We've Landed...it's better late than never - Week Feb. 22, 2016

Attention Village Students be sure to share your individual guesses and not your entire class guesses as prize supplies are limited.

During our travels to this tropical country we encountered a bit of bad weather resulting in us landing a couple of days late and a very bumpy ride. We've landed on the country that lies opposite the country of Mozambique. It is the world's fourth-largest island and is twice the size of the State of Arizona. The country's low-lying coastal area gives way to a central plateau. The once densely wooded interior has largely been diminished due to severe soil erosion, deforestation and overgrazing.

The Capital and largest city found here is called Antananarivo with a population of 1.987 million

Government: Multiparty republic.  The population is made of up of these races/ethnic groups Malayo-Indonesian, Côtiers (mixed African, Malayo-Indonesian, French, Indian, Creole, and Comoran.

This island's natural hazards are the periodic cyclone, drought and its locust infestation.

Languages: Malagasy and French (both official), English

Agriculture: coffee, vanilla, sugarcane, cloves, cocoa, rice, cassava (tapioca), beans, bananas, peanuts and livestock products. 

Industries: meat processing, soap, breweries, tanneries, sugar, textiles, glassware, cement, automobile assembly plant, paper, petroleum, and tourism.

Natural resources: graphite, chromite, coal, bauxite, salt, quartz, tar sands, semiprecious stones, mica, fish, and hydropower.

**Please click on each photo to hear each clue from students.**

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VIDEO CLUE #4

New Country Clues: Week of February 8, 2016 - Good Luck!

This week we've landed in a new country.
Can you guess where we are?

We've landed at the latitude of 53.3442° North and the longitude of 6.2675° West

Upon our arrival in this country today we've had to convert our USA money to the local Currency/Money: the Euro   (The US $1 is worth .90 Euro) We're experiencing this new country's mild winter but the locals say that the summers are cool, consistently humid and overcast about half the time. We're tasting the local food. This country is famous for oysters (Galway Bay Oysters). We've learned that this country's agriculture is primarily beef, dairy products, barley, potatoes, and wheat. It's industries are in pharmaceuticals, chemicals, computer hardware and software, food products, beverages and brewing, and medical devices.

More Fun Facts from four VES students:

#1

#1 Rylee's Clue:

This European Country marks the end of Summer with Halloween.

#2

#2 Amelia's Clue"

This European Country has the population of 4,125, 000

#3

#3 Madeline's Clue:

A famous band from this country is "Stiff Little Fingers"

#4

#4 Brooke's Clue:

Some of the Patron Saints of this Country are Saint Brigit and Saint Columcille