News map of the week

0 Comments | Current Events, Oct 3, 2003

Study the map. Then complete the exercise below by placing A, B, or C in each blank.

-- 1. A plane flying in a straight line from Dhaka to Mount Everest would travel approximately (A) 300 miles, (B) 500 miles, (C) 700 miles.

-- 2. Bangladesh is -- of Tibet and -- of Myanmar. (A) south; east, (B) west; south, (C) south; west

-- 3. The Ganges River does not run through (A) India, (B) Bangladesh, (C) China.

-- 4. A car driving in a straight line from Lhasa to Thimphu would travel approximately how many fewer miles than a car traveling in a straight line from Lhasa to New Delhi? (A) 500 miles, (B) 750 miles, (C) 1,000 miles

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1. b, 2. c, 3. c, 4. b

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