Geographic Secret Messages

[Gail Hennessey]

Even though I am out of the classroom, I still love developing social studies materials.....so, here's another which I hope you might find helpful in the classroom. Fun bell ringers or activities for encouraging geography education.
GEOGRAPHIC SECRET MESSAGE 1
Find the answer to the following geographic puzzlers. Then, place the first letter of the word in the proper space below to solve the geographic message.


A. The world’s largest desert is 3.5 million sq. miles in size and is found in Morocco, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia , Algeria and other nations of Africa: ____________(5)

B. The world’s largest waterfall is found in Venezuela and is 3212 ft. high: ____________________ (1)

C. The world’s longest mountain range is found in South America. It is about 5000 miles long:______________(4)

D. This is a famous cave in southwestern France where wonderful cave paintings have been found: _____________ (3)

E. The world’s highest navigable lake is found in the South American country of Peru. It is about 12,500 ft. above sea level:______________ (2)

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Check out others I've posted at my website for teachers/young people.
http://www.gailhennessey.com/index.shtml?geomessage3.html

Gail