The Commonwealth Fact File

The Commonwealth has an incredible variety of countries.Here are some curious facts about a small number of them.

  
Match the definitions on the left with the list of countries on the right
An oil-producing Caribbean republic off the
Venezuelan coast
After 25 years of armed struggle against rebels, the country's economy has been steadily improving. Capital city Maputo
This is mainly an agricultural country. The main crop is rice. Tea, rubber and coconut are also important agricultural crops
It was the first inhabited country in the world to see the dawn of the new millennium
This is a fertile and mountainous group of islands. Its Maori name, Aotearoa, means 'Land of the Long White Cloud'
It is made up of an archipelago of six islands just below Sicily and above the north coast of Africa
It is a land of grand mountains and fertile plains. It was established in 1947 as a national home for Muslims in the Indian sub-continent
Its football team won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games