Lets See What You Know What European Countries

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Let’s See What You Know! • What European Countries are being Highlighted?

Let’s See What You Know! • What European Countries are being Highlighted?

 • Now let’s see if you know your continents!

• Now let’s see if you know your continents!

Let’s Get More Local…can you name these states?

Let’s Get More Local…can you name these states?

Now Let’s Find Out How You Did!

Now Let’s Find Out How You Did!

Latitude • The Equator is the starting point for measuring lines of latitude, aka

Latitude • The Equator is the starting point for measuring lines of latitude, aka parallels • Located at 0 degrees latitude – The latitude furthest north is 90 north, at the North Pole; The latitude furthest south is 90 south, at the South Pole

Longitude • The Prime Meridian is the starting point for measuring lines of longitude,

Longitude • The Prime Meridian is the starting point for measuring lines of longitude, aka meridians • Located at 0 degrees longitude – The meridian located at the opposite end of the prime is referred to as the International Dateline

Grid System • A place’s coordinates, its degrees of latitude and longitude, reveal its

Grid System • A place’s coordinates, its degrees of latitude and longitude, reveal its location • For example, 40 N and 75 W are the coordinates for Philidelphia • Volunteers for locations… – Beijing – Paris – Honolulu – Moscow

Hemispheres • The equator and prime meridian slice Hemispheres, or halves of the earth

Hemispheres • The equator and prime meridian slice Hemispheres, or halves of the earth • Northern Hemisphere? – North of equator • Southern Hemisphere? – South of equator • Western Hemisphere? – West of prime meridian • Eastern Hemisphere? – East of prime meridian

Continents • Geographers divide the land surfaces into seven large land-masses called continents •

Continents • Geographers divide the land surfaces into seven large land-masses called continents • Who can name all seven? – North and South America, Africa, Australia, Europe, Asia, and Antarctica – Which continent is located in all four hemispheres?