GeoQuest Pronunciation Help

Study for the next Quiz Day! Belarus — byel-uh-roos K - 3rd Grade Estonia — e-stoh-nee-uh Latvia — lat-vee-uh Lithuania — lith-oo-ey-nee-uh March — Northern Europe Luxembourg — luhk-suhm-burg Ukraine — yoo-kreyn Level 1 Belarus Denmark Belgium Estonia Helpful Study Web pages https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/states/us-states-hub/ Level 2 (scroll to the bottom of the page for country info)

Finland Germany https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/world/ France Iceland http://online.seterra.com/en/

http://mrnussbaum.com/interactive_world_map/ Level 3 http://ilike2learn.com/ Ireland Lithuania http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Geography.htm Latvia

Level 4 The following link works best on a desktop/laptop, Luxembourg Norway instead of a smart phone/tablet: Netherlands Poland https://www.coolmathgames.com/1-geography-games

Level 5 Popular geography games/apps: Ukraine Wander Our World, Tiny Countries, Barefoot World Atlas, Stack the Sweden United Kingdom Countries, & GeoBee Challenge by National Geographic

March Continent Challenge — Wonders of the World* Read more about all these Wonders on the bulletin board by the Office.

Kremlin and — Russia Þingvellir National Park — Iceland The Eiffel Tower — France The Kremlin is the most famous Russian citadel Þingvellir is a national park in Bláskógabyggð in The Eiffel Tower is an iron lattice tower located on the (fortified complex) and it lies in the heart of Moscow. It southwestern Iceland, near the peninsula of Reykjanes Champ de Mars in Paris. It is named after the engineer overlooks the Moskva River, Saint Basil’s Cathedral, and the Hengill volcanic area. Þingvellir is a site of Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the Alexander Garden, and Red Square. Within the Kremlin cultural, historical, and geological importance and is a tower. Erected in 1889 as the entrance arch to the 1889 are four cathedrals, five palaces, and the enclosing very popular tourist destination in Iceland. It is the site World's Fair, it has become both a global cultural icon of Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers. The complex serves as of a rift valley that marks the crest of the Mid-Atlantic France and one of the most recognizable structures in the a museum and the official residence of the President of the Ridge (an underwater mountain range that is also the world. Russian Federation. longest mountain range in the world).

The Oresund Bridge — Denmark & Sweden Cologne Cathedral — Germany The Atomium — Belgium The Oresund Bridge is the longest cable-stayed bridge in Cologne Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in The Atomium is an iconic structure in Brussels originally the world. It is a combination of a car and rail bridge and a Cologne, Germany. It is the seat of the Archbishop of constructed for the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Designed tunnel system. The bridge connects the Danish capital of Cologne. It is a famous monument of German by the engineer André Waterkeyn with interiors by Copenhagen with Malmo in Sweden. Catholicism and Gothic architecture and is a World architects André and Jean Polak, it stands 335 ft. tall. Its Heritage Site. It attracts an average of 20,000 people a nine 59 ft. diameter stainless steel clad spheres are day, making it Germany’s most visited landmark. connected so that the whole form is the shape of an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times. March Continent Challenge - Wonders of the World* Read more about all these Wonders on the bulletin board by the Office. *Image Sources — all are used with permission

Kremlin and Red Square: flickr.com/photos/brostad/2759012369/in/photolist-5cNEfM-wqyKsV-vtvQiz-tdiwpy-oNkB4s-w8vgSw-p5QnBZ-p5QmTV-7meCHZ-oNkoGc- SuNdJ7-eXqmBA-5fcUPm-fKZoz6-fKZouz-fLgZ3W-fLgYWW-ayHEoM-LqpD9q-58pH2A-pG1iRN-XaVz3h-p2B5St-GZic8W-pFLQoc-f5SfjX-UfXAaQ-f5Sd2k-f67w23 -ng5SfS-qY1Dz4-f67uvd-f67tDU-f67vtC-f67sT3-f67ukq-f67urY-27sHQxW-dt9GpY-58pJZA-f5SfGz-ceg23j-nxAsFY-oQTNK-4pdFww-7VUJo-AJMQWY-f5SdXx- 5ddytQ-AJUwDF Credit: Bernt Rostad (image cropped) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Þingvellir National Park: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bayareaag/23320249671/in/photolist-Mwi9Yt-qB5qiT-NgvYRA-2cKQC2A-Mf2JHK-27DDbYC-P1knEK- KAguoa-p4J1hz-QGwjLf-85gxn4-mFaUbp-25jH8yc-25jGRdM-YaQB9F-VU9UQU-BwJnLc-2bSBVyo-NLWA6B-aTsdJx-oarpBS-YcTbLV-L53j2q-27LtR2D-26DJsLQ- 25AALYR-pr85t-7F5d9Z-aWi9K2-mFaCMv-rgdj8N-cdwpg-ccrRYU-iKrowc-24f7dJ7-ehxiQW-nnfECk-P19ByD-ehxin1-nnzJKU-ehxi1s-nkuLQQ-ehxhKu-nnfqXL-ehry9a -ehxha7-xV3vex-ehxgPE-YaQAB8-npio6X Credit: Daniel Gillaspia https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/

Eiffel Tower: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlann/6613785939 Credit: Nicolas Lannuzel https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

The Oresund Bridge: https://pixabay.com/photos/the-%C3%B6resund-bridge-malm%C3%B6-bro-1151154/ Credit: Daniel Karlsson https://pixabay.com/service/license/

Cologne Cathedral: https://www.flickr.com/photos/depenbusch/9411302804/in/photolist-T42nPY-23TRZA7-26zXkmW-fkDors-27M7Nth-nDeixQ-23zSH5s-WCKHpR- 8yiaDJ-ebNdDz-25vzGo1-nDehw1-jRjm8V-A9bTHK-qDuTjb-6Vd1CN-3ccdVM-a5UxoB-2bpjQf3-awk7dc-bzxrXC-75ms4x-8u6uF5-a6aitK-j8c7sM-6V8XfR-5QkdJK- cxhLxG-Cn8rA9-5Qpswd-9c78db-a6ckkL-7LSTiK-NpuBG7-aqkpAZ-FXY1Wo-a6ckko-K9WR3i-6iem9N-9frsyt-63cZWo-75msck-aqo4QE-3erSFB-W8Q4KW-9frgfr- j8efSg-j8gyhW-Sd3QRs-9fu8fs Credit: Thomas Depenbusch (Depi) (image cropped) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

The Atomium: https://www.flickr.com/photos/butohmedusa/26993407801/in/photolist-7Sj4XP-7RtrT3-7RpVXF-ojE7E-7Rtozd-7RsFi5-7RrWFQ-bqnaRj-Ni28t-7RpGiZ- 7RqDrX-H8jgGM-bqnaRW-7RqAqn-7Rr5sq-4m6vNz-7RqEYh-n4kpG9-7RsVVE-7RpK7M-BFrmW-7RpXoz-7RpC1z-td29Gu-7RthCW-7RoXoc-7RtyXW-7RprEp- 7Rq74Z-4e9ueR-7RqeEP-7RsMWo-7Rsutu-7RreqE-7Rsxau-7RqyPA-7RsDZj-7Rq47v-7Roo36-XYr6Zy-7RsKr3-7Rqq8e-8xexEj-7Rqn3D-7Rp7xc-7RqoxZ-7RsoQ1- 7RtqaU-7Rnn2H-7RsPJE Credit: Sarah A. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/