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Countries and Capitals Worksheet Generator

Write, match and choose countries and capital cities continent by continent, with the answer key ready. Grades 5 to 10.

✓ Grades 5 to 10✓ Every UN member state✓ Answer key included

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💡 Learning goal: Pupils recall and write the capital of each country. Builds memory and the spelling of proper nouns.

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🌍 Teaching guide: how to practise countries and capitals

Knowing the countries and their capitals is a core part of political geography from Grade 5 through middle school. This free countries and capitals worksheet generator creates A4 worksheets by continent and level, with an answer key for marking in moments. Every click generates a different sheet. To place them on the map, pair them with the printable blank maps, and find more resources in History & Society.

✏️ Write the capital or the country

Lists to complete in both directions. With the word bank, pupils pick the answer from a box: perfect for beginners.

🔗 Matching

Countries and capitals in two shuffled columns to join with arrows, with a box for the number so marking is faster.

☑️ Multiple choice

Three or four options per question, always from the same continent, so the distractors make pupils think.

📈 Three levels

From the best-known countries of each continent to every UN member state, microstates and Pacific islands included.

🗺️ By continent

Europe, Africa, Asia, North and Central America, South America, Oceania, the Americas or the whole world.

✅ Answer key

The same sheet with the answers highlighted: capitals written in, arrows drawn and the correct option circled.

❓ Frequently Asked Questions about Countries and Capitals Worksheets

Which grades are these worksheets for?

Grades 5 and 6 (basic level, mainly Europe) and middle school, Grades 7 to 10 (intermediate and advanced levels, every continent).

Which countries are included?

The 193 UN member states and Vatican City, grouped by continent as on the LearnKits blank maps. Russia and Turkey belong to both Europe and Asia. Israel is left out because the status of its capital is internationally disputed, and there are no territories whose recognition is contested.

How is "well known" decided?

Each continent has a selection of the countries most studied at school (basic level) and a second one of countries often found in textbooks and the news, plus the rest of the European Union (intermediate level). The advanced level includes every country.

Why do some capitals have two names?

Some countries share the functions of a capital between several cities or have moved it recently, such as Bolivia (Sucre / La Paz) or South Africa. The answer key shows every accepted answer.

Which names are used?

The usual British English names, with the recommended forms in the Catalan and Spanish versions (IEC and Termcat, RAE and Fundéu).

Are countries repeated on the same worksheet?

Not within an exercise. Across exercises, countries that have not appeared yet are used first.

Is any pupil data sent anywhere?

No. Worksheets are generated in your browser and templates are saved in your browser's memory.

📋 Exercises on the Worksheet

🌍 Teaching guide: how to practise countries and capitals

✏️ Write the capital or the country

🔗 Matching

☑️ Multiple choice

📈 Three levels

🗺️ By continent

✅ Answer key

❓ Frequently Asked Questions about Countries and Capitals Worksheets

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