The Wrangell sentinel., 1942-09-04
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 YOuLearned
 In War Years
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 You've probably never given it g thought. but you would be sur prised how your education has been increased by three years of war. Try these questions. Chances are, unless you were a specialist, you couldn't have answered most of them before. Sept. l. 1889.
 Geography:
 1. Name two of Russia's main Arctic ports.
 2 In what countries are four of these spots: la) Ladoga. (bl Trond- heim Co Tobruk. (d) Dakar. Gel Qattara2
 3. The worlds three biggest is lands are?
 1 (a) Is Malaya desert, noun tainous or swampy? (b) What were Singapore's two main exports?
 5. European countries with pos sessions in the western hemisphere are (name all fourJ. Military Science
 6 Identify three of these terms. (a) pincer movement. Cbl defense in depth. (e) fluid front (dl fox hole
 !. What rank do these insignia denote: (a) Silver oak leaf. (bl Gold bar in army. (e) Two gold bars in navy. (d) Two stars? s. (a) The biggest coast artillery and naval gun is a -ineher. l Cb) A 87 nm. gun is used a. gainst--?
 g. What is sky glow? 10. Name the five main types of warship. 6MG Chemistry: | Il. A by-product of soap manu- faeture is essential in making what explosive?
 12. Name five ways in which natural or synthetic rubber may be obtained.
 13 There's less sugar on the table e-----.
 II. True or false: Cal Scrap iron is valuable in speeding steel mak- ing. (b) Silk is used for powder | bags because it is destroyed upon explosion Gel Magnesium is used in plane engines because it is a non-inflammable metal. td) Mi- lady's nail polish is used in making explosives.
 People: l5. Match these rulers and their countries:
 Wilhelmina Greece
 George Yugoslavia
 Haakon Netherlands Peter Norway
 Is. Your children will have to know these men. Do you? (a) Nehru. Cb) Cripps. Gel Mahan. (dl Hess. Gel Petain. (D Nelson. (g) | Ciano. (h) Weyganu. W Percival. G) Curtin. Time and Space:
 I7. True or false: Gal The short- est distance from the U. s. tol Chungking is over the North Pole. Cb) According to Tokyo, Japan att tackled the U. S. on Dec. 8.
 Is. Is Miami further from Mex ico than Brazil?
 19. Does it take snlps four weeks to sail from the west coast to Aus tralia?
 20. (a) The distance from Natal to Dakar (pick one) is 800, 1,S00, 2,50O, 5000 miles. (b) From Ylad- iyostok to Tokyo it is $50, 500, TOO, 1000 miles. Co Tokyo to San Francisco is 3,350, 5,550, 7,250l miles. (d) Berlin to New York isl $500, 4,000, 5000 miles. Aviation:
 21. True or false: (a) P-39. Hurricane, Spitfire, Zero and Focke-l Wulf are the names of fighter planes. (b) England's biggest planes can carry five tons of bombs each. Gel Dive-bombing was first developed by the United States. (dl Planes can fire machine guns through their propellers.
 22. Gal Big American bombersI carry 5, ', g. 10 crew members. (pick one). (b) Americas plane production program for this year is 25.0OO, 5O,OOO, 6O.0OO, or 100, 900 planes?
 History:
 23. What historical event paral- leled Hitler's drive on Moscow?
 "A. What other conqueror plan ned to invade the British Isles?
 25. What other wars made these places famous: (a) Sevastopol (b) Thermopylae Gel Moscow (d) Malta?
 Score point for each correct answer in four-part questions and four for unit questions. A score of G5 shows you've been learning some, 75 shows you've learned more than the average, and 90 shows you're getting smarter all the time.
 Answers on Page A