Jim McMahon, aka Mapman®, is JS’s cartographer. He recently visited the ruins of an ancient city along the coast of the Aegean Sea, which is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea.
In ancient times, the eastern Mediterranean was an important trade route, and this city was a major trading center in the region. Today, many refugees from Syria—where a civil war has been raging since 2011—gather north of this ancient site as they prepare to risk their lives to cross the sea to get to Europe. The site itself is a major tourist attraction, drawing millions of visitors each year. You can learn more about the eastern Mediterranean Sea by entering our Can You Find Mapman? contest!
If you answer the questions at right correctly, figure out Mapman’s final destination, and then draw a map of the country where it’s located, you could be chosen as one of our winners.
The grand-prize winner will receive $500, and 25 runners-up will each win a Mapman T-shirt. The entry form and contest rules appear in this issue’s Teacher’s Guide and at junior.scholastic.com. Look for a complete list of the winners in our May 13, 2019, issue.