Mountains and Forests

🌍Mission Brief #17

Mountains and forests are places in nature.

🎯 Your mission

Connect the place to the people.

⚡ The twist

Maps lie a little — they always have to.

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Mind = Blown

🤯 Africa is bigger than China, India, the US, and most of Europe — combined.

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Then & Now

🌍 Where things are still decides who gets what.

Mountains and forests are places in nature. Mountains are tall and rocky. Forests have many trees and animals. It is like going on a hike, where you can see beautiful views and hear birds singing.

Key Facts

Mountains are tall and rocky.

Forests have many trees.

You can see animals in forests.

Check Your Understanding

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What is a mountain?

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Why this still matters

Every label on the food in your kitchen says where it traveled from.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Pull up a map and find a country you've never heard of. Look up one fact.

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For the dinner table

“If you could live anywhere on Earth, where would it be — and why?”

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