Geography adventure: geography/research skills.What is a WWWK? A WorldWide Wiz Kid! WWWKs don't need magic wands for wizardry wiz·ard·ry n. pl. wiz·ard·ries 1. The art, skill, or practice of a wizard; sorcery. 2. a. A power or effect that appears magical by its capacity to transform: , just some geography smarts. With a few clues plus what they already know, WWWKs can find their way around a town, a country, a continent, or even the globe. What place have you come to? How far did you travel? What time is it there? WWWKs can tell you all that and more. Are you a WWWK? Navigate your way through this geography adventure. Then check your score. Ready? Set? Go! QUESTIONS We have given you three maps to use for some questions. For other questions, it is up to you to know (or figure out) what you need to find a correct answer. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] 1. School is out. Your Uncle Max is sitting on the playground in his Cessna airplane. "Let's go Let's Go may refer to: Television
2. "Hey, let's go visit that country," you say, pointing to the one you're flying over. "The one whose President is named Evo." In which country does Uncle Max land the plane? Find it on map #1 and label it. -- 3. While there, you win a contest! The prize is a free trip to a country in Asia. You're thrilled--until you find out that the country is under military rule. But you say goodbye to Uncle Max and board a jet that hopscotches halfway around the world. Its next-to-last stop is the city of Dawei. It then lands in the nation's longtime capital, where you get off. Where are you? -- 4. Reading a local newspaper, you learn that the country's leaders are building a new capital. (Most nations still consider where you are now to still be the nation's capital.) You join a group to tour the construction site of the new capital, about 250 miles north. What is the new city's name? -- 5. The guide tells you that the new city's name means "Royal Capital." "Hmmm," you think. "Royalty!" Out of the blue, you decide to travel to the tiny nation led by Prince Albert Prince Albert, city (1991 pop. 34,181), central Sask., Canada, on the North Saskatchewan River. Prince Albert is a commercial and distribution center for a lumbering, gold- and uranium-mining, and mixed-farming area. There are wood-products and meatpacking industries. II. You buy a ticket to which country, on which continent? -- 6. After lying on the beach a few days, you get bored. Last year in school, you learned about Emperor Napoleon I. "He was born on an island about 100 miles from here," says your innkeeper An individual who, as a regular business, provides accommodations for guests in exchange for reasonable compensation. An inn is defined as a place where lodgings are made available to the public for a charge, such as a hotel, motel, hostel, or guest house. . In which direction does he point? -- 7. Travel farther in farther in Of or relating to an option contract with an earlier expiration date than a contract that is currently owned or being considered. roughly the same direction, and you can visit another island. This one is home to the highest active volcano on the continent. The volcano's name is from an ancient Greekword meaning "I burn." What is the name of the volcano, the island, its country, and continent? -- 8. Almost time to head home. But first, you want to visit historic sites of ancient Rome Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. . You love the Colosseum Colosseum or Coliseum (both: kŏləsē`əm), Ital. Colosseo, common name of the Flavian Amphitheater in Rome, near the southeast end of the Forum, between the Palatine and Esquiline hills. , where long-ago gladiators gladiators [Lat.,=swordsmen], in ancient Rome, class of professional fighters, who performed for exhibition. Gladiatorial combats usually took place in amphitheaters. They probably were introduced from Etruria and originally were funeral games. fought lions. "Now," says your tour guide, "we will see where the chariot races were held: Circus Maximus The Circus Maximus (Latin for greatest circus, in Italian Circo Massimo) is an ancient hippodrome and mass entertainment venue located in Rome. !" You walk in which direction? -- 9. Touring the racing site, you meet a family with a villa southeast of town. They invite you to visit for the weekend. What road will you take to get there? -- 10. You're a little homesick and can't sleep. Flipping open your cell phone, you call your family in Raleigh, North Carolina For other uses of this name, see Raleigh. Raleigh (IPA: /ˈrɑli/, ral-ee) is the capital of the State of North Carolina and the county seat of Wake County. . Rome time is six hours later than Eastern Standard Time in the U.S. It is 1 in the morning where you are. What time is it at home? -- WHERE DO YOU STAND? You're home at last. Welcome back! Now let's find out your WWWK status. (Your teacher has the answers.) * 8 to 10 correct: Congratulations! You really know your way around the globe. We hereby declare you a topflight top·flight adj. Informal First-rate; excellent. topflight adj → de primera (categoría or clase) topflight adj → WorldWide Wiz Kid. * 5 to 7 correct: Hey, not bad. You're almost ready to ramble, but brush up on a few skills first. This time, you're an honorable mention. Next time, a champ! * 1 to 4 correct: You're OK. Really! Don't sweat it, just get to know your world a little better. You'll be a full-fledged WWWK before you can say Mercator projection! 1. South America 2. Bolivia 3. Yangon, Myanmar 4. Naypyidaw Myodaw 5. Monaco, Europe 6. southeast (to Corsica) 7. Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy, Europe 8. southwest 9. Via Appia 10. 7 p.m. |
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