Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere Equator 0 NS Prime
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Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere Equator 0° N/S Prime Meridian 0 ° E/W
Western Hemisphere Equator 0° N/S Eastern Hemisphere Prime Meridian 0 ° E/W
Arctic Circle North Pole 90 ° N 66 ½ ° N Tropic of Cancer 23 ½ ° N Equator 0 ° N/S Tropic of Capricorn 23 1/2 ° S Antarctic Circle 66 ½ ° S South Pole 90 ° S
Cardinal Directions N NW NE W E SE SW S Intermediate Directions
3°W 2°W 1°W 0 ° W/E 1°E 2°E 3°E 2°N 1 ° N, 2 ° W 1 ° N, 1 ° E 0° N/S 1°S 2 ° S, 3 ° W 1 ° S, 2 ° E 2°S Locate 1 ° N, 1 ° E Locate 1 ° N, 2 ° W Locate 2 ° S 3 ° W Locate 1 ° S 2 ° E
Using the textbook locate the following cities on the planet and write your answer (Country, Capital) on the yellow sheets with the vis a vis marker Page A 19 13° E Page A 19 8° S 33° N Tripoli, Libya 13°Answer: E Page A 12 2°E Page A 24 49° N Answer: Paris, France 41° S Page A 16/17 33° N 44°E Page A 4 47° N 117°W Answer: Luanda, Angola 175°E Answer: Wellington, New Zealand Answer: Baghdad, Iraq Answer: Spokane, United States Now… What do you do if you don’t have a page number but just a coordinate? Answer: Go to the world map on A 2 and 3 and find which continent it is near and then go find the close up map of that continent.
Answer: Go to the world map on A 2 and 3 and find which continent it is near and then go find the close up map of that continent. Page ? ? 2° S 49° W Answer: Belem, Brazil Page ? ? 43° S 147° E Answer: Hobart, Australia Page ? ? 34° N 109° E Answer: Xian, China Page ? ? 34° S 26° E Answer: Port Elizabeth, South Africa Finally, What is you see coordinates like this? ? 33° 57′ 29″S 25° 36′ 00″E Degrees Minutes Seconds Don’t freak out! We will only deal in degrees for the time being… ignore the min. and seconds.
