The Smart Kid's Guide To Everything

By Frances Vidakovic

Everything your child needs to know is right here inside this book...

Can you guess the most widely spoken language in the world? Recite the capital cities of various countries? Name the best-selling artist of all time or the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World? If you can’t then this book is for you. Read it and pretty soon you will feel smarter than everyone - even your parents!

This book includes:

- List of 200+ countries and their capitals
- 500 Fun Facts & 100 Inspirational Quotes
- List of phobias, common abbreviations and symbols
- Top 10 biggest and smallest countries by population & size
- Facts about the planets, animals and a timeline of inventions
- Most widely spoken languages in the world
- Famous paintings, landmarks, inventors and scientists
- Most popular names throughout the 20th century 
- List of superheroes and their real identities
- Top 10 bestselling books and movies
- Lists of body parts and vital body organs
- 10 Things money can’t buy

Plus much, much more! 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Frances Vidakovic
• Release date: May 3, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386383048

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THE SMART KIDS GUIDE TO EVERYTHING

By Frances Vidakovic

AUTHOR’S NOTE

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission from the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

Please note this book is a compilation of different facts and data, personally chosen for middle-school-aged children. While facts and data cannot be copyrighted per se the author of this book has compiled, arranged and tailored the collected data specifically for younger readers. Such choices and arrangement are sufficiently original that this work is protected under Copyright law.

Sources: Intensive research and various sources were used for the compilation of facts for this book. In the case where facts varied according to the source the most common statistics were used. Information is accurate (as close as possible) at the time of 2016 publication. 

Copyright © 2016 Frances Vidakovic

Frances Vidakovic asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

INTRODUCTION

You know how sometimes a person gives you a book and it’s really boring? Or the book is interesting for about five seconds until it puts you to sleep?

Yeah well that isn’t going to happen this time. This time you are going to want to keep this book. Why? Because here you will find all the important information you need to know about this world.

Once upon a time I was a kid just like you. I went to school, did my homework and hoped I could somehow be smart without spending hours with my nose stuck inside a million books.

The truth is all I really needed was one book: the one you are holding right now in your hands. Inside these pages you will find only the most important facts you need to know: information that will make your mind grow stronger and wiser.

They teach you A LOT of stuff while you are at school and most of it you forget by the time you are an adult. But guess what? Some of what you learn at school is actually important.

Lucky for you it’s all here in this guide (plus much, much more!).  Read this book, study and memorise it and you will definitely be the smart kid you always dreamed you could be.

HOW THIS BOOK WORKS

When it comes to providing information this book aims to be short and sweet. Why? It’s because we want to share with you only the most important stuff – nothing more and nothing less.

You will find inside this book lots of lists and summaries of facts we think it’s valuable for you to know. We have also included numerous fun facts that will help make your mind smarter and open your eyes to how amazing the world we live in is.

The goal is for this book to be used as a reference guide, which you can pull out whenever you need it. Whether you are eight or eighty this book has something special to offer the reader, which is information. Remember knowledge is power!

Finally if you see something here that you want to learn more about I encourage you to find out more. Do your own research. Ask questions. Borrow more books. Keep reading and learning every day because as Dr. Seuss so wisely said:

The more that you read,

The more things you will know,

The more that you learn,

The more places you’ll go…

CHAPTER INDEX

1. GEOGRAPHY

List of countries and their capitals, state capitals, top 10 smallest and largest countries, oceans, directions, longest rivers and top 10 biggest and smallest countries by population and more.

2. ANIMALS

List of male, female and baby animal names, interesting group names, animal classes, animal groups by body structure, habitats, top ten heaviest sea and land animals, most popular dog names, fastest, slowest and sleepiest mammals and more.

3. WORDS

List of word contractions, names for sets of babies, five senses, proverbs, 200 words to use instead of said, similes, metaphors, personifications, collective nouns, abbreviations, unusual plurals, eight parts of speech, 100 most common English words in writing, idioms and more.

4. NUMBERS

List of maths timetables, roman numerals, metric system, temperature, prime numbers, money talk, square roots, dates, measuring devices, different names for shapes and more.

5. OUR PLANET AND BEYOND

List of planets, rainbow colors, seasons of the year and how to understand daylight savings.

6. RANDOM FACTS

250 random yet interesting facts to remember.

7. POPULAR CULTURE

List of top 10 bestselling books and movies, superheroes and their real identities, most popular names throughout the 20th century and national anthem lyrics for Australia, USA and UK and more.

8. INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES

100 motivational quotes to inspire you.

8. LIFE SKILLS

List of 10 important values, manners, how to RSVP to a party and have a lovely day, the things money can’t buy , the 5 rules of borrowing and more.

9. HISTORY

List of all Australian and US leaders, timeline of inventions, the Olympic Rings and important dates.

10. SCIENCE

List of different scientific disciplines, phobias and more.

11. OUR BODY

List of body parts, our vital body organs and body systems, top 10 epidemics which impacted the world, top 10 countries by life expectancy, nutrition and more.

12. WORLD FAMOUS THINGS

World famous landmarks or buildings, most famous inventors, most famous scientists, most famous paintings, seven wonders of the world and more.

13. MORE FUN FACTS

Another 250 amazing fun facts.

14. OTHER INTERESTING LISTS

Primary colors, computer keyboard shortcuts, origin of names for days of the week and months of the years, karate belts in order of color, zodiac signs and Chinese zodiac signs, different types of trees, seven dwarfs, Santa’s reindeers, most widely spoken languages in the world, marine talk and more.

Chapter 1: GEOGRAPHY

So what is geography?

Geography is the study of the Earth. People who study geography are called geographers. They are interested in the location of countries and cities and the Earth’s physical features such as mountains, rivers, deserts and oceans. They also like to look at how the Earth affects humans and how humans affect the Earth.

Continents

A continent is one of earth’s very large land masses that we see on our earth.

These land masses are large in size and usually made up of many countries.

There are seven continents in the world.

Here are the continents listed in order of size:

Asia

Africa

North America

South America

Antarctica

Europe

Australia

Countries

There are around 200 countries in the world today.

Each country has a capital city which is special and important to the country.

Capitals are usually large cities but they are not always the largest city in the country.

The capital city is where the government of the country functions and makes its important decisions.

Here are the capital cities of the world (listed by continent):

CONTINENT: Africa

Country with Capital

ALGERIA

Algiers

ANGOLA

Luanda

BENIN

Porto-Novo

BOTSWANA

Gaborone

BURKINA FASO

Ouagadougou

BURUNDI

Bujumbura

CAMEROON

Yaounde

CAPE VERDE

Praia

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Bangui

CHAD

N'Djamena

COMOROS

Moroni

CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC)

Kinshasa

CONGO (REPUBLIC OF)

Brazzaville

COTE D'IVOIRE

Yamoussoukro

DJIBOUTI

Djibouti

EGYPT

Cairo

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Malabo

ERITREA

Asmara

ETHIOPIA

Addis Ababa

GABON

Libreville

GAMBIA

Banjul

GHANA

Accra

GUINEA

Conakry

GUINEA-BISSAU

Bissau

KENYA

Nairobi

LESOTHO

Maseru

LIBERIA

Monrovia

LIBYA

Tripoli

MADAGASCAR

Antananarivo

MALAWI

Lilongwe

MALI

Bamako

MAURITANIA

Nouakchott

MAURITIUS

Port Louis

MOROCCO

Rabat

MOZAMBIQUE

Maputo

NAMIBIA

Windhoek

NIGER

Niamey

NIGERIA

Abuja

RWANDA

Kigali

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

Sao Tome

SENEGAL

Dakar

SEYCHELLES

Victoria

SIERRA LEONE

Freetown

SOMALIA

Mogadishu

SOUTH AFRICA

Pretoria,

Cape Town &

Bloemfontein (yes, three!)

SUDAN

Khartoum

SWAZILAND

Mbabane and

Lobamba

TANZANIA

Dar es Salaam

TOGO

Lome

TUNISIA

Tunis

UGANDA

Kampala

WESTERN SAHARA

Laayoune

ZAMBIA

Lusaka

ZIMBABWE

Harare

CONTINENT: Asia (and Middle East)

Country with Capital

AFGHANISTAN

Kabul

BANGLADESH

Dhaka

BHUTAN

Thimphu

BRUNEI

Bandar Seri Begawan

BURMA

Naypyidaw

BAHRAIN

Manama

CAMBODIA

Phnom Penh

CHINA

Beijing

EAST TIMOR

Dili

HONG KONG

None, special region of China

INDIA

New Delhi

INDONESIA

Jakarta

IRAN

Tehran

IRAQ

Baghdad

ISRAEL

Jerusalem

JAPAN

Tokyo

JORDAN

Amman

KAZAKHSTAN

Astana

KOREA, NORTH

P'yongyang

KOREA, SOUTH

Seoul

KUWAIT

Kuwait City

KYRGYZSTAN

Bishkek

LAOS

Vientiane

LEBANON

Beirut

MACAU

Macau

MALAYSIA

Kuala Lumpur

MALDIVES

Male

MONGOLIA

Ulaanbaatar

NEPAL

Kathmandu

OMAN

Muscat

PAKISTAN

Islamabad

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Port Moresby

PHILIPPINES

Manila

RUSSIA

Moscow

SAUDI ARABIA

Riyadh

SINGAPORE

Singapore

SRI LANKA

Colombo

SYRIA

Damascus

TAIWAN

Taipei

TAJIKISTAN

Dushanbe

THAILAND

Bangkok

TURKMENISTAN

Ashgabat

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Abu Dhabi

UZBEKISTAN

Tashkent

VIETNAM

Hanoi

YEMEN

Sanaa

CONTINENT: Europe

Country with Capital

ALBANIA

Tirana

ANDORRA

Andorra la Vella

ARMENIA

Yerevan

AZERBAIJAN

Baku

AUSTRIA

Vienna

BELARUS

Minsk

BELGIUM

Brussels

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVIN

Sarajevo

BULGARIA

Sofia

CROATIA

Zagreb

CYPRUS

Nicosia

CZECH REPUBLIC

Prague

DENMARK

Copenhagen

ESTONIA

Tallinn

FAROE ISLANDS

Torshavn

FINLAND

Helsinki

FRANCE

Paris

GEORGIA

T'bilisi

GERMANY

Berlin

GREECE

Athens

HUNGARY

Budapest

ICELAND

Reykjavik

IRELAND

Dublin

ITALY

Rome

KOSOVO

Pristina

LATVIA

Riga

LIECHTENSTEIN

Vaduz

LITHUANIA

Vilnius

LUXEMBOURG

Luxembourg

MACEDONIA

Skopje

MALTA

Valletta

MOLDOVA

Chisinau

MONACO

Monaco

MONTENEGRO

Podgorica

NETHERLANDS

Amsterdam

or The Hague (seat of government)

NORWAY

Oslo

POLAND

Warsaw

PORTUGAL

Lisbon

ROMANIA

Bucharest

RUSSIA

Moscow

SAN MARINO

San Marino

SERBIA

Belgrade

SLOVAKIA

Bratislava

SLOVENIA

Ljubljana

SPAIN

Madrid

SWEDEN

Stockholm

SWITZERLAND

Bern

TURKEY

Ankara

UKRAINE

Kiev

UNITED KINGDOM

London

VATICAN CITY

Vatican City

CONTINENT: Oceania/Australia

Country with Capital

AUSTRALIA

Canberra

COOK ISLANDS

Avarua

FIJI

Suva

KIRIBATI

Tarawa

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Majuro

MICRONESIA

Palikir

NAURU

Yaren District

NEW ZEALAND

Wellington

NIUE

Alofi

PALAU

Koror

SAMOA

Apia

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Honiara

TONGA

Nuku'alofa

TUVALU

Fongafale

VANUATU

Port-Vila

CONTINENT: North & Central America

Country with      Capital

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Saint John's

BAHAMAS

The Nassau

BARBADOS

Bridgetown

BELIZE

Belmopan

CANADA

Ottawa

CUBA

Havana

COSTA RICA

San Jose

DOMINICA

Roseau

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Santo Domingo

GRENADA

Saint George's

HAITI

Port-au-Prince

HONDURAS

Tegucigalpa

JAMAICA

Kingston

MEXICO

Mexico City

NICARAGUA

Managua

PANAMA

Panama City

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

Basseterre

SAINT LUCIA

Castries

SAINT VINCENT & THE GRENADINES

Kingstown

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Port-of-Spain

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Washington, D.C.

CONTINENT: South America

Country with Capital

ARGENTINA

Buenos Aires

BOLIVIA

La Paz & Sucre

BRAZIL

Brasilia

CHILE

Santiago

COLOMBIA

Bogota

ECUADOR

Quito

EL SALVADOR

San Salvador

GUATEMALA

Guatemala

FRENCH GUIANA

Cayenne

GUYANA

Georgetown

PARAGUAY

Asuncion

PERU

Lima

SURINAME

Paramaribo

URUGUAY

Montevideo

VENEZUELA

Caracas

NOW LET’S LOOK AT THE UNITED KINGDOM

The UNITED KINGDOM (also known as UK or Britain) is the union of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

The full name of the United Kingdom is:

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND.

ENGLAND

Capital: London

NORTHERN IRELAND

Capital: Belfast

SCOTLAND

Capital: Edinburgh

WALES

Capital: Cardiff

Interesting fact:

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are not listed in the International list of countries, even though they themselves are considered to be countries within the country UNITED KINGDOM.

NOW LET’S LOOK AT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…

Capitals of States in United States of America

There are fifty states in United States of America which is also known as The U.S or USA.

Here they are listed in alphabetical order:

ALABAMA

Montgomery

ALASKA

Juneau

ARIZONA

Phoenix

ARKANSAS

Little Rock

CALIFORNIA

Sacramento

COLORADO

Denver

CONNECTICUT

Hartford

DELAWARE

Dover

FLORIDA

Tallahassee

GEORGIA

Atlanta

HAWAII

Honolulu

IDAHO

Boise

ILLINOIS

Springfield

INDIANA

Indianapolis

IOWA

Des Moines

KANSAS

Topeka

KENTUCKY

Frankfort

LOUISANA

Baton Rouge

MAINE

Augusta

MARYLAND

Annapolis

MASSACHUSETTS

Boston

MICHIGAN

Lansing

MINNESOTA

Saint Paul

MISSISSIPPI

Jackson

MISSOURI

Jefferson City

MONTANA

Helena

NEBRASKA

Lincoln

NEVADA

Carson City

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Concord

NEW JERSEY

Trenton

NEW MEXICO

Santa Fe

NEW YORK

Albany

NORTH CAROLINA

Raleigh

NORTH DAKOTA

Bismarck

OHIO

Columbus

OKLAHOMA

Oklahoma City

OREGON

Salem

PENNYSYLVANIA

Harrisburg

RHODE ISLAND

Providence

SOUTH CAROLINA

Columbia

SOUTH DAKOTA

Pierre

TENNESSEE

Nashville

TEXAS

Austin

UTAH

Salt Lake City

VERMONT

Montpelier

VIRGINIA

Richmond

WASHINGTON

Olympia

WEST VIRGINIA

Charleston

WISCONSIN

Madison

WYOMING

Cheyenne

NOW LET’S LOOK AT AUSTRALIA…

Australia is a federation divided into 6 States and 2 Territories. Here are the 6 States (listed in order from largest to smallest, with their capital city):

WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Perth

QUEENSLAND

Brisbane

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Adelaide

NEW SOUTH WALES

Sydney

VICTORIA

Melbourne

TASMANIA

Hobart

The two territories are (in order from largest to smallest):

NORTHERN TERRITORY

Darwin

AUSTRALIA CAPITAL TERRITORY (ACT)

Canberra

The capital city of Australia is CANBERRA.

Interesting Fact:

You might not know that Australia