Geography, by region.
Capital Path already teaches the United States five states at a time. World Path will use that same pattern for other parts of the world: name the country, name the capital, then place it. Until that trainer is up, these shelves are the study list. They are ordinary reference facts, not a curriculum’s memory sentences.
A few countries keep more than one capital. Bolivia’s constitutional capital is Sucre, and the government sits in La Paz. South Africa uses Pretoria, Cape Town, and Bloemfontein for different branches. The Netherlands’ capital is Amsterdam, and the government sits in The Hague. The list below uses the capital students are usually asked to name, and the notes stay on this page.
Full reference maps: CIA World Factbook and National Geographic Education. Stories that travel with these places are on the book list.
Europe
North and the islands
- Ireland · Dublin
- United Kingdom · London
- Norway · Oslo
- Sweden · Stockholm
- Denmark · Copenhagen
- Finland · Helsinki
- Iceland · Reykjavík
West and center
- France · Paris
- Belgium · Brussels
- Netherlands · Amsterdam
- Germany · Berlin
- Switzerland · Bern
- Austria · Vienna
- Poland · Warsaw
- Czechia · Prague
South and east
- Spain · Madrid
- Portugal · Lisbon
- Italy · Rome
- Greece · Athens
- Hungary · Budapest
- Romania · Bucharest
- Ukraine · Kyiv
North America
The fifty states already have a trainer on Capital Path. This shelf is the rest of the continent, including Central America and a few Caribbean countries.
- Canada · Ottawa
- United States · Washington, D.C.
- Mexico · Mexico City
- Guatemala · Guatemala City
- Belize · Belmopan
- Honduras · Tegucigalpa
- El Salvador · San Salvador
- Nicaragua · Managua
- Costa Rica · San José
- Panama · Panama City
- Cuba · Havana
- Jamaica · Kingston
- Haiti · Port-au-Prince
- Dominican Republic · Santo Domingo
- Bahamas · Nassau
South America
The twelve independent countries. French Guiana is an overseas region of France, so it is not on this list.
- Colombia · Bogotá
- Venezuela · Caracas
- Guyana · Georgetown
- Suriname · Paramaribo
- Ecuador · Quito
- Peru · Lima
- Brazil · Brasília
- Bolivia · Sucre
- Paraguay · Asunción
- Chile · Santiago
- Argentina · Buenos Aires
- Uruguay · Montevideo
Africa
A starter shelf, grouped by region, not a list of every country. The Factbook has the rest.
North
- Morocco · Rabat
- Algeria · Algiers
- Tunisia · Tunis
- Libya · Tripoli
- Egypt · Cairo
West and central
- Senegal · Dakar
- Mali · Bamako
- Ghana · Accra
- Nigeria · Abuja
- Côte d'Ivoire · Yamoussoukro
- Cameroon · Yaoundé
- Democratic Republic of the Congo · Kinshasa
East and south
- Ethiopia · Addis Ababa
- Kenya · Nairobi
- Uganda · Kampala
- Tanzania · Dodoma
- Angola · Luanda
- South Africa · Pretoria
- Namibia · Windhoek
Middle East
- Turkey · Ankara
- Cyprus · Nicosia
- Syria · Damascus
- Lebanon · Beirut
- Israel · Jerusalem
- Jordan · Amman
- Iraq · Baghdad
- Iran · Tehran
- Saudi Arabia · Riyadh
- Yemen · Sana'a
- Oman · Muscat
- United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi
- Qatar · Doha
- Bahrain · Manama
- Kuwait · Kuwait City
Later
Asia and the Pacific are the following shelf: China and Beijing, Japan and Tokyo, India and New Delhi, Indonesia and Jakarta, Australia and Canberra, New Zealand and Wellington. They will join World Path after the regions above have a trainer.