Please write the answers to these extra credit questions on a sheet of paper
and turn in to the bin on
my desk. The questions will be changed every Monday (with exceptions on
shortened school weeks).
This is the second to last extra credit opportunity.
1. The great Flavian Amphitheater, or Colosseum, was erected by the emperors
Vespasian and Titus in A.D. 70-82 on the site of the Golden House of Nero.
Where was this ancient Colosseum, that held 50,000 spectators?
2. More than 70 ships and airplanes are said to have disappeared in what
legend calls the Bermuda Triangle. Bermuda and what two other areas form this
triangle in the Atlantic Ocean?
3. Most of Africa's lakes are at the bottom of what are known as rift valleys.
These valleys were formed millions of years ago when the African plateau was
broken apart by faults in the earth. What is the name of Africa's largest lake?
4. This former British colony has long been a major wool exporter, which
perhaps explains why the sheep outnumber the people. Name this two-island
country located southeast of Australia.
5. This network is used to obtain precise latitude and longitude data from any
of 24 U.S. military satellites that circle Earth. Information from at least
three satellites are trilaterated to provide an absolute location. What is
the name of this system?
