The
British Virgin Islands InfoHunt |
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Go to the respective sites |
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deal with the British Virgin Islands (BVI) |
and answer the questions: |
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here to download and print the questionnaire:
bviquest.doc |
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| Dear Students, |
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may not understand certain words used in the questionnaire or on the
web site. Don't worry! There are wonderful free tools
that enable us to look up difficult words online. Try not to look up
too many and don't forget to make a vocabulary list and learn them. |
| Go to PONSline,
das ONline Wörterbuch
(c) PONS-Klett and use the search mask at the bottom of the page.
Select the right languages before you start. |
| Go to QuickDic
online (c) |
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| Go to Linguadict,
das große Online Wörterbuch
(c) Linguatec Sprachtechnologien |
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Preparatory
Activities |
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| Study
the interactive
Map of the British Virgin Islands. Then
click
here to match the islands' names and their outlines. |
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| Go to
http://www.skyviews.com/bvi/mapintropage.html,
click on 'Tortola' and write down the names of 10 bays. |
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| Go to the
CIA-Factbook
CIA-Factbook
and gather information about the British Virgin Islands with respect to
the following head words: geographic location, climate, environmental
issues, population, ethnic groups and find out which sector of the BVI's
economy is most important. |
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| Find
out about the location of the British Virgin Islands (puzzle) |
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| Rearrange
the pieces of this map of the British Virgin Islands (puzzle) |
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| Get
to know the Flag of the British Virgin Islands (puzzle) |
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| Get
to know the Seal of the British Virgin Islands (puzzle) |
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http://www.bvitourism.com/
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- What name are the British Virgin Islands known by? |
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- What makes BVI beaches so attractive and what are they like? You may
also retrieve information from http://www.b-v-i.com/Nature/beaches.htm |
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- Give 3 examples of "world class" beaches. |
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- What makes the British Virgin Islands so extremely popular with
sailors and what are they called as a consequence? |
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- Why are the BVI an ideal place for divers? |
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- What arguments does the BVI Tourist Board use to convince couples to
get married in the British Virgin Islands? |
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- Which side of the road do you drive on in the BVI? |
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- What must tourists do before they are allowed to drive in the BVI? |
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http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/caribbean/british_virgin_islands/facts.htm
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- What document does a German tourist need to enter the BVI and how
long can he stay there? |
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- When do most tourists go there and what advice are we given about when
it's best for us to go there? Why? |
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- What currency is used in the BVI? Why? |
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- Food and
accommodation are rather expensive in the BVI. What are the reasons
why they are?
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- How much money does a 'richer' tourist spend a day, how much will his
'poorer' counterpart spend as a minimum and what will they respectively
get for it? |
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- Who was there a long time
before Columbus discovered the BVI? When did they respectively arrive? |
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- Who did the BVI get their name from and what was the choice of that
name motivited by? |
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- What do the Spanish
Names of 'Virgin Gorda' and 'Anegada' mean in English?
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- The text about the History of the BVI mentions Henry Morgan, Sir John Hawkins and Blackbeard.
Who were they? |
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- 1648, 1680, 1803 are three of the most important fugures in the
history of the BVI? What do they respectively stand for? |
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- What is the political status of the British Virgin Islands? |
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- Who's the British Virgin
Islands head / chief of state? |
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Click
here for further BVI-related links |
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| (c) This webquest was created by Jürgen
Wagner on the occasion of the Fair "Play for Fair Life Day"
[Gymnasium am Rotenbühl - Saarbrücken - July 20th 2005] |
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