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VA Finalist | National Geographic Bee 2013


hi I’m Ursula Pelle
and then the great state of Virginia the
2013 National Geographic why you’re here
when I give you an extensive tour of the
good Old Dominion
welcome to Mount Vernon George
Washington’s lavish estate on the
Potomac River George Washington on its
first president lived here from 1793
1799 at the time is that he is also
buried along with his wife Martha as you
can see behind me is George Lyford black
sister
Mount Vernon this is the transformed
into a large tourist attraction but
located only about 20 minutes south of
Washington DC offering many scenic Kings
and Maryland
battles a bull run during the American
Civil War this area is located in Prince
William County about 15 minutes south of
my house in Loudoun County Virginia you
can see behind me these are the cannons
played by Union forces during the first
battle as they have a blue hue
welcome to Arlington National Cemetery
our nation’s no system sacred ground the
two main places women earn the National
Cemetery the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
and the Lee house I was looking up over
there on there aren’t the National
Cemetery also offers many spectacular
views of Washington DC is located right
there two main sights he conceived from
Arlington National Cemetery are the
Lincoln Memorial and the Washington
Monument which is covered in scaffolding
because of the 2011 earthquake
welcome to the Smithsonian airspaces and
also known as Steven F udvar-hazy center
one of the most famous attractions here
at Northern Virginia houses many
aircraft such as the car horn the
Lockheed sr-71 bobber and spaceship
discovery community is the famous james
s mcdonnell facing the most notably
known for the spaceship discovery just
commissioned by NASA from 1981 to 2002
Advani z in 2012 hey Nat Geo
do you know which plane bombed the
atomic bomb little boy on to Hiroshima
on August 6 1945
stumped well the answer is the Enola Gay
right behind the Enola Gay was a Boeing
b-29 Superfortress was manufactured by
the Martin company in Omaha Nebraska in
a top speed of about 300 39 miles per
hour and is said to be the most
sophisticated for our driven bomber of
World War two
you
I could be any famous explorer world
Islander Charles Lindbergh will be
really cool to be the first person to
fly solo
you
so how do I switch all the steam graphic
information into my mind you ask well
it’s a pretty simple process over here
we have a laptop over here’s an atlas
and here’s a blow this laptop transmits
internet data to this globe and this
atlas using acorn transmits information
from this atlas into this club once it
is all stored in here I just stick this
right in to the globe right right here
and then I just stick the Untied minutes
draw right into my ear and then I just
sit there I just get all the information
I need just you know you know actually
works not perfectly take the truth
I bet you believe me well really what I
like to do if I study a lots and lots of
maps on the internet and analysis
because whenever I do that it helps me
get a mental map in my head and that
helped me answer questions a lot easier
hmm what is my favorite geography FAQ us
well if I had to choose one of the many
facts I’ve collected my favorite is that
the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao
Paulo in southern Brazil are slowly
growing towards each other and will soon
become a huge megalopolis I like this
back because the reason the awareness
global awareness about overpopulation in
cities around the world
Virginia is quite an interesting state
don’t you think I suggest that next time
you come to DC you could come down south
and visit the Old Dominion and thanks
for watching and see you in DC
you
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