FIFA World Cup 2006 Countries

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FIFA World Cup 2006Countries

• What sort of place do the footballers and
  supporters live in?
• Use these links to find out.
• Choose a qualifying country to find out about.

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Title page Qualified countries General
information about countries Where in the
world? Wave a flag Maps Time zones Day and
night What else?
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Qualified Countries
Use this link to find the counties which have
qualified. http//fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/
You can also play games
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General information about countries
World Fact Book http//www.theodora.com/wfb/abc_wo
rld_fact_book.htmlU Use the most up-to-date
World Fact book. You can find lots of information
on country size, population, cities and
currently.
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Where in the world?
These sites will help to locate the countries,
and some of the capital cities on the
globe. World gazetteer http//www.world-gazetteer
.com/wg.php?menhomelngendesgamelandat200ge
o-81srtpnancolaohdqcfbeimggeo0 This
website also give the coordinates of many of the
cities. Surface distance between two
coordinates http//www.wcrl.ars.usda.gov/cec/java/
lat-long.htm This web site will help you find
the distance between two places. Work out how far
supporters and players have had to travel.
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Wave a flag
Find a flag for the country you are
supporting. What flags will other supporters be
waving? World flags http//www.flags.net/maininde
x.htm Colouring book of flags http//www.crwflags
.com/fotw/flags/cbk.html Some people like to
have a national emblem. Find out all about them
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_emblem Na
tional emblems Flower emblems of the
world http//www.plantzafrica.com/miscell/flowerem
blems.htm
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Maps
Looking at maps can help understand what sort of
place a country is. Use these maps to help you
find out about your chosen country. Expedia
Atlas http//www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions
/atlas/ Zoom in to outline maps of
countries World Atlas http//worldatlas.com/aatl
as/world.htm Maps of the world, continents and
countries
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Time zones
It is not the same time all round the world. Find
out what time it will be for supporters when they
watch their team play. World Clock Time
Zones http//www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/ This
includes which places alter their clocks in the
summer. World Time Server http//www.worldtimeser
ver.com/current_time_in_GB.aspx This site also
shows you where on the globe the location
is. Times around the world http//swissinfo.net/c
gi/worldtime/ World time Zone Map http//aa.usno.
navy.mil/faq/docs/world_tzones.html Look at this
to see how the time zones are not in straight
lines. Why do some of the lines make detours?
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Day and night
See with your own eyes which countries are in
night time and which are day time. Earth
View http//www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/a
ction?opt-p Use this to see which parts of the
world are currently in daylight and which are in
darkness. Change the time and click on update
to see the world at other times.
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What Else?
Make your findings into a MS PowerPoint
presentation. Make your own supporters
kit. Design a football strip (or supporters
scarf) for a country which reflects what you have
found out about the country.
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