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1. Your journey starts at the North Pole.
You head down the 0 meridian until you reach an important European country. Which of these could you visit in this country?
2. You leave Europe and turn west following the 50 parallel until you reach the shores of North America. What warm current did you encounter in your way?
3. So here you are in Canada at 50 degrees northern latitude and 60 degrees western longitude. Very close to your location is the estuary of an important North American river. What river could this be?
4. From your current location you go down the 60 western meridian, way past the Equator until you get out of the South American continent, back into the Atlantic (40 degrees southern latitude). You passed close to some national capitals but which of them was the closest.
5. Here you are, isolated in the South Atlantic when you decide to go west again. So you fly over the Pampas, then climb the Andes and then ... the Pacific. The huge ocean looks restless so you don't intend to spend a lot of time over here, but there seems to be a problem, there's no land in sight. Finally you reach the shores of an island nation. Where might you be? (Remember that you followed the 40 south parallel).
6. Your journey is far from over. The Pacific seems to be calm now so you leave again, this time to the north, along the 177 meridian. Your target is a small island whose name is linked to World War II.
7. The island you found is situated on the 27 north parallel, which will be your next direction. Going west along it will lead you to one of most important geographical landmarks in Asia. This would be:
8. You are so impressed by what you have just seen that you decide to follow the same parallel hoping to find other marvelous sights. Your hopes are not in vain because the country in which you arrive is home to two of the seven wonders of Antiquity. Do you know what river flows through this country?
9. Before you reach your final destination you make a short trip to the Black Sea, following the 30 meridian to the North. Which of the following countries has access to this sea?
10. As you may have guessed by now, your final destination is the South Pole. In order to get there you'll have to cross the continent of Africa. Which is the most populated city in Africa's north?
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Mr5
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