first sub-Saharan colony in Africa to gain independence.

Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the picturesque 'São Jorge da Mina' ("St. George of the Mine") Castle was originally a trading post but it became a key staging post on the Atlantic slave route. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean in the town of Elmira, on the south coast of the central region of Ghana.

Mole National park was established in 1958 and the small human population relocated in 1971. Larger than the US state of Rhode Island, this is a primary location for numerous African antelope and monkey species. Lions and leopards can also be sighted here, but they are rare. It is also an ideal destination for ornithologists, with more than 340 species of birds as residents or seasonal visitors.

Answer: South Korea

Ranked 107th-largest of the world's countries, South Korea is about the same size as Iceland. The US state of Indiana, which is of similar size, is home to fewer than 7 million (2015 estimate) compared with South Korea's population of more than 50 million. Whilst the USA feverishly celebrated its bicentenary in 1976, the Koreans had not long before celebrated a milestone of their own, on October 3, 1967 -- the 4,300th anniversary of its founding day back in 2,333 BC.

Seoraksan National Park is named after the highest peak in the Taebaek mountain range. At 5,603 feet, it's the third-highest peak in South Korea. Although popular with visitors year round, this national park near to the city of Sokcho is particularly known for its spectacular fall foliage.

Gyeongju, a coastal city in the southeast of the country, became the capital of the Kingdom of Silla in the 1st-century BC. By the time of the kingdom's demise in the middle of the 10th-century, it controlled some two-thirds of the Korean peninsula.

The sub-tropical Jeju Island lies off the southwest of the peninsula in the Korea Strait. Famous for its lava tubes, it has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Answer: Bulgaria

The same size as Cuba, Bulgaria is a country of around seven million (2014 census), almost a quarter of which live in the urban area around the national capital, Sofia. Humans occupied this region as far back as the Paleolithic era, and the 8,000-year old former Thracian capital is one of the oldest cities in Europe. Known by numerous names, it was called by variations on Philippopolis for many centuries and the present-day name of Plovdiv has only been used since WWI.

Work began on the Neo-Byzantine style Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia in 1882, and the work was completed 30 years later. In the immediate vicinity of the cathedral, you can also visit the Sofia Opera and Ballet, the Monument to the Unknown Soldier and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.

Born in Italy, in 137 AD Saint Sophia the Martyr was forced to watch as her three daughters, Faith, Hope and Charity, were tortured to death in an attempt to force their mother to renounce her faith. The Bulgarian capital, previously called Ulpia Serdica, Serdonpolis and Triaditza (meaning "Trinity"), was named in her honour during the Ottoman period in the late 19th-century.

Answer: Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago is a twin-island nation in the southern Caribbean Sea, lying only a few miles off the coast of Venezuela. Not much larger than the smallest US state, Rhode Island, the islands have a population of 1.3 million (2011 Census), which is similar to the US state of Maine. Almost half of that population lives in the urban conurbation surrounding the national capital, Port of Spain.

Queen's Park Savannah is the largest open space in the national capital, with a circumference of 2.2 miles. Here you will find the official residences of the President and Prime Minister, the Emperor Valley Zoo and the Royal Botanic Gardens as well as the grounds of Queen's Royal College (founded in 1859).

The Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain is the largest cricket stadium in the West Indies, with seating for 18,000 spectators. For many years, it was the home ground of Trinidad's favourite son, West Indian cricket legend Brian Lara.