1) What types of information do geographic tools help us to find? |
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2) Why is the Prime Meridian also called the Greenwich Line? |
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3) To what hemisphere do the lands to the right of the Prime Meridian belong? |
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4) What country is not part of the Eastern Hemisphere? |
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5) Which line of longitude identifies the International Dateline? |
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6) The Prime Meridian and the International Dateline divide the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. |
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7) In your own words, explain the purpose of a globe. |
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8) How does latitude differ from longitude? |
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9) Lines of latitude are numbered from 0° to 180°. |
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10) What is the correct term for the area between the Equator and the North Pole? |
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11) Which line of latitude is located closest to the North Pole? |
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12) Which lines of latitude define the region known as the tropics? |
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You are vacationing on the island of Malta located in the Mediterranean Sea. Your hotel is in the town of Zurrieq. Use the map below to answer Questions 13 through 15. |
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13) You have learned that Malta has a championship field hockey team. To see one of their matches, you need to rent a car and travel to the town of Qormi. Based on cardinal directions, how would you get there? |
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14) Because you depended on cardinal directions, you found Qormi based on its relative location. |
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15) After the hockey match, you decide to visit Valletta, Malta’s capital. Which of these intermediate directions would you follow to go there? |
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16) What is the difference between relative location and absolute location? |
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17) In a geographic coordinates, what does the first number represent? |
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18) In geographic coordinates, what abbreviation follows the degree of longitude number? |
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Use the map below to answer Questions 19 through 22. |
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19) What Australian city is located at 23°S 133°E? |
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20) What Australian city is located at 27°S 153° E? |
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21) What Australian city is located at 32°S 115°E? |
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22) What is the absolute location of the island of Tasmania? |
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Review the terms listed in the word bank below; then, answer Questions 23 through 32. |
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