Unit 1

GEOGRAPHY PROJECT

Imagine that you have finished Junior High School with excellent grades, and as a motivational gift your parents offer you a travel wherever you want. The options are:

1. Cairo, Egypt

2. Los Cabos, Mexico

3. La Habana, Cuba

4. Yakutsk, Russia

Now you need to decide where to go.

Follow the steps to narrow down your options.

1.- Write down the components that you would find in each place.

A) Cairo, Egypt

B) PICTURE:

C) MAP:

D) LOCATION: in the african continent

E) LATITUDE: 30°03′45″ N

F) LONGUITUDE: 31°14′58″ E

G) ALTITUDE: 23m

H) HEMISPHERS: medio oriente

According to the information you have investigated, answer the following question:

I) WHICH PLACE WOULD YOU CHOOSE TO GO AND WHY? (write at least

D) LOCATION: in Mexico in the state of baja california sur

E) LATITUDE: 22.8905

F) LONGITUDE: -109.9167

G) ALTITUDE: 10 feet above sea-level

H) HEMISPHERES:

A) LA HABANA CUBA:

B) PICTURE:

LA HABANA CUBA

C) MAP:

LA HABANA CUBA

D) LOCATION: in the caribe

E) LATITUDE: 21° 30′ N

F) LONGITUDE: 80° 00′ O

G) ALTITUDE: 59 m