Continent, Country, City Clues
for March 20, 2015
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Mystery Class #1

"One portion of our continent is gaining daylength now, while the other portion is losing daylength."


Mystery Class #2

"England, France and Spain are not on our continent, but the languages spoken most often on our continent are English, French and Spanish."

Mystery Class #3

"Sometimes considered micro, our region of the world has thousands of tropical ocean islands, but only two seasons –- rainy and dry."

Mystery Class #4

"Our continent is actually a desert, but you won't see camels here."


Mystery Class #5

"The equator divides our continent, but the great majority of the continent's area is on one side of the equator."

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Wikimedia Commons/Cburnett

Map showing equator
Mystery Class #6

"This playful, web-footed member of the weasel family is found across much of our continent. Named for rivers in which it swims, it can hold its breath for several minutes. On land it's known to slide on its belly in mud and snow."

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Wikimedia Commons/A.Westmoreland

Mammal
Mystery Class #7

"On our continent of 50+ nations, there are several that have both north and south latitude within their borders."


Mystery Class #8

"Although there are many separate countries on our continent, several of them use the same currency, the name of which sounds similar to the name of our continent."


Mystery Class #9

"Several countries on our continent are divided by the equator. These countries are all west of the Prime Meridian, and so are all the countries on this continent."

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Wikimedia Commons/Kmf164

Map with Prime Meridian
Mystery Class #10

"'Marhaba!' is a greeting you would hear in this region of the world."