SCAVENGER HUNT
CHALLENGE 2
Search the Internet for the following facts and information.
Write your answers in the table below.
- What
is the context of "embedded journalist"? When was it first used?
Who created the term?
- _______________
is the only pope honored by Turkey a Muslim nation. His statue stands at
center of a city square of ______________.
- Who
designed the tallest building in Hong Kong?
- In
September 11, 2001, two commercial airplanes commandeered by terrorist
crashed and destroyed the World Trade Center in New York. Is this the
first time that an airplane crashed into a skyscraper in New York?
- __________
is the tallest building in the world. It is located in ____________. The
construction started in ________ and was finished_________.
- What
is the meaning of tundra? Why is the Bush administration so interested
with exploring and exploiting the tundra?
- Draw
in a diagram form the metamorphosis of an "urban legend"
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Embedded journali
sm, the practice of placing journalists within and under th e control of one sid e’s military during an armed conflict. Embedded reporte rs and photographe rs are attached to a specific military un it and permitted to accompany troops into combat zones. |
https://www.britannica.com/
topic/embedded-journalism |
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Pope Benedict XV
(not the current Be nedict XVI)
He was Pope from September 3, 1914
to January 22, 192 2 which included WWI.
Turkey honored the
Italian-born Bened ict for opening up Catholic health fac ilities to all victims of the war, regard less of which side they fought on. |
https://www.churchs
upplywarehouse.com/2 64000-pope-benedict- xvi-statue-264000-8303.html
http://religion.answers.wikia
.com/wiki/Who_is_the_only _pope_honored_by_turkey_a_ muslim_nation |
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Kohn Pedersen
Fox Associates ( KPF) is an American architecture firm which provides architec ture, interior, prog ramming and master planning services for clients in both the public and private sectors. KPF is on e of the largest arc hitecture firms in t he world and is cur rently one of the largest in New York City, where it is headquartered. |
https://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Kohn_Pedersen_Fox |
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https://www.livescience.com/22994-world-trade-center.html
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The Burj Khalifa
Arabic for "Khalifa Tower"; pronounced English: known as the Burj Dubai before its in auguration in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dub ai, United Arab Emirates.]
Construction of the Burj Khalifa began in 2004, with the
exterior completed five years later in 2009.
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https://en.wikiped
ia.org/wiki/Burj _Khalifa |
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In physical geography, tundra is
a type of biome where the tree growth is hindered by low temperatures and
short growing seasons. The term tundra comes through Russian тундра (tûndra)
from the Kildin Sami word тӯндар (tūndâr) meaning "uplands",
"treeless mountain tract".
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https://en.wikiped
ia.org/wiki/Tundra |
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