Around the World Word Search Puzzles (Dover Brain Games & Puzzles) - Softcover

Fremont, Victoria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486824039 ISBN 13: 9780486824031

Verlag: Dover Publications Inc., 2018

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Travel the world with this first-class puzzle treasury!
Where would you find the Spanish Steps? What's the modern-day name for Byzantium? Where's Wrigley Field? These and many other questions related to an international array of cultures are asked and answered in this treasury of fact-filled puzzles, which offer an entertaining and informative way to learn about different countries and famous cities all over the globe.
Geography and trivia buffs will find hours of amusement with these 100 word search puzzles. From Oslo to Athens to Hong Kong and beyond, the compilation visits 50 countries and 50 cities to discover the names of capitals, rivers, famous residents, landmarks, natural resources, flora and fauna, and many other points of interest. All subjects are listed and identified in a section above the letter grids, and complete solutions appear at the end of the book.

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Around the World Word Search Puzzles

By Victoria Fremont, Brenda Flores, Peter Lewis, Ilene J. Rattiner

Dover Publications, Inc.

Copyright © 2018 Dover Publications, Inc.
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ISBN: 978-0-486-82403-1

CHAPTER 1

Argentina

South AMERICA (continent)
ANDES (mountain range)
ARGENTUM (origin of name, from Latin word for "silver")
BEEF cattle (export)
BUENOS Aires (capital)
Laguna del CARBON (lowest point in Western Hemisphere)
CERRO Aconcagua (tallest mountain in Western Hemisphere)
DIEGO Maradona (soccer player)
ESTANCIAS (large cattle ranches)
FALKLAND Islands (ruled by Britain after war in 1982)
Iguazú FALLS (waterfall)
Tierra del FUEGO (group of islands)
GAUCHO (cowboy and folklore symbol)
GRAIN (product)
GUANACO (animal)
Natural HISTORY Museum (cultural institution)
JAGUAR (animal)
JORGE Luis Borges (poet)
LLAMA (animal)
PAMPAS (grasslands which are major agricultural resource)
PATAGONIA (cold, dry, windy region)
Juan PERÓN (former president)
PESO (currency)
PIRANHA (fish)
POLO (sport)
PUDU (smallest known deer)
RÍO de la Plata (river)
SAN Carlos de Bariloche (ski resort)
SPANISH (official language)
TANGO (dance)
Colón THEATER (grand opera house)
VALDÉS Peninsula (home to many marine mammals)

Australia

ABORIGINE (indigenous people)
ADELAIDE (city)
AYERS Rock (world's largest monolith)
BOOMERANG (used by Aborigines for hunting)
BRISBANE (city)
CANBERRA (national capital)
CRICKET (sport)
DAIRY products (export)
DIDGERIDOO (aboriginal musical instrument)
Australian DOLLAR (currency)
EMU (native bird)
Lake EYRE
Howard FLOREY (Nobel-prizewinning scientist)
GOLD (resource)
GREAT Victoria Desert
KANGAROO (indigenous animal)
KIWI (fruit)
KOALA (indigenous animal)
Mount KOSCIUSKO (highest peak)
James MCAULEY (poet)
MEAT (product)
MELBOURNE (city)
OPALS (world's largest concentration of)
PERTH (city)
Great Barrier REEF
Murrumbidgee RIVER
SHEEP (livestock)
SYDNEY (city)
Lake TORRENS
WINE (product)
WOMBAT (indigenous animal)
WOOL (product)
ZINC (resource)

Austria

ALPS (mountain range)
ARNOLD Schwarzenegger (actor/politician)
AUSTRIAN State Archives (library)
BEECH (tree)
BILLY Wilder (film director)
Vienna Boys' CHOIR (world famous choir)
DANUBE (river)
DEER (animal)
Christian DOPPLER (physicist)
EURO (currency)
FORESTS (cover 47% of total area)
FRANZ Josef (former emperor)
Sigmund FREUD (psychologist)
GERMAN (official language)
GREGOR Mendel (genetics scientist)
INNSBRUCK (site of 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics)
Gustav KLIMT (artist)
Fritz LANG (film director)
Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (composer)
Kunsthistorisches MUSEUM (Museum of Fine Arts)
The Sound of MUSIC (musical set in Austria)
Vienna State OPERA (cultural institution)
PARTRIDGE (animal)
SALZBURG (city)
Alpine SKIING (popular sport)
Lipizzaner STALLIONS (animal)
Johann STRAUSS (composer)
STRUDEL (dessert)
Schönbrunn TIERGARTEN (world's oldest zoo)
VIENNA (capital and largest city)
WALTZ (dance)
WIENER Schnitzel (popular dish)

Bolivia

ABUÑA (river)
ANACONDA (snake)
ANDES (mountains)
AYMARA (an official language)
BENI (river)
CATTLE ranching (industry)
CHICHA (liquor made from corn and other grains)
CHUNO (popular food made from potatoes)
COCHABAMBA (city)
COFFEE (product)
COPPER (resource)
Natural GAS (major export)
LLAMA (indigenous animal)
LLUCHU (knitted wool helmet)
MAHOGANY (product)
MINING (leading industry)
OIL (resource)
ORURO (city)
La PAZ (administrative capital)
PILCOMAYO (river)
PONCHO (typical clothing)
POOPÓ (lake)
POTOSÍ (one of the highest towns in the world)
PUMA (indigenous animal)
QUECHUA (an official language)
SAJAMA (highest peak)
SANTA Cruz (city)
SPANISH (an official language)
SUCRE (judicial capital)
SUGARcane (crop)
TIN (resource)
TITICACA (lake)
TOUCAN (indigenous bird)
VANILLA (crop)
ZINC (resource)

Brazil

Jorge AMADO (writer)
AMAZON (river and rain forest)
National Museum of Fine ARTS, Rio de Janeiro
BELÉM (city)
BRASÍLIA (capital)
Serra dos CARÁJAS (mountains)
CARNIVAL (festival)
COFFEE (leading export)
ÉRICO Veríssimo (writer)
Serra Geral de GOIÁS (mountains)
GOLD (resource)
IGUAÇU (river and falls)
IPANEMA (beach)
Antonio Francisco LISBOA (sculptor)
Joaquim MACHADO de Assis (writer)
MADEIRA (river)
MIRIM (lake)
Pico de NEBLINA (highest peak)
NEGRO (river)
Oscar NIEMEYER (architect)
PAPER (product)
Lagoa dos PATOS (171-mile-long lagoon)
Candido PORTINARI (artist)
PORTUGUESE (language)
RAIN FOREST
REAL (currency)
RIO de Janeiro (port city)
RUBBER (product)
RoadRUNNERS (indigenous birds)
SAMBA (dance)
SÃO Paulo (largest city)
SISAL (crop)
SOCCER (national sport)
SUGARloaf Mountain

Canada

Lake AGASSIZ (ancient glacial lake)
ALBERTA (province)
BAFFIN Island
BANFF National Park
Great BEAR Lake
BEAVER (indigenous animal)
Cape BRETON Island
CALGARY (city)
ELK (indigenous animal)
FISHING (industry)
GRAND Banks (best fishing area in world)
INUIT (northern indigenous people)
JASPER National Park
Stephen LEACOCK (writer)
Mount LOGAN (highest peak)
MACKENZIE River
MAPLE Leaf (national emblem)
Lt. Colonel John MCCRAE (author of "In Flanders Field")
Lucy Maud MONTGOMERY (author of Anne of Green Gables)
MONTREAL (largest city)
MOOSE (indigenous animal)
NEWSPRINT (leading supplier of)
NIAGARA Falls
NICKEL (resource)
NOVA Scotia (province)
ONTARIO (province)
OTTAWA (capital)
QUEBEC (province and city)
Canadian ROCKIES (mountains)
SAINT Lawrence River TORONTO (city)
VANCOUVER (city)
Lake WINNIPEG

Chile

Isabel ALLENDE (novelist)
ANDES (mountains)
ARICA (city)
Claudio ARRAU (pianist)
ATACAMA Desert
Andrés BELLO (scholar and poet)
BÍO-Bío River
Alberto BLEST Gana ("Balzac of Chile")
Milodón CAVE
CERRO San Cristóbal (tourist site)
CONDOR (national bird)
COPPER (resource)
CUECA (folk dance)
EASTER Island (has over 600 huge stone statues)
EMPANADA (food)
Alonso de ERCILLA y Zuñiga (poet)
Petrohué FALLS (waterfall)
Tierra del FUEGO (archipelago)
GLACIER National Park
GOLD (resource)
IQUIQUE (leading port)
LAGO Todos los Santos (lake)
LLAMA (indigenous animal)
LOA (river)
Santa LUCÍA (fortress and garden)
Gabriela MISTRAL (Nobel-prizewinning poet)
MOAI (giant stone figures on Easter Island)
MUSEO Pre-Colombiano (museum)
Isla NEGRA (home of Pablo Neruda)
Pablo NERUDA (Nobel-prizewinning poet)
OJOS del Salada (volcano and second-highest peak in western hemisphere)
Le PAIGE Museum (houses mummies)
SANTIAGO (capital and largest city)
STRAIT of Magellan
VALPARAÍSO (city)
VILLARRICA (most active volcano)
WINE (product)

China

ACUPUNCTURE (traditional medical technique)
BEIJING (capital)
CALLIGRAPHY (art of writing)
COAL...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0486824039
• ISBN 13: 9780486824031
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128
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