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COLLEGE ORAL COMMUNICATION 1

Web Power Activities
Chapter 3: Themes of Geography
Activity 1
Do you know your world geography? Go to a search engine such as
Google and search with the keywords: geography, quiz. Follow the
links to find out your level of geography literacy. Also, check out these
links:
http://www.syvum.com/cgi/online/serve.cgi/quiz/us/usgeog1.tdf?0
http://www.syvum.com/cgi/online/mult.cgi/squizzes/country/japan/japa
ng1.tdf?0
http://geography.about.com/b/a/2003_12_08.htm
http://geography.miningco.com/library/quiz/bl041403.htm
http://www.quia.com/tq/157384.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/classroom/lookitup/geography.sht
ml
http://www.standard.net.au/~garyradley/games/index.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geosurvey/

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Activity 2
Exploring Geography: Explore these geography links, and answer
the questions that follow:
http://www.mapquest.com/
http://www.quia.com/rr/32307.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/geography/continents/
http://www.acu.edu:9090/~armstrongl/geography/games.html
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/geosurvey/

1. Which website(s) shows the result of a survey on geography?

2. Which website(s) has activities listed by geographical area?
3. Which website(s) has a map skills handbook and quiz?
4. Which website(s) has a long list of geography-related links?
5. Which website(s) can give you directions to anywhere in the
US?

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