Name: Crystal Noble
Date: 3-21-12
Brain POP: Polygons
Real Life
1. Where is the Pentagon located?
Arlington, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C.
2. It is the headquarters for the U.S. Government’s Department of?
Defense
3. How many employees work in the pentagon?
23,000 employees
4. What is the name of the architect that designed the pentagon?
George Bergstrom
5. When was the pentagon built?
Between 1941 and 1943
6. What are the interior angles of a pentagon?
Line segments
7. Who was president at the time the pentagon was built?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
8. What are the rooms inside the pentagon labeled as?
Rooms A through E
9. Which ring is the only ring that has windows facing outward?
Ring E
10.Name 2 important events in U.S. history that occurred at the pentagon.
1.
2.
In 1967, 35,000 activists descended on it to protest the Vietnam War.
September 11, 2001, its exterior was damaged when terrorists hijacked a commercial airliner and slammed
it into the west side of the building, killing a 104 innocent people.