Fun and Effective Geography Games for Middle School

The World Game is an awesome card game that helps tweens build their geography knowledge. The more they play, the more countries, cities, flags, and map locations they'll remember.

This educational board game helps players learn all the flags from independent countries of the world. I'm sure your teen can identify some of the more common flags, like Italy and Japan, but what about Burundi and New Zealand?

You'll also find tons of information on the back of the cards, like capitals, population, and interesting country facts.

This is one of the best tools for learning about world flags.

Played similarly to Ticket to Ride, players trek across the United States, traveling between the state parks. Along the way, they collect park cards and colorful trail stones.

There's a ton of information about these beautiful locations throughout the game, thanks to the cards that each have a unique and interesting fact on them, along with a beautiful photograph. 

During this fast-paced card game, players race to collect country cards from each continent.

Four cards from a continent make up a set and whoever can get one for each of the 7 continents and correctly identify the locations of the countries, wins.

In this game, players travel through the countries of the world and race to the finish. To move ahead, you must answer multiple choice questions about countries, capitals, cities, world flags, etc.

They can be adjusted to different abilities, making this a great game to play with multiple ages in your homeschool.

Do you know where cities and landmarks are located?

In this game, players take turns drawing location cards and placing them on an axis, in relation to other cards. You'll need to figure out if the card you just picked up is north-south-east-west of the places that have already been played.

It can get challenging, but it's also a fun way to work on your older student's mapping skills. The more you play, the better you'll get at identifying famous cities and national landmarks.

Travel the globe and learn about world cultures.

As players move along the board, they collect passport stamps when they correctly answer cultural intelligence questions.

Too often we focus on locations when studying geography, so I love that this game places the emphasis on cultures.

Players learn state names, capitals, shapes, and more with the help of interesting visuals, riddles, and geography challenges.

While most middle schoolers learned these facts a while ago, this game is a wonderful way to reinforce the information and build their recall skills.

This game can get very competitive when multiple players are trying to play a card for a specific challenge. When we play in our house, there's a lot of card slapping and yelling involved.

Build a bucket list full of exotic destinations and trek across the globe to visit them all. Along the way you'll learn a ton of information about various locations around the world.

Players gain points through the journey and by collecting rare souvenirs.

Players learn about the geography of the United States by collecting illustrated cards when they correctly answer questions.

If you have middle schoolers who love basic trivia or are competitive by nature, this game is a great way to get them excited about geography.

Players race across the United States buying and selling products. Play continues until all packages are removed from the board. The one with the most money wins.

This game will teach your kids all about US geography as each card contains a bunch of state facts, along with an interesting STEM fact related to the location. It's a fun way to teach about the products different states are known for.

This fun game challenges you to memorize as many details as possible in 10 seconds.

After looking at the card, when time is up, players roll the dice to select a question to be asked and see how much they remember.

Test your knowledge about the wonders of the world by answering trivia, true/false, and multiple-choice questions.

Just like the version above, if your tweens enjoy being challenged, this is a good way to get them engaged in geography.

Learn the geography of the USA along with 13 unique facts about each state such as admission date, population, attractions, and more.

This game will grow with you through multiple levels of play, including large group options.

Learn 250 facts about world geography and culture with this fun card game. Play it as part of your geography lesson or use it as an interesting dinnertime conversation starter.

This game is extremely portable, so it's easy to take it along when you're traveling for an quick way to add in some learning while you're on the road.