Home > 20. Europe Web Challenge
PLEASE WRITE ALL YOUR ANSWERS ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF BINDER PAPER. WORK IN PAIRS TO FINISH MORE QUICKLY
PART I
Use the www.infoplease.com web site like we have in class before:
1. What is the GDP Per Capita in both Norway and Sweden?
2. What is the main language spoken in Switzerland?
3. What type of Government does the U.K. have?
4. What is the literacy rate in Finland?
5. Who are France's major trading partners?
6. What year did Greece achieve independence from the Ottoman Empire (read the history section)?
7. What is the accepted currency in Austria?
PART II
Use the book and/or web to awnser the following:
8. What country is completely surrounded by Spain and the Atlantic Ocean?
9. What is the main religion in the Nordic Nations?
10. What country bills itself as "the land of fire and ice"?
11. Is Ireland part of the United Kingdom?
12. Who was Martin Luther?
13. When is Europe Day, and what does it commemorate?
14. What is the E.U.?
PART IV
Use this web site to answer the questions about the Loch Ness Monster: http://www.nessie.co.uk/
15. Write down the name of two of the Nessie hunters:
16. Click on the List of Sightings. What year was the first sighting of Nessie?
17. When John Mcleod spotted Nessie in 1908 how long did he estimate she was? Earn $1 Olson dollar by being one of the first two students to tell me how he described her head.
18. Check the link 'Nessie News' why is Robert Rines giving up the search for Nessie?
19. Can you find the word above that I spelled wrong? Be one of the first two students to come tell me what word I spelled worng and earn $1 Olson dollar.
20. There is one other error on the web challenge. Can you find it? Be one if the first two students to tell me what that error is and earn $1 Olson dollar.
Author:
Patrick Olson
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4/30/2020 5:05 PM (EDT)
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