Geography
Latitude and Longitude
Solutions
Latitude lines
Run East to West Parallel to the Equator
Measures degrees North or South of the Equator
Longitude lines
Run North to South from
North Pole to South Pole.
Measures degrees East or
West of the Prime Meridian.
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Lines of latitude are drawn in a(n)
_____________________ direction.
1.
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East -to- West
Lines of longitude are drawn in a(n)
_____________________ direction.
2.

North -to- South
The intersection of Longitude and Latitude lines help
us find the exact or absolute _________________ of
places.
3.
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location
Lines of latitude measure distance North and South of
the ______________ .
4.
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Equator
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Lines of latitude are also known as
__________________ .
5.
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parallels
Lines of longitude are also called ________________ .
6.
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meridians
Longitude lines measure distance East and West of
the ___________________ .
7.

Prime Meridian
Longitude and Latitude lines measure distances in
______________ .
8.
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degrees
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Degrees are further divided into _____________ .
9.
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minutes
The symbol for degrees is ______. The symbol for
minutes is ______.
10.
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Degrees 
Minutes 
(36 3 North, -80 23 West) where is this?
The equator divides the planet into ________ and
________ hemispheres.
11.

North and South
The different ways of presenting a round Earth on flat
maps are called ______ ____________ .
12.
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Map projections
Map Projections
Two dimensional maps are
made by placing a light inside
of a globe and projecting the
different continents, islands,
and other features onto a flat
screen. What the projection
looks like depends on where
you place the screen.
Map Projections
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__________ projections are designed as
if a ________ has been placed over the
globe. It retains almost _______
__________ and________ of land
masses.
13.
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Conic
cone
true shapes
sizes
Conic Projection
produces a fan shaped map
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_____________ maps are those that
appear to touch the globe at one point
such as the North or South Pole. They
show true ___________ but _________
shapes.
14.
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
Flat-plane
area
shapes
Flat-plane Projection
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The shortest distance between any two places
is called the _________ _________
__________ . This is not a straight line on a
flat map because the world is ____________ .
15.


great circle route
round
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Define: compass rose.
16.
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A directional indicator on maps that has
arrows pointing in all four principal, or
cardinal, directions.
NOTE: North is not always “up”.
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Define: Contiguous.
17.
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Means connecting or bordering and is often
used to refer to the “lower” 48 states as the
“contiguous United States”.
Matching (Latitude or Longitude)
The Equator
Latitude
They run from the North to the South Pole
Longitude
They are not all the same size
Latitude
They are all the same size
Longitude
They are labeled as either East or West
Longitude
Matching (Latitude or Longitude)
They are labeled as either North or South
Latitude
Prime Meridian
Longitude
They are all parallel to each other
Latitude
They only go up to 90°
Latitude
Greenwich
Longitude
Short Answer (complete sentences)
 You
travel to 90° North Latitude. Where
are you?

I am at the North Pole.
 Name
one country you will pass through if
you travel along the Prime Meridian.

I will pass through England.