Find Mapman[TM] and win.As Junior Scholastic's Mapman, I create the maps you see in our issues. There I am in the photo above, standing in a rain forest only a short distance from an active volcano. It was the final destination of a recent trip. The map shows all the places I visited. If you answer the questions, find my final destination, and draw a map of the country to which it belongs, you could win our contest! The grand-prize winner will receive a $500 U.S. savings bond Savings bond A government bond issued in face value denominations from $50 to $10,000, with local and state tax-free interest and semiannually adjusted interest rates. savings bond A nonmarketable security issued by the U.S. and a Franklin[R] Electronic Merriam-Webster[R] Dictionary. Twenty-five runners-up will each win an electronic dictionary Noun 1. electronic dictionary - a machine-readable version of a standard dictionary; organized alphabetically machine readable dictionary, MRD lexical database - a database of information about words and a Mapman T-shirt. Good luck! 1. I rafted south along a river that flows into the Gulf of California Noun 1. Gulf of California - a gulf to the west of the mainland of Mexico Sea of Cortes Mexico, United Mexican States - a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810 . What is the name of the river? 2. Then I kayaked along the shores of Baja California as I headed toward La Paz. That city is located on what type of landmass land·mass n. A large unbroken area of land. landmass Noun a large continuous area of land landmass ? 3. Next, I chartered a plane to a dry located at 19[degrees]N, 99[degrees]W. This dry is the capital of which country? 4. My interest in turtles led me almost 1,800 miles to an island group also called the Tortoise Islands. What named line of latitude Noun 1. line of latitude - an imaginary line around the Earth parallel to the equator parallel of latitude, parallel, latitude polar circle - a line of latitude at the north or south poles passes through the islands? 5. I followed the migratory path of leatherback leatherback, marine turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, found in tropical, subtropical, and temperate waters around the world. The largest of all turtles, it may reach a length of 7 1-2 ft (230 cm) and weigh 1200 lb (540 kg). turtles to a nesting site on Cocos Island. In which direction did I travel? 6. Next, I headed for a waterway built to connect the Caribbean Sea with the Pacific Ocean. What is the waterway's name? 7. I flew to San Jose, arriving at 1 p.m. Central Standard Time. What time was that in Miami? 8. I reached my final destination at 10[degrees]N, 84[degrees]W--a volcano that boasts two summit crater lakes. In which country is this volcano located? YOUR ANSWERS 1.-- 2.-- 3.-- 4.-- 5.-- 6.-- 7.-- 8.-- Mail your answers and hand-drawn map of the mystery country to: Mapman Contest, Junior Scholastic, Dept. C, 557 Broadway, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10012. Your entry must be received by March 22, 2004. ABOUT YOU (please print) NAME:-- SCHOOL:-- STREET:-- CITY:-- STATE:-- ZIP:-- |
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