Web sites project

2013 Websites
Here are the websites. Please copy the questions and answer them on your blog.

Christmas around the world

1. What are two other names for Santa Claus mentioned on the website?
    Nikolaos, Babbo Natale
 

2. What is a Christmas cracker?
   The children wait  for Father Christmas and break a Christmas cracker.
 

3. Why does Santa wear red?   

    Red stands for the love from God and the blood of the Atonement.
 

Art
1. Which painter’s art is mentioned as being in Kurashiki?
   Water Lilies
 

2. What is tingatinga?

3. Why did one of the artists use cats?
    He liked cats.

Endangered animals in the world 

1. What two categories of endangered animals are reviewed?
    Forests and sea
 

2. How does El Nino affect life in the Pacific ocean?
  
3. What si the red list?   

    It is a list which was written about endangered species.
 

Love in the movies
1. What are the main features of Indian movies? (i.e. what do most movies contain?)
    romantic movies.
 

2. How is love expressed in UK and USA movies? Does this happen in Indian movies?
    I can find some kiss scenes and sex scenes.  No.
 

3. Who fell in love with Nino? What happened?
    Amelie.  

History of fashion
1. How many fashion styles are mentioned on the website?
     6
 

2. How did the grange look emerge?
   Because of the members of grange rockers.
 

3. Who were the mods?   

   The Beatles
 

Schools all over the world
1. What's one school rule in Australia?
   Don't blindly staring at the kangaroo!
 

 2. What is served at school lunches in Slovakia?    

  School lunches are brown bread, tomatoes, fish, cheese　and fruits.
 

3. What are red-labelled foods?   

   chocolate and soft drinks
 

World Festivals
1. How can we celebrate Holi?  

   People enjoy splashing or rubbing each other with colorful powder and water.  They throw powder at anyone no matter who the person is. Holi has no restrictions as to who can throw powder on whom.

  

2. Which city holds October Fest?
   Germany  

3. What can you do and not do at La Tomatina?

  I can throw the tomatoes.   

  I must not tear other people’s clothes and you must obey the time limits.

World Mysteries;
1. Where is a possible location of the lost city of Atlantis?

   the bottom of the sea close to the Cuban shore.

 

2. What are some ideas concerning what happened to the Mary Celeste?

   People supposed that they were caught by pirates. Another idea was they were attacked by huge squid. Another idea was they lost their feet when they climbed onto an iceberg.

   
 

3. Which is your favourite Nazca Line drawing?

    Condor

World Superstitions;
1. What does it mean when a Chinese boy gives a Chinese girl shoes?

  If a male gave female shoes, they"ll part.

 

2. Are black cats good or bad luck in Europe?

   good luck 

3. What does a sneeze mean in Islam?

  It said that a sneeze throws out a malicious thing.

The Nazca Lines

　　　　　　　　The Nazca Lines

    The Nazca Lines are located in a basin in Peru.  It is a mystery why they were written. The Nazca Lines are huge geometrical patterns which were drawn with lines.  These lines are made from sand and rocks.

Who were the Nazca?
     Nazca is a race that lived in Peru. Researcher in Cambridge University said that the Nazca died out 1,500 years ago.

When were they made?
     They were made in 525 years (about)
When were they discovered?
      In 1939, 22^nd June, Paul Kosok who was an archeologist discovered the Nazca Lines .

How were they drawn?　　There are many opinions about the Nazca Lines.　If we enlarge original pictures, we can make a huge picture on the ground such the Nazca Lines.
Why were they drawn?
     There are many opinions about the Nazca Lines. If we enlarge original pictures, we can make a huge picture on the ground such the Nazca Lines.  

1.    To pray for rain
     Johnny Isla who is an archeologist in Peru thought that the Nazca Lines was drawn with just lines, and these lines were used as a path for people who prayed for rain.

2.    For a social work
     Nazca lines agree with the direction of the summer solstice and the winter solstice. The Nazca used the figures to predict the season.  The lines line up with the summer solstice. After the summer solstice the summer rains begin. Without summer rains the Nazca could not grow food.


The Nazca Lines have a lot of picture. They have more than 200 pictures!!

　　  Monkey　　　　･･･　    55 m              Condor　　･･･　  length 135 m  width 120 m

  Humming Bird 　･･･　    96 m               Spider       ･･･     46 m