Saturday, November 21, 2015

Special Itinerary Project: December

Name:
Teacher:
 
Special Itinerary Project December: Cardinal Directions
Using the cardinal directions (north, south, east, west) and your world study map, fill in the blanks below with either a direction or the name of a country. This will help you study some of the countries in Levels 1-4 of this month’s Passport Club map.
 
1. Venezuela is to the ___________ of Guyana.
2. Guinea is ______________of Sierra Leone.
3. Nauru is __________ of Micronesia and to the ________ of Papua New Guinea. Palau is to the ________________of Micronesia.
4. Take the train heading ______________ from Switzerland to France.
5. Mauritania is directly west of ___________________.
6. Honduras is located north of __________________________.
7. Somalia is to the _______________ of Ethiopia and Kenya.
8. Afghanistan is north of ______________________.
9. Cape Verde is an island nation located to the west of this continent:
___________________________
10. Portugal is west of _________________________.
11. Sri Lanka is directly to the south of _______________________.
12. Iceland is to the ______________of Norway and ______________ of Greenland.
13. Japan is located to the east of this continent:___________________.  
 

Saturday, November 14, 2015

Special Itinerary: Geography Sandwiches



Name:___________________________
Teacher:_________________________

Special Itinerary Project ---November 2015: Geography Sandwiches

A sandwich has two pieces of bread which hold some sort of filling.
A geography sandwich lists two countries which surround a ‘filling’ country or major waterway. For example: Canada ________Mexico (the ‘filling’ is the USA).

Using your world study map, write in the filling of each ‘sandwich’ below:
1. Democratic Republic of Congo _______________Namibia
2. Spain _____________________ Germany
3. Russian Federation ____________________ China
4. India _______________________Myanmar
5. Iraq ____________________Afghanistan
6. Chile _________________Brazil
7. Western Sahara ______________Mali
Waterways are the ‘filling’ to these sandwiches:
1. Australia ___________________New Zealand
2. Oman _______________________India
3. St Lucia _______________________Jamaica
4. Peru ______________________Australia
5. Norway ____________________Greenland
6. Egypt______________________ Saudi Arabia
Extra: On the back, tell your favorite kind of sandwich and where it might have originated from.