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Learn & Play — Create your own map of Canada, test your skill against our weekly GeoQuiz, have fun with our interactive quizzes, and print our Geo Crossword to puzzle your students!
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Geography Crosswords — Puzzle your mind with a variety of Geography Crossword Puzzles. |
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Map Kits — Want to be a cartographic artist? With our interactive graphics tools, you can customize maps of the Canada, the USA, and Mexico online! |
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Word Search Puzzles — Download and print our mesmerizing word searches to puzzle your students, available in a handy PDF format. |
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FLASH World Quizzes
Interactive Quizzes that cover the world with challenging questions.
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On the third Monday of each January — Dr. Martin Luther King is honored by national holiday dedicated to him. The bill was signed by the late president Ronald Reagan
Martin Luther King was born on January 15th 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. A leader of the civil rights movement; He was a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the presidential medal of freedom. He is best remembered for his “I Have a Dream” speech, which he gave at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. A leader of the civil rights movement; he was assassinated on April 4th, 1968 In Memphis, Tennessee. For more info on MLK click here.
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January 11th, 1755 — Alexander Hamilton was born in Charleston, Nevis. A founding father, and lawyer, in 1790 congress authorized Hamilton to create a maritime service to enforce customs laws; this would eventually become the United States Coast Guard. Today the main building at the academy is named after Hamilton.
January 17th 1706 — Benjamin Franklin born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the first United States Postmaster General. He was also a scientist, writer, and legislator.
January 27th 1832 — Lewis Carroll the author of the children’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was born in England. He was also a mathematician, clergyman, and photographer.
Geodesy — The science that measures the size and shape of the earth.
This country is in Southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, between India on the east and Iran and Afghanistan on the west and China in the north. Name the country and send your answer by email to maps101@maps.com for a chance to win a map from our Antique maps collection. A winner will be chosen at random from all correct entries, and be notified via email. For further assistance see the Reference Atlas in Maps101 or Click Here.
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