Commonwealth games research and questions

What is Commonwealth? :

Commonwealth is when countries that were ruled by Britain came together and agreed that there will be peace, that people will treat each other fairly,and they also agreed to make the Queen a symbol of the Commonwealth. Some countries are not in the Commonwealth because they were not looked after or ruled by Britain, or one other reason is because they were suspended which also means if one country broke the agreement they would be suspended, they would call this a dissolved members.

What countries are apart of this? :

many countries are in the Commonwealth like Africa, Asia,Caribbean, Europe, and Oceania.

Where in the world are these countries? :

Well you could find the Caribbean in the region off the gulf of Mexico.
or Oceania is located in the region made up of 1000 countries including Australia.
Also Europe would be located in Northern hemisphere.
Asia could be found in and around China.

 

What do these countries have in Common?

I think the one thing these countries have in common is they all volunteered to be apart of the Commonwealth republic.

6 Interesting facts:

Over half of the people that live in the Commonwealth is under 25 years of age, and that is because Africa is full of people that are under 25 years of age.

Some people may refer the Commonwealth games the “friendly games” that is because the competition is about the individual men and women and not about what countries they are from.

The first games were held in 1930 in Hamilton,Canada which is 84 years ago.

Over 30% of the world’s population live in the Commonwealth thats over 2 billion adults and children.

The secretary of the Commonwealth games Kamalesh sharma, having previously served as the High commissioner for India in London.

Did you know the 1942 and the 1946 Commonwealth games had been canceled due to world war II