Fourth Class Answers

Please note that answers are not necessarily exhaustive: in cases where the student is asked to answer a question that has many possible correct answers, a sample answer is provided.

Project Activity Question Answers 1 A 1

B 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 T 5 F 6 T 7 T 8 T C 1 Clare 2 Donegal 3 Dublin 4 Galway 5 Kerry 6 Kildare 7 Laois 8 Louth 9 Mayo 10 Meath 11 Wicklow 12 Tipperary D 1 Donegal 2 Cork 3 Dublin 4 Limerick 5 Down 6 Clare 7 Meath 8 Monaghan

2 C 1 Meath 2 Cork 3 Clare 4 Roscommon 5 Kildare 6 Monaghan 7 Louth 8 3 A

B 1 Princess Europa 2 France 3 Germany 4 Vatican City 5 Norway, Sweden and Denmark 6 No capital starts with F C 1 Austria Belgium Croatia Denmark Estonia France Germany 2 Rome Stockholm Tallinn 3 Belgium and Germany 4 Italy, France, Germany, Austria 5 Countries such as Greece, Moldova, Russia, Turkey . . .

4 A

1 Alps 2 Danube 3 Pyrenees 4 Rhine 5 Vesuvius 6 Sardinia 7 North Sea 8 Baltic Sea 9 Black Sea B 1 Urals 2 Volga 3 Russia 4 Britain 5 West 6 Peninsula 7 Etna 8 Portugal D 1 No coastline 2 River 3 Spain and France 4 England

5 A

B 1 Group of 2 Highest point 3 Near the coast 4 Gap between mountains 5 Snow moving suddenly down a D 1 – Antrim mountain where St. Patrick worked Mount – mountain with same name as province Carrauntuohil – highest mountain in Ben Bulben – famous mountain overlooking Sligo 2 Hill of Slane – St. Patrick lit a fire here Knocknarea – Queen Maeve is buried on this Sligo mountain – tall mountain in Kerry Mount – tallest Donegal mountain 3 – sweet Wicklow mountain – Mayo mountain named after patron saint Devil’s Bit – Tipperary mountain picked up by Old Nick – Cork mountain with angel’s name 4 – seat of Ireland’s high kings – hunted here – mountain of the ladies in Tipperary Rock of Cashel – castle of the kings in Tipperary

6 A

B 1 Nile 2 Everest 3 Europe 4 Antarctic 5 Atlantic 6 North 7 Mountains 8 Islands D 1 Alps Andes Rockies Kilimanjaro Mont Blanc 2(a) West (b) North (c) West 3(a) Mediterranean Sea (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Atlantic Ocean / Gulf of Mexico (e) Indian Ocean (f) Atlantic E Europe – Rhine and Volga, Alps . . . North America – Missouri and Mississippi, Rockies . . . South America – Amazon and Parana, Andes . . Africa – Rivers Congo and Nile, Atlas . . . Asia – Yangtze and Ganges, Himalayas . . . Australia – Murray and Darling, Great Dividing Range . . . Antarctica – icy, frozen desert . . . 7 A

B 1 Ireland – Europe Canada – N America Brazil – S America Egypt – Africa 2 Argentina – S America Nigeria – Africa China – Asia France – Europe 3 Mexico – N America India – Asia Australia – Australia Kenya – Africa 4 Malawi – Africa Norway – Europe Vietnam – Asia USA – N America C 3 Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba Algeria, Australia, Austria, Central African Republic, Seychelles 4 Cork, Lima, Bonn, Baku, Oslo, Bern, Juba, Kiev, Nuk, Riga, Lomé D 1 Greenland 2 Canada 3 Brazil 4 Chile 5 Turkey 6 China 7 India / Thailand 8 New Zealand 9 Iran 10 Indonesia 8 A 1 (a) E1 (b) F3 (c) G4 (d) E4 (e) B4 (f) E2 2 B3 3 South 4 north-east 5 A3 6 F2 8 lighthouse B Airport Bus stop / station Camping Caravans Parking Golf Course Information (tourist) Lighthouse Church Petrol / Garage

Swimming Pool Hospital Food Forest Viewing point C

9 A

B 1 F 2 T

3 F 4 T 5 F 6 F 7 T 8 F (often a lake or another river) C 1 Carrick-on-Suir Drogheda 2(a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Irish Sea (c) Celtic Sea (d) St. George’s Channel (e) North Channel (Irish Sea) (f) Celtic Sea (g) Atlantic Ocean (h) Atlantic Ocean (i) Atlantic Ocean (j) Irish Sea D 1 Lee – Cork City Bann – into and out of Lough Neagh Shannon – longest river Liffey – Capital of Ireland is built on it Boyne – Fionn Mac Cumhaill 2 Foyle – fast flowing river through Derry Blackwater – Munster salmon river Fergus – river with a boy’s name Moy – take one letter from Mayo Slaney – Michael Dwyer 3 Suir – sister that forms part of boundary between Tipperary and Waterford Barrow – longest sister river Erne – waterway that flpws through Ballyshannon Laune – Kerry salmon river Nore – river 10 A

A *Please note that this project presents a much simplified of view of the world’s climates. To present anything more complex is beyond the scope of this book and of many fourth classes. Cold 1 Dry 2 Tropical

3 Dry 4 Temperate 5 Cold 6 Temperate 7 Tropical 8 Tropical 9 Temperate 10 Cold 11 Dry 12 *Note that many of the countries named exhibit more than one climate type. The above list is not exhaustive. B Tropical – hot year round . . . Dry – extremely dry . . . Temperate – seldom very hot or cold Cold – severe, ery cold winters . . Polar – the coldest and dries on Earth . . C 1 Polar – polar bear, arctic fox, penguin Cold – reindeer, lynx, wolf, brown bear, Temperate - badger Dry – antelope, scorpion, camel, Tropical – monkey, elephant, orangutan, jaguar *Again, there is an overlap in answers. Creatures may prefer one habitat and found in abundance in another. 2 Death Valley – Dry Adelaide Island – polar Clew Bay – Temperate Queensland – Tropical Finland – Cold Gozo – Temperate (verging on dry) Important to explain to children that countries, expecially large ones, often exhibit two or more climate types

11 A

B 1 England are connected by Channel Tunnel 2 Many EU meetings take place in Brussels and Strasbourg 3 There are 24 offical EU languages C 1 Belgium – Brussels Cyprus – Nicosia Finland – Helsinki UK – London 2 Latvia – Riga Malta – Valleta Portugal – Lisbon Slovakia – Bratislava 3 Bulgaria – Sogia Denmark – Copenhagen France – Paris Hungary – Budapest 4 Croatia – Zagreb Germany – Berlin Greece – Athens Ireland – Dublin D 1 Euro 2 Pound sterling 3 8 (when going to press)1c, 2c, 5c, 10c, 20c, 50c, €1, €2 (planned obsolesence of 1c and 2c coins) 4 €3.88 5 €10 6 25 20c coins E (Gibraltar), Spain, France, (Monaco), Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Montenegro, (Albania), Greece, (Turkey), Malta, Cyprus

12 A

B 1 False 2 True 3 True 4 True 5 False 6 False 7 True 8 False C 1 Cork 2 Shannon 3 Shamrock 4 St. Patrick D 1 Leeds, Glasgow, Sheffield, Bradford, Bristol . . . 2 Pennines, Ouse 3 Skye, Bute, Lewis and Harris, Mull, Islay, Jura, Arran . . . 4 Irish Sea 5 Land’s End 6 Scotland is more than three times bigger than Wales 13 A

B 1 Canada, Luxembourg, Belgium, French Guiana C Western / Belgium / Germany / Atlantic / Pyrenees / Spain / Italy /

Switzerland / Mont Blanc / Paris / art / Louvre / cooking D Bonjour – hello Au revoir – goodbye S’il vous plait – please Je m’appelle Sylvie – my name is Sylvie Merci – thank you E 1 Cheese 2 Monaco 3 Italy 4 Mont Blanc 5 Eiffel Tower 6 Blue 7 Loire 14 A Swimming / surfing / cliff walking / Fishing / caving / snorkelling

C 1 Inis Meán, Inis OIr, Inis Mór 2(a) West (b) Northeast (c) East (d) North D 1 False 2 True 3 False 4 False 5 True 6 True 7 True 8 False 9 True 10 True E 1 Achill 2 Ireland’s Eye 3 Rathlin 4 Aran 5 Aran 6 Cape Clear 7 Tory 8 Blasket

9 Lambay 10 Saltee 15 A 1 Yes by 5 minutes 2 Walkers because of the hiker icon used 3 No, some streets might be too narrow or one way 4 5 2.6km 6 5km 7 Liffey B NY / Paris / Dublin / London 16 A 1(a) Red(ish!) (b) Red(ish) (c) Yellow (d) Red (e) Blue (f) Grey (g) White (h) White (i) White (j) Red(ish) C 1 Political 2 USA 3 Europe and America 4 Antarctica 5 Iran 6 Southern Ocean 17 A 1 (a) C4 (b) A4 (c) E1 (d) D3 (e) E4 2 (a) library (b) castle (c) school (d) boat (e) shop (f) lighthouse 3 F4 and D2 4 Home to school Shop to lighthouse Castle to cliff Hills to lake B F4

18 A

B 1 True 2 False 3 False 4 True 5 True 6 False 7 False 8 True C 1 San Francisco, LA 2 NY, Boston 3 Chicago, Phoenix 4 Great Slave, Winnipeg 5 Hudson 6 Gulf of Mexico 7 Cuba 8 Mississippi, Hudson 9 Rockies 10 Arizona, California, Texas D 1 Rockies – mountain range on west coast Grand Canyon – Deep valley in Arizona Statue of Liberty – Huge statue in NY White House – Where President lives 2 Niagara Falls – Greatest waterfall Maple Leaf – Symbol of Canada Newfoundland – Large Canadian island Klondike – site of gold rush 3 Eagle and Serpent – Symbol on flag of Mexico Mexico City – Capital Aztecs and Mayans – ancient peoples Tacos and fajitas - foods

19 A

B 1(a) Argentina (b) Peru (c) Brazil (d) Colombia (e) Brazil (f) Chile (g) Ecuador (h) Uruguay (i) Brazil 2 Cape Horn 3 Andes 4 Rainforest 5 Spanish / Portuguese C 1 Ecuador 2 Brazil 3 Pacific 4 Argentina 5 Peru 6 Brazil 7 Rio 8 Coffee 9 Titicaca D 1(a) Ecuador (b) Brazil (c) Argentina (d) Uruguay Paraguay (e) Bolivia 20 A 1 No. Object is to clearly show trainlines without clutter. This is not a road map or map of townlands. 2 8 plus Cobh and Tralee 3 Square boxes 4 Dublin Heuston, Dublin Connolly, Sligo, Ballina, Westport, Galway, Limerick, Limerick Junction, Tralee, Cork, Waterford, Rosslare Europort, Derry 5 They are adjacent to large centres of population

6 Change of jurisdiction 7 Greystones, Bray, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin Pearse

B 1(a) Mayo (b) Kildare (c) Tipperary (d) Meath (e) Galway (f) Sligo (g) Armagh (h) Antrim 2(a) Rosslare Strand (b) Connolly (c) Cobh (d) Dundalk (e) Athenry (f) Mullingar (g) Carrick-on-Suir (h) Thurles C 1 2H 35M 2 Omits time 3 8:00am 4 10:35am 5 17:00 6 Omits times at intermediate stations 7 23:35

21 A

B 1 North 2 Southward 3 Kenya C 1 False 2 True 3 False 4 True 5 True 6 False 7 True 8 False D 1 Chad, Niger, Central African Republic, Zambia 2 Namibia, Angola, Gabon, Senegal 3 Somalia, Tanzania, Mozambique, Kenya 4 Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt E 1 Niger, South Sudan, Mali, Congo, Chad, Kenya, Lesotho 2 Kenya, Chad, Sudan, Zambia, Ghana, Algeria 3 Aardvark, jackal, dik-dik, elephant, giraffe, zebra

22 A

B 1 Sri Lanka 2 eastward C 1 Himalayas 2 India 3 Mongolia 4 Siberia 5 Urals 6 Bengal 7 Alaska 8 China D 1 Russia 2 Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan 3 Indonesia, Papua New Guinea 4 Pakistan 5 Mongolia 6 South Korea 7 Sri Lanka 8 Indonesia 9 Nepal and China (Tibet) 10 Russia E 1 Tokyo 2 Shanghai 3 Istanbul 4 Mumbai 5 Moscow 6 Rangoon (Yangon)

23 A

B 1 Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick 2 Wicklow, Wexford, Carlow, Leitrim, Cork, Galway, Donegal, Limerick, Roscommon, Antrim, Derry, Kilkenny, Cavan, Waterford, Sligo, Armagh, Monaghan, Longford, Dublin C 1 True 2 False 3 True 4 True 5 False 6 False 7 True E 1 Kildare – Cill Dara Ennis – Inis Ardmore – Aird Mhór Kilkenny – Cill Chainnigh Cahermore – Cathair Mhór 2 Galway – Gaillimh Killarney – Cill Áirne Dundalk – Dún Dealgan Drogheda – Droichead Átha Ballinahinch – Baile na hInse 24 A 1 Donegal 2 Derry 3 Antrim 4 Tyrone 5 Leitrim 6 Fermanagh 7 Armagh 8 Down 9 Sligo 10 Monaghan

11 Mayo 12 Cavan 13 Louth 14 Roscommon 15 Longford 16 Westmeath 17 Meath 18 Galway 19 Dublin 20 Offaly 21 Kildare 22 Clare 23 Laois 24 Wicklow 25 Carlow 26 Limerick 27 Tipperary 28 Kilkenny 29 Wexford 30 Kerry 31 Waterford 32 Cork B 1 Cork 2 Carrauntuohil 3 Leinster 4 Shannon 5 Wicklow 6 Lee 7 Nore 8 Achill 9 Armagh 10 Sligo D 1 Most northerly 2 From north to south 3 Galway 4 Louth 5 Waterford 6 Kerry 7 Clare 8 Dublin Quiz 1 Connacht 1 2 Cork 3 Princess Europa 4 Mediterranean 5 Peak 6 Rome, Cork, Lima . . . 7 Blackwater 8 Dry (usually but not always hot) 9 Euro 10 Irish Sea 11 Mont Blanc

12 Aran Island 13 Pacific Ocean 14 South America 15 Connolly 16 Algeria 17 China 18 Galway 19 Kerry 20 Carlow, Roscommon . . . 21 Limerick 22 Denmark 23 Biscay 24 Pass 25 Croagh Patrick 26 Sugarloaf 27 Africa 28 Budapest 29 France, Spain, Italy . . . 30 Rivers in England Quiz 1 Leinster 2 2 Roscommon 3 France 4 Stockholm 5 Switzerland 6 Hill of Tara 7 Brosna, Suck 8 Indian Ocean 9 Russia 10 made by people 11 Tropical 12 Cavan 13 Man, Wight 14 Pyrenees 15 Dublin 16 Mississippi 17 South America 18 Madagascar 19 Asia 20 Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal 21 Patrick (Brid) 22 David 23 Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, German, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco 24 Ireland’s Eye 25 East Coast 26 Huge waterfall in North America 27 Trains 28 Indian Ocean 29 Unclestan 30 Turkey Quiz 1 Limerick 3 2 Louth

3 Portugal 4 Mountains in Europe 5 Crete, Sicily . . . 6 France 7 Ben Bulben 8 New Zealand 9 Greenland 10 Derry 11 Norway, Switzerland 12 Channel 13 French 14 Islands off the irish coast 15 North America 16 Ecuador 17 South Africa 18 Pakistan 19 Tipperary 20 Antrim 21 Philip 22 Offaly 23 Norway 24 Denmark 25 Tipperary, Tyrone 26 Brazil 27 Algeria 28 Sligo 29 Austria, Albania 30 Asia Quiz 1 Sea 4 2 Wexford 3 Carlow 4 Munster 5 North 6 Chile 7 Leinster 8 Connacht 9 Ulster 10 Scotland 11 White Mountain 12 England 13 Amazon 14 European Union 15 50 16 England 17 England, Estonia 18 Antrim, Armagh 19 Sri Lanka 20 Cabbage 21 Crete, Cyprus 22 France 23 USA

24 Buenos Aires 25 Clare 26 East 27 Sweden 28 Belgium 29 Bering Sea 30 South America Quiz 1 True 5 2 False 3 True 4 False 5 False 6 False 7 True 8 True 9 False 10 True 11 False 12 True 13 False 14 True 15 False 16 True 17 False 18 True 19 True 20 False 21 True 22 False 23 True 24 False 25 True 26 True 27 True 28 False 29 True 30 False