Webquest: Ecuador

Me llamo ___________________________________________ Fecha _________________ Clase _____

Webquest: Ecuador

Directions: Use the links below to answer the questions that follow. 1. Google the flag of Ecuador. Color in Ecuador's flag below.

Use the following link to answer questions 2-3:

2. What do the yellow, blue, and red stripes stand for on the flag? ______________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

3. What type of bird is at the top of the coat of arms? __________________________________ Use the following link to answer questions 4-7:

4. Color in Ecuador on the map below. (Don't forget about the Gal?pagos Islands!)

? Jessica Hall (Miss Senorita) 2019

5. The Gal?pagos Island are about 1,000 kilometers off the coast of Ecuador. There are approximately 3 kilometers to every 2 miles. How many miles off the coast are the Gal?pagos? _______________

6. What are the 4 distinct geographical areas in Ecuador? _____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

7. What does Ecuador mean in English? _______________________________________________ Use the following link to answer questions 8-10:

8. Label the following map of Ecuador and include: a. Quito (the capital city) b. Guayaquil c. Andes Mountains d. The Gal?pagos e. Peru f. Colombia g. The Pacific Ocean

? Jessica Hall (Miss Senorita) 2019

9. What year did Ecuador celebrate its independence? ____________________

Use the following link to answer questions 10-12: 10. Click on City Guide in the red ribbon. Under "Top Cities" on the right, click Quito. Quito was one of the capital cities of the Incan Empire, which fell to the Spanish in the 16th century. Why did the Incans destroy the city? _______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Quito is at 2850 meters in altitude. If 1 meter = 3.28 feet, how many feet high is the city? _____________________ 12. Click on Culture in the red ribbon. What is Ecuador's official language? What language do many native people speak? __________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Use the following link to answer questions 13-15:

13. Watch the video at the top of the page. What animals do you see? __________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

14. What famous scientist visited these islands in the 1800s and wrote the theory of evolution based on his experience here? ___________________________________________

15. What would you want to do or see if you could visit the Gal?pagos? _________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Use the following link to answer questions 16-19:

16. What are llapingachos? ____________________________________________________________ 17. What part of the chicken is in caldo de gallina? _____________________________________ 18. What is cuy? _______________________________________________________________________ 19. Which of all of these dishes would you be most interested in trying? __________________

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? Jessica Hall (Miss Senorita) 2019

Use the following link to answer questions 20-22:

20. Watch any or all of the videos of the city. What are your impressions of Quito? ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

21. What is Mitad del Mundo? __________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

22. How high up does the Telef?riQo take you? _________________________________________

23. Considering everything you've seen about Ecuador, what are your favorite parts? What would you definitely want to go see? How does it compare to places you've traveled to before or where you currently live? ______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

? Jessica Hall (Miss Senorita) 2019

Me llamo ___________________________________________ Fecha _________________ Clase _____

Webquest: Ecuador

Directions: Use the links below to answer the questions that follow. 1. Google the flag of Ecuador. Color in Ecuador's flag below.

Use the following link to answer questions 2-3:

2. What do the yellow, blue, and red stripes stand for on the flag? ______________________ __Yellow is for the crops and soil, blue is for the ocean and sky, and red is for the bloodshed of the nation's independence____________________________________________

3. What type of bird is at the top of the coat of arms? __A condor___ Use the following link to answer questions 4-7:

4. Color in Ecuador on the map below. (Don't forget about the Gal?pagos Islands!)

? Jessica Hall (Miss Senorita) 2019

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