Name: _____________________________________
Period: ____________
World Geography
Understanding Absolute Location: Spy Tracking
You are a member of an international spy ring which has decided you are a double agent who knows too
much. The word is out that you must meet with a serious “accident.” You are sent on what you think is a
legitimate operation but you begin to get suspicious when…
1. Your helicopter pilot suddenly yells at you to bail out over 20 degrees south latitude, 70 degrees east
longitude. Where are you? ________________________
2. A passing vehicle picks you up and takes you to 40 degrees north latitude, 160 degrees east
longitude. The crew hands you a huge rock and screams, “JUMP!” What kind of vehicle probably
picked you up? _________________. Where did it take you? _______________________________
3. When you finally, against all odds, make it to a place just north of 30 degrees north latitude and just
east of 98 degrees west longitude, you are exhausted and in need of rest. What city are you in?
_____________________
4. How could you have picked such a ridiculous place to stop?? As a highly paid secret agent you
should have known about the nest of spies headquartered just northwest at the mouth of the
_____________________ River.
5. To elude the spies, you head south and cross a large body of water known as the
________________________________.
6. Before you are comfortable in knowing you are safe, you have traveled to the port city located just
north of 20 degrees north latitude, 90 degrees west longitude. Where are you?
_________________________
7. Your next agenda requires you to reach a large city located at 23 degrees south latitude, 44 degrees
west longitude. Your plane will arrive at what well-known city?
_____________________________________ To further convince you that you are on a “real”
assignment, your boss says you need to acquire precious gems in a nearby village.
8. Once the gems have been acquired, you are to board a plane. You will land at a location just north
of 60 degrees north latitude, 25 degrees east longitude. What large body of water have you just
crossed? _____________________.
9. What city and country are you in? ___________________________
10. You will meet a jewelry broker who, after examining the gems will send you to the next part of your
mission. He believes the jewels to be a part of the missing crown jewels of the ancient Russian
Empire. To further investigate the “hunch” he puts you on a boat to meet his Russian colleague in
St. Petersburg. For this meeting, you have crossed what body of water?
_________________________________
11. Your meeting is held in an abandoned warehouse in a country located at 53 degrees north latitude
and just east of 20 degrees east longitude. Where are you? _____________________________
12. Becoming very tired of your travels and the apparent “wild goose chase” on which you have been
sent, you seek to catch some sleep at a nice place. You still have not caught on that you are the
target and foolishly contact a fellow agent. She tells you that you can get plenty of rest if you go to
23 ½ degrees north latitude, 15 degrees east longitude. She even gives you plenty of warm clothes
that she says will make you more comfortable while you are there. When you arrive at this location,
you put on your fur-lined boots and parka and are suffering greatly by the time you realize your
mistake. Where are you? __________________________________What might you be suffering
from? ________________________________
13. By now, you are aware that something strange is going on. You think that they are on to your
“double agent” status. You decide to invite your fellow spies to join you. You travel almost due
east to a location at 47 degrees east longitude. What capital city are you meeting in?
14. You tell your colleagues at that point that you have retained the gems in your possession. With the
gems as a bargaining tool, you have the capabilities to bring down all of the agents who have
collaborated to get rid of you. Your “true boss,” the Chief of Latitude Intelligence is very proud of
your capturing of the gems and your eluding the international spy ring. To reward you, she agrees
to send you and your fellow double agents with a trip to ___________________ that is located
between 15 and 30 degrees north latitude and 30 north latitude and between 150 degrees west
longitude and 170 degrees west longitude.
15. Now you must create your own latitude and longitude story using at least 5 locations. Write a spy
story, a love story, or whatever you like. Be Creative!!