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Monday, September 12, 2005

Mystery Country Challenge

 


Pictured above is a country somewhere in the world. Using the clues below, see if you can figure out what the mystery country is. 

1. It is located East of the Prime Meridian.

2. It is North of the Equator.

3. It is East of Spain.

4. It is on a peninsula.

5. It is Southwest of the Black Sea.

6. Its capital city is located at approximately 37 degrees N and 24 degrees E. 

What is the country?  What is its capital's name?  Click on the COMMENT link below and type your answer. 


Posted by: jtubbs
Modified on September 11, 2005 at 7:28 PM

Sunday, September 11, 2005

Your assignment

You are going to create a mystery country challenge like the one above.  Here is what you need to do to complete the challenge:

1. Choose a country.  Use the world map on page 52 of your Atlas of World Geography.

2. Download an image of your country from the website Planiglobe.  Mr. Tubbs will walk you through how to do this.

3. Create six clues to help your classmates find your country.

-One clue should give your country's relative location compared to the Equator.
-One clue should give your country's relative location compared to the Prime Meridian.
-Two other clues should include your country's relative location compared to a nearby landform or tell what landform it is on.
-One clue should give your country's relative location compared to another country.  You must use an intermediate direction for this.
-The sixth clue must give the absolute location (latitude, longitude) of your's country's capital.


4. Have a classmate (or classmates) use your clues to see if they can find out what your mystery country is.

Posted by: jtubbs