SSE Countries and their Capitals

Countries and their Capitals

Unit 4 Lesson 3

Objectives:

• identify what a capital city is

• name the capital cities of some Arab countries

• identify the flags of some Arab countries

Open Ended

What is the name of your country?

Multiple Choice

Is there only one city and one town in each country?

• Yes

• No

Open Ended

What is the name of your city?

Some cities are small; others are big.

Some people live in the city of Makkah, some live in Madina, some live in Riyadh and some live in Jeddah. There are many other cities in Saudi Arabia too.

Multiple Choice

Look at this map of Saudi Arabia. Which city do you think is the capital city of Saudi Arabia?

• Jeddah

• Tabuk

• Riyadh

• Abha

Capital City

In each country, there is a city which is more important than all the other cities in this country. It is called the "capital city".

A capital city usually has the most important places in a country. Many people like to live in the capital city of a country.

What do the dots on the map represent?

What does the star on the map represent?

Arab Countries

These are all the countries that belong to the Arab Nation.

Country Capitals

Look at the capital cities of two of our Arab countries.

Country Flag

Each country in the world is represented by a special piece of cloth with different colors called a "flag".

Flags of the world.

No two countries can have the same flag. The flag belongs to the country not to a city in the country.

Saudi Arabia

Colors on each flag have certain meanings related to a country. All citizens should respect the flag of their country and all other countries too.

Flag of Lebanon

• The red color represents the blood shed by all the people who died defending their country at war.

• The white color represents the snow that covers the mountains in winter.

• The cedar tree is one of the rare trees in the world. It has been found in Lebanon since a very long time and is still found there. It is an evergreen tree.

More Arab Countries

Each of these flags belong to different Arab Country.

Poll

Which do you think is the capital city of this country: Saudi Arabia.

• Riyadh

• Makkah

Poll

Which do you think is the capital city of this country: Lebanon

• Tripoli

• Beirut

Poll

Which do you think is the capital city of this country: Palestine

• Jerusalem

• Gaza

Poll

Which do you think is the capital city of this country: Qatar

• Doha

• Ar Rayyan

Poll

Which do you think is the capital city of this country: Oman

• Dawkah

• Muscat

Poll

Which do you think is the capital city of this country: Tunisia

• Nabul

• Tunis

Solving Page 102

As a game quiz...

Multiple Select

To which countries do these flags belong? _{Select the 2 names.}

• Palestine

• Qatar

• Saudi Arabia

• Tunisia

• Egypt

Fill in the Blanks

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1. Beirut is the capital city of

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Fill in the Blanks

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2. A

is a piece of cloth with a special design.

Fill in the Blanks

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3. A

is the most important city in a country.

Draw your country's flag and color it.

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