Description
Students will review map skills and research skills by going on a geography treasure hunt throughout South America. There are 36 questions and each answer is either a country, city, landform, landmark, or number. Three questions have students identify which locations correspond to 9 latitude and longitude coordinates.
There are then 2 questions to determine where the "treasure" is located (one letter from some of the previous questions will give students the what they need to find the location). They must identify the country and the specific landform within the country to "find the treasure." They will then creatively, but plausibly, describe how they could retrieve the "treasure" from said location. Lastly, students will draw or describe what the treasure is that they have uncovered.
Time permitting, a map is included where students can mark the locations of each answer. The answers are included and if your students have access to research materials this would be great for a sub!
Sample questions include:
--Which country has the least dense population?
--Which countries are separated by Rio de La Plata?
--Which two countries are landlocked?
--Which landforms can be found at the following 3 coordinates?
--Which archipelago is off Ecuador’s west coast? --On which landform can you see Peru from Chile?
--What is the closest habitable location, in which country, to the geographic center of the continent?
--Which country is known for Pabellon Criollo?
--Which capital is the continent’s southernmost?
--Which waterfall is the highest, and in which country?
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