Monday, August 9, 2010
Map Work for Week 4, Term 3
Think of a place in the world that you would be nervous to visit. In the comment box below write that country down and why you would be uncomfortable visiting it. Give us an interesting fact about it. Don't forget to add your New Zealand towns also along with the interesting information about one of them. Missed you all today :(
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ReplyDeleteIraq
*I would definately feel nervous about visiting this country because of all the war going on over there. I would not like to be there!!!!!
*Fact: It's the 58th largest country in the world. And Iraq mostly consists of desert and rivers. In some parts of the landscape there are mountains.
New Zealand Map Work
Dobson
Facts:
*State Highway 7 passes through Dobson.
*Dobson mine was opened in 1919.
*The Brunner mine was the site of one of the countries worse mining desasters bacause nine men were killed in a mining explosion in 1926.
I am doing Afghanistan. I think I'd be most nervous in Afghanistan because from what I've seen on the news no one is ever safe there.
ReplyDeleteMy fact is Afghanistan does not have any links to any ocean or sea, it is a landlocked country. The northern and eastern part of the country has high terrain and the lower south and southwest is mostly semi-deserts and plain lands.
I got my information on
http://www.afghan-network.net/Culture/facts.html
&
http://listverse.com/2008/04/08/top-10-most-dangerous-places-on-earth/
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http://www.mapsofworld.com/afghanistan/facts-about-afghanistan.html
New Zealand world map:
Towns:
Dobson
Dairy Flat
Dundedin
Fact: Dunedin is the second largest city of New Zealand's South Island (after Christchurch) and is located on the island's southeast coast. It is 362 kilometres from Christchurch and 283 kilometres from Queenstown. It has a population of some 120,000 and is considered very much a university town with about 10 per cent of its young folk studying in the area's tertiary education institutions.
I got my information from
http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/nzsouthsights/a/dunedin1.htm
We've missed you too Miss Paterson /:
See you on Wednesday :)
My word for my faverite place wich is the Malbrou sounds is extrodinary because of all the wild life their.
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ReplyDeleteIndia
I would be nervous to go to India because there are lot's of bugs you can get in India and it isn't a safe place to vist.
-India has the largest number of post offices in the world.
New Zealand Map Work:
Dunedin
Darfield
Dobson
-Dunedin
-Dundin is the second largest city of New Zealand's South Island.
-Dunedin has a stron Scottish background.
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ReplyDeleteGermany
because over there people try to find out were you are staying and if they do they break in and kidknap you
nz map work
dunedin
dannevirke
danston mounts
dumedin: population 120,000, dunedin is the second largest city in new zealand after christchurch.
vocabulary
awesome
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ReplyDeleteI would be nervous to visit Russia because there is a murder almost every 18 minutes and 84 people are killed each day.
Interesting facts:
*Russia is the largest country in the world
*The Ural mountains are ones of the first mountains in the world.
New Zealand Map Work
*Davaar
*Duvauchelle
*Duntroon
Interesting facts:
*This historic town was first settled by the french in 1840
*The population as of 2006 was 735.
I got my information from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duvauchelle
Grace
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I would be scared to visit Iran because there is war and that would be very terifing.
NZ map work
Dunedin
Dunsandle
Dobson
Is the secound largest city in New Zealand.
population 123,700 in 2009
Information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunedin
I did Afghanistan and I would fell nervous if I went there because it is a very violent country.
ReplyDeleteNZ map work Dobson,Dunedin,Dairy flat.Dunedin is the second biggest city in the south island and its population is around 120,000.
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ReplyDeleteI would be nervous to visit Iran.Because of all the war and poverty going on there.
-Iran is the eighteenth largest country in the world.
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New Zealand Map Work
*Dunedin
*Darfield
*Dilmanstown
Darfield Facts:
-45 kilometres west from the outskirts of Christchurch.
-Darfield is the main town between Christchurch and the West Coast.
-Popular lift-off place for hot air ballooning.
WORLD MAP WORK South Africa because it has a very high crime rate.South Africa also has 50 murders a day.
ReplyDeleteNZ MAP WORK Dipton Dayleston Doubtless bay. Dipton is a small town in Southland, New Zealand. It is located 20 ks south of Lumsden and 60 ks north of Invercargill. From 20 October 1875 until its closure on 13 December 1982, Dipton was situated on the Kingston Branch railway. Dipton is the birthplace of former New Zealand National Party leader and now Deputy Prime Minister, Bill English.
ReplyDeleteworld map work afhanistan because of the war going on over there.
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ReplyDeleteIraq: I would be nervous to go to Iraq because of all the war that is going on over there.
*In 1980, Iraq declared war on Iran, which lasted for eight years
*Iraq gained independence from British in 1932 and became a republic in 1958.
I got my information from:
http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/facts-about-iraq-2508.html
New Zealand Map Work:
*Dunedin
*Dobson
*Darfield
*Dunedin has a strong Scottish background and was formerly called New Edinburgh
I got my information from:
http://goaustralia.about.com/cs/nzsouthsights/a/dunedin1.htm
World map work
ReplyDeleteA place I would feel nervous about visiting would be Afghanistan because of all the wars.
I did south Africa and I would be scared to visit it because there are up to fifty murders a day there.my fact about it is that one of the first groups of white people there were Duch.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are feeling better Courtney :)
ReplyDeleteDargevil is the kumra capital of NZ and in Duneden is a chocolate factory.
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ReplyDelete◘afganistan i would feel nervous going there
because i might get shot.
◘FACT in afganistan people take young kids of the street and teach them that suicide boming is write and they belive it and listen to them and they send them on missions to blow up inersent people on busses and in the middle of the towns.
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dunedin
darfeild
dannieberke
dunedin is scottish settlement Ö
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mapwork the most place i will feel really nervous to go to is afghanistan because there are alot of killers there that kill people its like a war there.
ReplyDelete*Afghanistan or islamic republic of is a country landlocked on all sides with no coastline.
newzealand map
dobson
dunedin
darfield
New Zealand Map work
ReplyDelete-Darfield
-Dillmanstown
-Dunedin
Facts
*In 1884 my great great grandad P McGrath owned a general store in Dillmanstown.
*In Dillmanstown there was a school, 6 hotels, a post office, telegraph station and more.
*Kumara and Dillmanstown were the last BIG gold rushes on the west coast. At its height it is estimated that there were roughly 3000 men digging between Dillmans and Kumara.
I would be most nervous to visit china because i
ReplyDeletewould be scared I'd get lost.
Facts
*The Chinese calender is based on the lunar cycle.
*When a Chinese baby loses its first tooth,it doesn't get put under the pillow for the tooth fairy it gets planted under the ground so the new tooth grows straight and healthy.
NZ map work
*Dunedin
*Dannevike
*Dobson
Facts on Dunedin
*In 1852,Dunedin became the captile of Otago province.
*After world war 2 prosperity and population growth revived,although Dunedin trailed as the forth "main center".
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