States and Nations


 * Mark: Can you put the following information in tables to answer these
 * three questions?
 * What is/ the capital of/ STATE?
 * What are/ the postal abbreviations of/ STATE?
 * What is/ a native of/ STATE called?
 * *Alabama...Ala...AL* Montgomery, Alabamian
 * *Alaska...Alaska/Alas...AK* Juneau, Alaskan
 * *American Samoa...Amer. Samoa...AS
 * *Arizona...Ariz..AZ* Phoenix, Arizonan
 * *Arkansas...Ark...AR* Little Rock, Arkansan
 * *California...Calif/Cal...CA* Sacramento, Californian
 * *Canal Zone...CZ
 * *Colorado...Colo...CO* Denver, Coloradan
 * *Connecticut...Conn...CT* Hartford, Connecticuter
 * *Delaware...Del...DE* Dover, Delawarean
 * *District of Columia...D.C....DC* Washington
 * *Florida...Fla...FL* Tallahassee, Floridian
 * *Georgia...Ga...GA* Atlanta, Georgian
 * *Guam...GU
 * *Hawaii...HI* Honolulu, Hawaiian
 * *Idaho...Idaho/Id...ID* Boise, Idahoan
 * *Illinois...Ill...IL* Springfield, Illinoisan
 * *Indiana...Ind...IN* Indianapolis, Indianian
 * *Iowa...Iowa/Ia...IA* Des Moines, Iowan
 * *Kansas...Kans/Kan...KS* Topeka, Kansan
 * *Kentucky...Ky...KY* Frankfort, Kentuckian
 * *Louisiana...La...LA* Baton Rouge, Louisianian
 * *Maine...Maine/Me...ME* Augusta, Mainer
 * *Maryland...Md...MD* Annapolis, Marylander
 * *Massachusetts...Mass...MA* Boston, Massachusettsan
 * *Michigan...Mich...MI* Lansing, Michiganite
 * *Minnesota...Minn...MN* St. Paul, Minnesotan
 * *Mississippi...Miss...MS* Jackson, Mississippian
 * *Missouri...Mo...MO* Jefferson City, Missourian
 * *Montana...Mont...MT* Helena, Montanan
 * *Nebraska...Nebr/Neb...NE* Lincoln, Nebraskan
 * *Nevada...Nev...NV* Carson City, Nevadan
 * *New Hampshire...N.H...NH* Concord, New Hampshirite
 * *New Jersey...N.J...NJ* Trenton, New Jerseyite
 * *New Mexico...N.Mex/N.M...NM* Santa Fe, New Mexican
 * *New York...N.Y...NY* Albany, New Yorker
 * *North Carolina...N.C...NC* Raleigh, North Carolinian
 * *North Dakota...N.Dak/N.D...ND* Bismarck, North Dakotan
 * *Northern Mariana Is...CM
 * *Ohio...OH* Columbus, Ohioan
 * *Oklahoma...Okla...OK* Oklahoma City, Oklahoman
 * *Oregon...Oreg/Ore...OR* Salem, Oregonian
 * *Pennsylvania...Pa/Penn/Penna...PA* Harrisburg, Pennsylvanian
 * *Puerto Rico...PR
 * *Rhode Island...R.I...RI* Providence, Rhode Islander
 * *South Carolina...S.C...SC* Columbia, South Carolinian
 * *South Dakota...S.Dak/S.D...SD* Pierre, South Dakotan
 * *Tennessee...Tenn...TN* Nashville, Tennessean
 * *Texas...Tex...TX* Austin, Texan
 * *Trust Territories...TT
 * *Utah...UT* Salt Lake City, Utahn
 * *Vermont...Vt...VT* Montpelier, Vermonter
 * *Virginia...Va...VA* Richmond, Virginian
 * *Virgin Islands...VI
 * *Washington...Wash...WA* Olympia, Washingtonian
 * *West Virginia...W.Va...WV* Charleston, West Virginian
 * *Wisconsin...Wis/Wisc...WI* Madison, Wisconsinite
 * *Wyoming...Wyo...WY* Cheyenne, Wyomingite
 * What is/ the capital of/ NATION?
 * What is/ a native of/ NATION called?
 * What is/ the head of state of/ NATION?
 * What is/ the ruling body of/ NATION?
 * *Afghanistan* Kabul, Afghan, President, Revolutionary Council/Council of
 * Ministers
 * *Albania* Tirana, Albanian, Chairman of the Presidium, People's Assembly
 * *Algeria* Algiers/El Djazair, Algerian, President, National People's
 * Assembly
 * *Andorra* Andorra la Vella, Andorran, Bishop of Seo de Urgel/President of
 * France, General Council
 * *Angola* Luanda, Angolan, President, National People's Assembly
 * *Antigua and Barbuda* St. John's, Antiguan, Queen/Governor General,
 * Parliament (House of Representatives, Senate)
 * *Argentina* Buenos Aires, Argentine, President, National Congress (Senate,
 * Chamber of Deputies)
 * *Armenia * Yerevan, Armenian, President, Unicameral legislature
 * *Aruba* Oranjestad, Aruban, Acting Governor/Prime Minister
 * *Australia* Canberra, Australian, Queen/Governor General, Federal
 * Parliament (Senate, House of Representatives)
 * *Austria* Vienna, Austrian, President, Federal Assembly (Federal
 * Council/Bundesrat, National Council/Nationalrat)
 * *Azerbaijan * Baku, Azerbaijani, President, Unicameral legislature
 * *Bahamas* Nassau, Bahamian, Queen/Governor General, Parliament (Senate,
 * House of Assembly)
 * *Bahrain* Manama, Bahraini, amir
 * *Bangladesh* Dhaka, Bangladeshi, President, Constituent Assembly
 * *Barbados* Bridgetown, Barbadian, Queen/Governor General, Parliament
 * (Senate, House of Assembly)
 * *Belarus *Minsk, Belarusian or Belarusan, President, Bicameral legislature
 * *Belgium* Brussels, Belgian, King, Parliament (Senate, Chamber of
 * Representatives)
 * *Belize* Belmopan, Belizean, Queen/Governor General, National Assembly
 * (Senate, House of Representatives)
 * *Benin* Porto-Novo, Beninese, President, National Executive Council and
 * Revolutionary National Assembly
 * *Bhutan* Thimphu/Paro Dzong, Bhutanese, King, National Assembly
 * *Bolivia* Sucre/La Paz, Bolivian, President, Congress (Senate, Chamber of
 * Deputies)
 * *Bosnia and Herzegovina *Sarajevo, Bosnian and Herzegovinian, Chairman and
 * Collective President, Bicameral legislature
 * *Botswana* Gaborone, Motswana (singular)/Botswana (plural), President,
 * National Assembly
 * *Brazil* Brasilia, Brazilian, President, National Congress (Senate, Chamber
 * of Deputies)
 * *Brunei Darussalam* Bandar Seri Begawan, Bruneian, sultan and prime
 * minister
 * *Bulgaria* Sofia, Bulgarian, President of the Presidium, National Assembly
 * *Burkina Faso* Ouagadougou, President
 * *Burundi* Bujumbura, Burundian, President, National Assembly
 * *Cambodia* Phnom Penh, Cambodian/Khmer, President, Council of Ministers
 * *Cameroon* Yaounde, Cameroonian, President, National Assembly
 * *Canada* Ottawa, Canadian/Canadien/Canuck (French Canadian), Queen/Governor
 * General/Prime Minister, Parliament (Senate, House of Commons)
 * *Cape Verde* Praia, Cape Verdean, President, National People's Assembly
 * *Central African Republic* Bangui, Central African, Chief of State,
 * Parliament (National Assembly, Social and Economic Council)
 * *Chad* N'Djamena, Chadian, President, Council of Ministers and National
 * Consultative Council
 * *Chile* Santiago, Chilean, President
 * *China* Beijing, Chinese, President, Standing Committee of National
 * People's Congress
 * *Colombia* Bogota, Colombian, President, Congress (Senate, House of
 * Representatives)
 * *Comoros* Moroni, Comoran, President, Federal Assembly
 * *Congo* Kinshasa, Congolese, President, High Council of the Republic and
 * Parliament of Transition
 * *Congo, Republic of the *Brazzaville, Congolese, President, Bicameral
 * legislature
 * *Cook Islands* Avarua, Cook Islander, Prime Minister, Parliament
 * *Costa Rica* San Jose, Costa Rican, President, Legislative Assembly
 * *Croatia *Zagreb, Croatian, President, Parliament
 * *Cuba* Havanna, Cuban, President, National Assembly of the People's Power
 * *Cyprus* Nicosia, Cypriot, President, Council of Ministers and House of
 * Representatives
 * *Czech Republic* Prague, Czechoslovak/Czech, President, Federal Assembly
 * (Chamber of the People, Chamber of the Nations)
 * *Denmark* Copenhagen, Dane, King, Parliament/Folketing
 * *Djibouti* Djibouti, Afar/Issa, President, National Assembly
 * *Dominica* Roseau, Dominican, President, House of Assembly
 * *Dominican Republic* Santo Domingo, Dominican, President, National Congress
 * (Senate, Chamber of Deputies)
 * *Ecuador* Quito, Ecuadorean, President, Chamber of Representatives
 * *Egypt* Cairo, Egyptian, President, People's Assembly
 * *El Salvador* San Salvador, Salvadoran, President, Legislative Assembly
 * *Equatorial Guinea* Malabo, Equatorial Guinean, President, House of
 * Representatives of the People
 * *Eritrea *Asmara, Eritrean, President, Unicameral legislature
 * *Estonia *Tallinn, Estonian, President, Unicameral legislature
 * *Ethiopia* Addis Ababa, Ethiopian, President, National Assembly
 * *Faroe Islands* Torshavn, Faroese, Queen, Parliament
 * *Fiji* Suva, Fijian, President/Prime Minister
 * *Finland* Helsinki, Finn, President, Parliament/Eduskunta
 * *France* Paris, Frenchman, President, Parliament (Senate, National
 * Assembly)
 * *French Guinea* Cayenne, French Guianese, Commissioner of the Republic,
 * General Council and Regional Council
 * *French Polynesia* Papeete, French Polynesian, High Commissioner/President,
 * Territorial Assembly and Council of Government
 * *Gabon* Libreville, Gabonese, President, National Assembly
 * *Gambia, The* Banjul, Gambian, President, House of Representatives
 * *Georgia *Tbilisi, Georgian, President, Unicameral legislature
 * *Germany * Berlin, German, President, Parliament (Federal
 * Council/Bundesrat, National Assembly/Bundestag)
 * *Ghana* Accra, Ghanaian, Chairman (PNDC), Provisional National Defense
 * Council (PNDC)
 * *Greece* Athens, Greek, Prime Minister/President, Parliament/Vouli
 * *Greenland/Kalaallit Nunaat* Gothab/Nuuk, Greenlander, Queen,
 * Parliament/Landsting
 * *Grenada* St. George's, Grenadian, Queen/Governor General, House of
 * Representatives and Senate
 * *Guadeloupe* Basse-Terre, Guadeloupian, Prefect, General Council and
 * Regional Council
 * *Guatemala* Guatemala City, Guatemalan, President, Congress
 * *Guinea* Conakry, Guinean, President, Military Committee of National
 * Redressment (CMRN)
 * *Guinea-Bissau* Bissau, Guinean, President, Council of State and National
 * Popular Assembly
 * *Guyana* Georgetown, Guyanese, President, National Assembly
 * *Haiti* Port-au-Prince, Haitian, President, Consultative Council
 * *Honduras* Tegucigalpa, Honduran, President, National Congress
 * *Hungary* Budapest, Hungarian, President of the Presidential Council,
 * National Assembly
 * *Iceland* Reykjavik, Icelander, President, Parliament/Althing (Upper
 * Chamber/Efi Deild, Lower Chamber/Neore Deild)
 * *India* New Delhi, Indian, President, Parliament (Government Assembly/Rajya
 * Sabha, People's Assembly/Lok Sabha)
 * *Indonesia* Jakarta, Indonesian, President, Parliament (House of
 * Representatives/DPR, People's Consultative Assembly/MPR)
 * *Iran* Teheran, Iranian, President, Islamic Consultative Assembly
 * *Iraq* Baghdad, Iraqi, President and Prime Minister, National Assembly
 * *Ireland* Dublin, Irishman, Irishmen/Irish (plural), President, National
 * Parliament/Oireachtas (Senate/Seaned Eireann, House of Representatives/Dail
 * Eireann)
 * *Israel* Jerusalem, Israeli, President, Parliament/Knesset
 * *Italy* Rome, Italian, President, Parliament (Senate, Chamber of Deputies)
 * *Ivory Coast/Câte d/Ivoire* Abidjan, Ivorian, President, National Assembly
 * *Jamaica* Kingston, Jamaican, Queen/Governor General/Prime Minister,
 * Parliament (Senate, House of Representatives)
 * *Japan* Toyko, Japanese, Emperor, Diet (House of Councillors, House of
 * Representatives)
 * *Jordan* Amman, Jordanian, King, National Assembly (Senate, House of
 * Representatives)
 * *Kazakhstan *Almaty (Alma-Ata), Kazakhstani, President, Bicameral
 * legislature
 * *Kenya* Nairobi, Kenyan, President, National Assembly
 * *Kiribati* Tarawa, Kiribatian, President, National Assembly
 * *Kuwait* Kuwait, Kuwait, Amir, National Assembly
 * *Kyrgyzstan *Bishkek, Kyrgyzstani, President, Bicameral legislature
 * *Laos* Vientiane, Lao/Laotian (singular)/Laotians (plural), President,
 * Supreme People's Assembly
 * *Latvia * Riga, Latvian, President, Unicameral legislature
 * *Lebanon* Beirut, Lebanese, (President), National Assembly
 * *Lesotho* Maseru, Masotho (singular)/Basotho (plural), King, Military
 * Council
 * *Liberia* Monrovia, Liberian, President, Congress
 * *Libya* Tripoli, Libyan, (Chief of State), General Peoples' Congress
 * *Liechtenstein* Vaduz, Liechtensteiner, Prince, Diet
 * *Lithuania * Vilnius, Lithuanian, President, Unicameral legislature
 * *Luxembourg* Luxembourg, Luxembourger, Grand Duke, Parliament (Chamber of
 * Deputies, Council of State)
 * *Macau* Macau, Macanese, Governor, Legislative Assembly
 * *Macedonia * Skopje, Macedonian, President, Unicameral legislature
 * *Madagascar* Antananarivo, Malagasy, President, Popular National Assembly
 * *Malawi* Lilongwe, Malawian, President, National Assembly
 * *Malaysia* Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian, Paramount Ruler, Parliament (Senate,
 * House of Representatives)
 * *Maldives* Male, Maldivian, President, People's Council/Majlis
 * *Mali* Bamako, Malian, President, National Council
 * *Malta* Valletta, Maltese, President/Prime Minister, House of
 * Representatives
 * *Marshall Islands, Majuro, Marshall Islander, Preisdent,
 * Parliament/Nitijela and Council of Chiefs/Iroj
 * *Martinique* Fort-de-France, Martiniquais, Commissioner, Regional Council
 * and General Council
 * *Mauritania* Nouakchott, Mauritanian, President, Military Committee for
 * National Salvation
 * *Mauritius* Port Louis, Mauritian, Queen/Governor General, Legislative
 * Assembly
 * *Mexico* Mexico City, Mexican, President, National Congress (Senate,
 * Federal Chamber of Deputies)
 * *Micronesia * Palikir, Micronesian, President, Unicameral legislature
 * *Moldova * Chisinau, Moldovan, President, Unicameral legislature
 * *Monaco* Monaco-Ville, Monacan/Monegasque, Chief of State/Prince, National
 * Council
 * *Mongolia* Ulaanbaatar, Mongolian, Secretary-General, Great People's Hural
 * *Morocco* Rabat, Moroccan, King, Chamber of Representatives
 * *Mozambique* Maputo, Mozambican, President, People's Assembly
 * *Myanmar* Yangon, Burmese, General, military government
 * *Namibia* Windhoek, Namibian, Administrator-General, National Assembly
 * *Nauru* Yaren, Nauruan, President, Parliament
 * *Nepal* Kathmandu, Nepalese, King, National Assembly/Rastriya Panchayat
 * *Netherlands* Amsterdam, Netherlander, Queen, States-General (First-
 * Chamber, Second-Chamber)
 * *Netherlands Antilles* Willemstad, Netherlands Antillean
 * *New Caledonia* Noumea, New Caledonian, High Commissioner and President,
 * Territorial Assembly
 * *New Zealand* Wellington, New Zealander, Queen/Governor General,
 * Parliament/House of Representatives
 * *Nicaragua* Managua, Nicaraguan, President, National Assembly
 * *Niger* Niamey, Nigerois, President, Supreme Military Council
 * *Nigeria* Lagos, Nigerien, President, National Council of Ministers and
 * National Council of States
 * *Niue* Alofi, Niuean, Premier, Legislative Assembly
 * *North Korea* P'yongyang, North Korean, President, Supreme People's
 * Assembly
 * *Norway* Oslo, Norwegian, King, Parliament (Storting-Lagting, Odelsting)
 * *Oman* Muscat, Omani, Sultan and Prime Minister
 * *Pakistan* Islamabad, Pakistani, President/Prime Minister, Parliament
 * *Palau * Koror, Palaun, President, Bicameral legislature
 * *Panama* Panama, Panamanian, President, Legislative Assembly
 * *Papua New Guinea* Port Moresby, Papua New Guinean, Queen/Governor General,
 * House of Assembly
 * *Paraguay* Asuncion, Paraguayan, President, Congress (Senate, Chamber of
 * Deputies)
 * *Peru* Lima, Peruvian, President, Congress (Senate, Chamber of Deputies)
 * *Philippines* Quezon City/Manila, Filipino, President, National Assembly
 * (Senate, House of Representatives)
 * *Poland* Warsaw, Pole, President/Prime Minister, Parliament/Sejm
 * *Portugal* Lisbon, Portuguese, President/Prime Minister, Assembly of the
 * Republic
 * *Qatar* Doha, Qatari, Amir and Prime Minister, State Advisory Council
 * *Reunion* Saint-Denis, Reunionese, Commissioner, General Council and
 * Regional Assembly
 * *Romania* Bucharest, Romanian, President of Socialist Republic, Grand
 * National Assembly
 * *Russia * Moscow, Russian, President, Federation
 * *Rwanda* Kigali, Rwandan, President, National Development Council
 * *Saint Lucia* Castries, St. Lucian, Queen/Governor General, Parliament
 * (Senate, House of Representatives)
 * *Saint Vincent and the Grenadines* Kingstown, St. Vincentian/Vincentian,
 * Queen/Governor General, House of Representatives and Senate
 * *Samoa* Apia, Western Samoan, Head of State, Legislative Assembly
 * *San Marino* San Marino, Sanmarinese, Secretary of Foreign and Political
 * Affairs/Secretary for Internal Affairs and Justice, Grand and General
 * Council
 * *Sao Tome and Principe* Sao Tome, Sao Tomean, President, National People's
 * Assembly
 * *Saudi Arabia* Riyadh, Saudi, King and Prime Minister
 * *Senegal* Dakar, Senegalese, President, National Assembly
 * *Seychelles* Victoria, Setchellois, President, People's Assembly
 * *Sierra Leone* Freetown, Sierra Leonean, President, House of
 * Representatives
 * *Singapore* Singapore, Singaporean, President/Prime Minister, Parliament
 * *Slovakia * Bratislava, Slovakian, President, National Council
 * *Slovenia * Ljubljana, Slovenian, President, Unicameral parliament
 * *Solomon Islands* Honiara, Solomon Islander, Queen/Governor General,
 * National Parliament
 * *Somalia* Mogadishu, Somali, President and Commander in Chief of the Army,
 * National People's Assembly
 * *South Africa* Pretoria/Cape Town/Bloemfontein, South African, President,
 * Parliament (House of Assembly, House of Representatives, House of
 * Delegates)
 * *South Korea* Seoul, South Korean, President, National Assembly
 * *Spain* Madrid, Spaniard, King, Cortes Generales (Senate, Congress of
 * Deputies)
 * *Sri Lanka* Colombo, Sri Lankan, President
 * *St. Kitts and Nevis* Basseterre, Kittsian/Nevisian, Queen/Governor
 * General, House of Assembly and Nevis Island Legislature
 * *Sudan* Khartoum, Sudanese, Prime Minister, Supreme Council and Civilian
 * Cabinet
 * *Suriname* Paramaribo, Surinamer, President
 * *Swaziland* Mbabane, Swazi, King, Parliament (House of Assembly, Senate)
 * *Sweden* Stockholm, Swede, King, Parliament/Riksdag
 * *Switzerland* Bern, Swiss, President, Federal Assembly/Bundesversammlung
 * (Council of States/Standerat, National Council/Nationrat)
 * *Syria* Damascus, Syrian, President, People's Council
 * *Taiwan* Taipei, Chinese, President, National Assembly
 * *Tajikistan, Dushanbe, Tajik or Tadzhik, President, Unicameral legislature
 * *Tanzania* Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzanian, President, National Assembly
 * *Thailand* Bangkok, Thai, King/Prime Minister, National Assembly (Senate,
 * House of Representatives)
 * *Togo* Lomâ, Togolese, President, National Assembly
 * *Tonga* Nuku'alofa, Tongan, King, Legislative Assembly
 * *Trinidad and Tobago* Port-of-Spain, Trinidadian/Tobagan, President,
 * Parliament (Senate, House of Representatives)
 * *Tunisia* Tunis, Tunisian, President, National Assembly
 * *Turkey* Ankara, Turk, President, Grand National Assembly
 * *Turkmenistan * Ashgabat, Turkmen, President, Bicameral legislature
 * *Tuvalu* Funafuti, Tuvaluan, Queen/Governor General, House of Parliament
 * *Uganda* Kampala, Ugandan, President, National Resistance Council
 * *Ukraine * Kiev, Ukrainian, President, Supreme Council
 * *United Arab Emirates* Abu Dhabi, Emirian, President, Federal National
 * Council
 * *United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland* London, Briton
 * (singular)/British (plural), Queen/Prime Minister, Parliament (House of
 * Lords, House of Commons)
 * (contains Wales (Cardiff), Scotland (Edinburgh), Northern Ireland
 * (Belfast), Guernsey (St. Peter Port), Jersey (Saint Helier), Gibraltar,
 * Bermuda (Hamilton), Hong Kong (Victoria), Pitcairn Islands (Adamstown),
 * Falkland Islands (Stanley), St. Helena (Jamestown), British Virgin Islands
 * (Road Town), Montserrat (Plymouth), Anguilla (The Valley), Turks and
 * Calicos Islands (Grand Turk), Cayman Islands (Georgetown), Isle of Man
 * (Douglas).
 * *United States* Washington, DC; American, President, Congress (Senate,
 * House of Representatives)
 * *Uruguay* Montevideo, Uruguayan, President, General Assembly (Senate, House
 * of Deputies)
 * *Vanuatu* Vila, Vanuatuan, President, Parliament
 * *Vatican City* Vatican City, n/a, Supreme Pontiff (Pope)
 * *Venezuela* Caracas, Venezuelan, President, National Congress (Senate,
 * Chamber of Deputies)
 * *Vietnam* Hanoi, Vietnamese, Chairman (President), National Assembly
 * *Wallis and Futuna Islands* Mata-Utu, Wallisian/Futunan/Wallis and Futuna
 * Islander, High Administrator, Territorial Assembly
 * *Yemen* Sana, Yemeni, President, People's Constituent Assembly
 * *Yugoslavia* Belgrade, Yugoslav, President, Federal Assembly (Federal
 * Chamber, Chamber of Republics and Provinces)
 * *Zambia* Lusaka, Zambian, President, National Assembly
 * *Zimbabwe* Harare, Zimbabwean, President, Parliament (Senate, House of
 * Assembly)
 * *Yemen* Sana, Yemeni, President, People's Constituent Assembly
 * *Yugoslavia* Belgrade, Yugoslav, President, Federal Assembly (Federal
 * Chamber, Chamber of Republics and Provinces)
 * *Zambia* Lusaka, Zambian, President, National Assembly
 * *Zimbabwe* Harare, Zimbabwean, President, Parliament (Senate, House of
 * Assembly)