1. Color the map as follows: Blue-water, Red-fire station, Orange-museums, Yellow-stadium,
Green-parks, Pink-city hall, Purple-hospital,
Brown-cemetery.
2. Draw a green "X" at the intersection of C Street and 6th Avenue. Draw a black "X" where River
Street meets State Bridge. Draw a blue "X" at the address 650 A St.
3. In red, draw a short street route from the library to city hall.
4. Which bridge is closest to the Art Museum? _____________________
5. Which is farther north, River Park or City Park?
6. How far (in miles) is it from the bus station to the hospital?
7. If you cross Denny Bridge going north, turn right at River St., turn left at Grove Ave., turn right at Oak
St. and walk half a block, what building do you see on your right?
8. What park is located in A2 ?
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9. When you look north, you see the river. When you look east, you see the High School. Where are you? _____________________
1. Color the map as follows: Blue-water, Redfire station, Orange-library, Yellow-schools,
Green-parks, Pink-city hall, Purple-hospital,
Brown-community center.
2. Draw a green "X" at the intersection of Oak
Street and 2nd Avenue. Draw a black "X" where River Street meets Cat Bridge. Draw a blue "X" at the address 180 River St.
3. In red, draw a short street route from City
High School to the City Library.
4. Which is farther east, the elementary _____________________ or middle school?
5. Which is farther south, Lake Park or City Park?
6. How far (in miles) is it from the bus station to the hospital?
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7. Which school's address is 250 Oak Street? _____________________
8. What city building is located at E3 ? _____________________
9. When you look northeast, you see River Park. When you look north, you see the Water Plant. When you look east, you see the Elementary School. Where are you?
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1. The location 26 degrees N, 105 degrees W is in what country? Mark the spot on the map with a black X.
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2. Is the location 35 degrees N latitude,
75 degrees W longitude in the Atlantic or
Pacific Ocean? Mark it on the map with a green X.
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3. Is the location 30 degrees N, 87 degrees W on land or under water. Mark it on the map with a blue X.
4. On the map, label the location 38 degrees N latitude, 105 degrees W longitude with a red X and write the name of the state it is in.
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5. The location 43 degrees N, 75 degrees
W is in what state? On the map, write the state's name.
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6. Name the state whose southern border is latitude 35 degrees N, and label the state on the map.
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1. Do lines of latitude run east-west or north-south?
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2. Name three states that extend below latitude 30 degrees N (in the contiguous US), and label them on the map.
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3. Name one US state that is mostly east of longitude 70 degrees W, and label it on the map.
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4. Name three US states (shown on this map) that extend west of longitude 120 degrees W, and label them on the map.
5. Is the location 45 degrees N latitude, 82 degrees W longitude on land or under water? On the map, mark it with a red X.
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6. Name the state that is located entirely between 40-45 degrees N latitude and between 90-100 degrees W longitude, and label it on the map.
State
Nebraska
Arizona
California
New York
Florida
Texas
Ohio
City 1 City 2
Using an. atlas choose cities in each state indicated. Complete the chart.
Inches Separating Computation of Distance

After each census the center of population for the United States is calculated. The center of population is the point, which may be considered as the center of population gravity of the
United States. The center of population can be used to help us examine the history of settlement in the United States. Shown below is a chart listing the latitude and longitude of the location for selected years. Use the United States desk map to determine the approximate location of the center of population for each census year listed. Enter your answer in the spaces provided.
Census Year
United States
1790
1800
1840
1850
1870
1880
1910
1920
1950
1970
1980
1990
2000
North
Latitude
39°
39°
39°
38°
39°
39°
39°
39°
39°
38°
38°
38°
37°
West
Longitude
76°
77°
80°
81°
83°
84°
86°
87°
88°
90°
91°
91°
92°
Center of Population
Z
The United States Postal Service distributes over 100 billion pieces of mail each year. To help speed the delivery of the mail, a special location system was introduced July 1, 1963. This system is called the ZIP Code.
ZIP Code means Zone Improvement Plan.
Look at the Zip Code map, which accompanies this lesson. The United States is divided into ten national areas.
Each national area is given a number from 0 to 9. This is the first of the five numbers in a ZIP Code.
Important post offices in each national area are designated as sectional centers. These sectional centers are assigned the next two digits. Many major cities have their own large central post office. These large cities would not be served by the sectional centers. In those cases, the second and third digits identify the city.
Each sectional center serves several associate post offices. The associate post offices use the last two digits in the ZIP Code.
Let's follow a letter that is mailed in Seattle, Washington to someone in Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310. The postal worker has never heard of Alamogordo, New Mexico. The worker does know that New Mexico is part of national area 8. She also knows that 883 refers to the Carrizozo, New Mexico sectional center. She puts the letter in the 883 slot and it is sent directly to the Carrizozo, New Mexico sectional center.
Once the letter reaches the sectional center, it is then sent to Alamogordo, the local post office whose last two digits are 10.

Below is an illustration showing how the ZIP Code for Alamogordo, New Mexico is established
Write your ZIP Code in the boxes shown below.
Find the first digit of the ZIP Code for each state listed. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1.
New York 6.
Alaska
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2.
Montana 7.
Maine
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3.
Indiana 8.
Tennessee
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4.
Wisconsin 9.
Wyoming
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5.
Florida 10.
California
___________________ ___________________
The Postal Service has introduced the ZIP + 4 system. This is the original ZIP Code plus a hyphen and 4 new numbers. This ZIP + 4 system enables the Postal Service to sort your outgoing mail on high speed automated equipment to specific streets, specific buildings or even specific floors within a building. The boxes shown below illustrate how the last four digits of the ZIP Code + 4 work.
The letter mailed from Seattle, Washington to Alamogordo, New Mexico was mailed to this specific address:
Alamogordo Public Schools
122 Indiana Avenue
Alamogordo, New Mexico 88310-6722
We have already traced the letter from Seattle to the associate post office in Alamogordo. Once the letter

arrives at this post office, the postal worker looks at the + 4 part of the ZIP Code (883106722 ).
In this example, the number 67 indicate the 1200 block. The number 22 means the building is on the side of the street whose address ends in even numbers.
Bloemfontein
Cape Town 997
Durban 1748 686
East London 671 1109 574
Estcourt 678 165 1499 506
George 1273 285 165 436 232
Harrismith 1105 135 846 329 1331 339
Johannesburg 269 1168 422 992 581 1443 407
Kimberly 483 514 734 670 708 829 985 162
Ladysmith 600 352 98 1203 70 748 231 1429 436
Mafikeng 608 362 283 519 1036 678 1070 837 1347 478
Nelspruit 653 500 853 370 434 1509 570 1416 729 1960 920
Pietermaritzburg 648 756 148 748 500 252 1212 90 600 80 1677 586
Polokwane (Pietersburg) 843 365 591 657 825 343 869 1538 727 1324 924 1730 750
Port Edward 1033 222 897 1075 376 970 725 474 1133 305 513 172 1557 809
Port Elizabeth 773 1424 880 1595 1072 1033 710 1081 1066 336 1103 312 951 797 674
Pretoria 1138 1100 286 557 315 304 409 539 56 346 1252 479 1038 637 1500 463
Queenstown 832 346 507 1118 591 1289 893 739 531 776 629 589 669 206 661 1049 368
Richards Bay 843 674 1109 354 821 259 585 966 339 905 593 437 1487 325 849 182 1769 775
Stanger 126 737 649 1003 248 860 153 624 857 224 790 591 322 1341 215 743 76 1653 660
Ulundi 159 155 998 829 1264 395 976 310 611 1121 290 1060 438 380 1485 370 1226 235 1711 719
Umtata 679 520 636 225 924 491 282 1177 363 983 954 517 779 866 615 851 447 231 436 1181 527
Volksrust 920 501 380 375 765 290 1102 535 498 315 307 645 160 808 232 203 1241 220 907 390 1516 475
Vryheid 140 632 125 285 280 898 432 1164 485 601 265 365 787 150 722 374 254 1359 220 904 360 1585 475
What is the distance between George and Pretoria?
What is the distance between Volksrust and Durgan?
What is the distance between Queenstown and Port Elizabeth?
What is the distance between Harrismith and Richards Bay?