Name: _____________________________________________________________________________ Date: _______________ Class Period: ______
Relative Location Notes
Part 1: New Material
1. Absolute location: The latitude and longitude coordinates of a place.
--Examples of this include ____________________________________________________________________________________________.
--List 3 examples of Absolute Location:
1. __________________________________________________________
2.__________________________________________________________
3.__________________________________________________________
2. Relative location: a description of how a place is related to other places.
Examples of this include:
o East of Houston
o An hour from El Paso
o Over the mountain from Denver
o 20 miles from Helotes
--List 3 of your own examples of Relative Location:
1. __________________________________________________________
2.__________________________________________________________
3.__________________________________________________________
Part 2: Differentiating between Absolute and Relative
Classify the locations in the box below as either absolute or relative.
Absolute Location
Relative Locations
30 W, 60 S
East of China
To the left of the interstate
32 N, 40 E
20 miles from Dallas
Next door to the school
45 E, 70 S
Several miles north of Iowa
Far away from here
89 E, 65 S
50 W, 20 N
60 E, 20 S
Name: _____________________________________________________________________________ Date: _______________ Class Period: ______
Part 3: Practice with Absolute and Relative Location
Indicate whether the following locations are absolute or relative:
1. 48° N, 2º E _______________________________________________________________________
2. 13° S, 19º W _______________________________________________________________________
3. 3 miles from the center of town____________________________________________________
4. 48ºS, 24° E _______________________________________________________________________
5. Around the corner_______________________________________________________________
6. 2 hours from San Antonio ___________________________________________________________
Part 4: Use latitude and longitude coordinates to give the absolute location of a place. Use the map on page 97.
1. Brisbane, Australia ___________________________________________
2. Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea _______________________________________
3. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ____________________________________
4. Port-Vila, Vanuatu _________________________________
5. Wellington, New Zealand _________________________________
Mastery Practice
Using the following map, give the absolute location and a relative location for the cities listed. Relative locations
will vary—be creative! When necessary, estimate latitude and longitude:
(There is a larger map in your World Atlas [pg. 70-71] if you need help reading the latitude/longitude markings.)
Objective: Use lat./long. coordinates to give the
absolute location of a place
Absolute location of Oslo, Norway: ________________
Absolute location of London, England: _____________
Absolute location of Madrid, Spain:________________
Absolute location of Warsaw, Poland:______________
Absolute location of Valencia, Spain:_______________
Objective: Give the relative location of a place
Relative location of Poland:
__________________________________________________________
Relative location of Paris, France:
________________________________________________________
Relative location of Portugal:
________________________________________________________
Relative location of the Black Sea:
________________________________________________________
Relative location of the Czech Republic:
_________________________________________________________