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Take a picture of your map/globe and send it to us with the publication date you found or old names of countries.
We will award $1,000 in Cram Maps and Globes to update your classroom.
It is easy!
1. Find the date of your oldest classroom wall map or globe.
2. Send the picture and the date information. Don't forget contact information.
3. Send to the attention of Jean Polston, George F. Cram Co.
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MAIL:
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Jean Polston, George F. Cram Co. PO Box 426 Indianapolis, IN 46206-0420
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E-MAIL:
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jpolston@georgefcram.com
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FAX:
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317-635-2720
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$6,000 in Cram Maps and Globes
You will have two chances to enter and win.
We will determine the three $1,000 winners from the oldest entries received by December 15, 2002.
Three more $1,000 winners will be determined from entries received after December 15, 2002 and by April 3, 2003.
Instructions
You can determine an edition date by comparing your globe or map to the listing. For example,
if your globe shows the Philippines as independent (1946), but India as a British possession and
not yet independent (1947), then the globe's edition date is 1946 or 1947.
The Listing of Global Changes provides major, selected political changes. It begins with
changes in 1898 and is current through 1970. To assist you in locating places, we have provided
a Region Map. Simply find the country's index number in the listing and then refer to the
Region Map to locate the country more easily.
Please note that North America, Australia, and Antarctica are not included in the Region Map
or in the Listing of Global Changes. Although Australia gained independence in 1901, and
several U.S. states have achieved statehood since 1898, such changes are not shown.
Region Map (with index numbers)
(1)..........Middle America
(2)..........South America
(3)..........Western Europe
(4)..........Northern Africa
(5)..........Central Africa
(6)..........Southern Africa
(7)..........Eastern Europe and Russia
(8)..........Middle East
(9)..........Central and Southern Asia
(10).........East and Southeastern Asia
Listing of Global Changes
| Date | Event (Region index number) |
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| 1890s.................................................................. |
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| 1898 | Spanish-American War
U.S. acquires the territories of Philippines (10)
U.S. acquires Puerto Rico (spelled Porto Rico), Cuba (1) |
| 1900s.................................................................. |
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| 1902 | Cuba independence (1) |
| 1903 | Panama independence (1) |
| 1905 | Norway independence (3) |
| 1908 | Bulgaria independence (7) |
| 1910s.................................................................. |
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| 1910 | Union of South Africa independence (6) |
| 1912 | Albania independence (7) |
| 1914 | Panama Canal opens (1)
| | 1914-18 | World War One |
| 1917 | Finland independence (3) |
| 1918 | Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia independence (7) |
| 1919 | Afghanistan independence (9) |
| 1920s.................................................................. |
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| 1920 | Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia independence (7) |
| 1921 | Irish Free State semi-independence (3) |
| 1922 | Russia changes to Soviet Union (7)
Egypt independence (4) |
| 1923 | Turkey independence (7) |
| 1928 | Capital city of China changes from Peiping to Peking (10) |
| 1929 | Yugoslavia name change (7) |
| 1930s.................................................................. |
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| 1932 | Saudi Arabia, Iraq independence (8) |
| 1935 | Persia changes to Iran (8) |
| 1936 | Italy invades Ethiopia (5)
| | 1939 | Germany annexes Austria (3) & Czechoslovakia (7) |
| 1939-45 | World War Two |
| 1940s.................................................................. |
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| 1946 | Jordan, Syria independence (8)
Philippines independence (10) |
| 1947 | India, Pakistan independence (9) |
| 1948 | Israel independence (8)
Burma, Ceylon independence (9) |
| 1949 | Indonesia independence (10)
East and West Germany created (3) |
| 1950s.................................................................. |
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| 1951 | Libya independence (4) |
| 1953 | Cease fire line divides North and South Korea (10) |
| 1954 | North and South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia independence (10) |
| 1956 | Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan independence (4) |
| 1957 | Malaya independence (10) |
| 1958 | Guinea independence (5) |
| 1960s.................................................................. |
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| 1960 | Major break-up of colonial Africa: French West Africa,
French Equatorial Africa, Belgian Congo, and other territories
end, creating over 15 independent countries, including Niger,
Chad, Somalia, Congo, Nigeria (4, 5) |
| 1961 | Kuwait independence (8)
Tanganyika independence (5) |
| 1962 | Algeria independence (4)
Uganda independence (5)
Jamaica independence (1) |
| 1963 | Kenya independence (5)
Malaysia independence (10) |
| 1964 | Zambia, Malawi independence (6)
Tanzania independence (5) |
| 1965 | Singapore independence (10) |
| 1966 | Botswana, Lesotho independence (6)
Guyana independence (2) |
| 1967 | French Somaliland changes to Afars & Issas (Fr.) (5) |
| 1968 | Equatorial Guinea independence (5) |
| 1970s.................................................................. |
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| 1970 | Muscat and Oman changes to Oman (8) |
| 1971 | Congo changes to Zaire (5)
Bangladesh independence (9) |
| 1972 | Ceylon changes to Sri Lanka (9) |
| 1973 | Bahamas independence (1) |
| 1974 | Guinea-Bissau independence (5) |
| 1975 | Angola, Mozambique independence (6)
Suriname independence (2) |
| 1976 | Vietnam unifies (10)
Indonesia annexes Portuguese Timor (10) |
| 1977 | Djibouti independence (5) |
| 1978 | Dominica independence (1) |
| 1979 | St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines independence (1) |
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