Geography / Reading

Connection

 

Our class has been reading Timothy of the Cay in conjunction with their geographical study of Latin America. The following activity required the students to use the atlas portion of their geography books to locate islands and countries mentioned in the story. For example, on page 5 a ship captain describes the location of "the cay" as "175 miles off the coasts of Honduras and Nicaragua."

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Below is one of the exercises that the students worked on.

 

NAME - ______________________

 

Caribbean Map

**You have been locating and marking islands and countries that were mentioned in Timothy of the Cay. Now use your maps, Timothy of the Cay books, and geography books to answer the following questions. **

 

  1. Explain why Panama is mentioned in the story? ___________________________

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  2. Explain why Honduras and Nicaragua are mentioned in the story (page 5)?

    3.  

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  3. Explain why St. Thomas (Virgin Islands) is mentioned in the story?

    4.  

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  4. Use the scale and map on page 190 of your Latin America book to estimate the

    5.   distance, in miles, of "the cay" from Curacao. __________________________

     

    5. What is the relative location of "the cay"? ______________________________

    6. The map on page 190 of your Latin America books does not show Curacao. How

                  1. do we know that one of the Netherlands Antilles is Curacao? ________________

 

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7. What is the distance, in kilometers, of Curacao from Venezuela? _____________

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