Student’s Worksheet Lesson 2
16-Point Compass
Using the Caribbean map and the World map find the following places:
Relative Location
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St. Mary is located in the___________ section of Jamaica.
What cardinal direction is usually indicated at the top of map? ________________
Bottom of a map? ___________________
Right of map? ______________________
Left of map? _______________________
SE is halfway between ____ and _____ and opposite to
SW is halfway between ____ and _ and opposite to _____
NNW is halfway between ____and ____ and opposite to _____
SSW is halfway between ____ and ____ and opposite to ______
SSE is halfway between ____ and ____ and opposite to ___
WNW is halfway between _____and ______ and opposite to _____
WSW is halfway between _____ and _____ and opposite to ______
1 Where is Canada from USA?
2 Where is Haiti from Jamaica?
3 Where is Dominican Republic from Puerto Rico?
4 Where is Jamaica from Cuba?
5 Where is Trinidad from Grenada?
6 Where is Barbados from St. Lucia?
7 Where is Dominican Republic from Guyana?
8 Where is Puerto Rico from Guadeloupe?
9 Where is Ethiopia from Iran?
Absolute Location
Using Latitude and Longitude
From the preceding discussion you should realise at this point that in Jamaica latitudes are
always north and longitudes are always west. These results from the fact that Jamaica is north
of the Equator (northern hemisphere) and west of the Greenwich Meridian (western
hemisphere).
Using the globe provided answer the following questions
5. 50 degrees north and 120 degrees east?
6. An airplane crashes at 40 degrees north and 60 degrees east. What letter would you
travel to hunt for survivors?
7. Name the country at 10 degrees south and 70 degrees west?
8. Which letter is located at 40 degrees north and110 degrees west?
9. You receive a radio SOS call that a boat is sinking at 20 degrees south and 100
degrees east. What ocean would you travel to try to rescue the people?
10. State the continent that is located at 20 degrees south, 140 degrees east?
11. Which letter is 20 south and 20 east?
12. 20º North, 40º East?
13. 60º South, 40º West
14. 10º South, 40º West
15. 0º, 140º West
16. 80º North, 0ºB
13. 40º North, 60º East
14. Name the country that has the coordinated30 degrees south, 60 degrees west?
15. Name the country that has the coordinates 20 degrees south 180 degrees east
16. Name the country that has the coordinates30 degrees south,30 degrees east?
17. Name the country that has the coordinates15 degrees north, 30 degrees east?
18. Name the country that has the coordinates 5 degrees north, 60 degrees west?
19. Name the country that has the coordinates 21 degrees north, 80 degrees west?
20. Name the country that has the coordinates 17 degrees north, 72 degrees west?
True or False or Fill in
To complete the activity below, write True or False or fill in the answers where
necessary.
21. Latitude and longitude are measured in degrees?
22. Lines of latitude can be thought of like telephone poles
23. Which lines run north and south along the earth's surface?
24. The starting line for measuring latitude is the:
25. The highest number of degrees in latitude is 90.true
26. The intersection of a particular latitude line with a given longitude line is known as
27. What is the total number of degrees of longitude east or west of the Prime Meridian?
28. Longitude tells you the distance east or west of the Prime Meridian
29. O degrees latitude is the correct terminology for describing the location of the Equator.
30. What are some of the ways in which we use latitude and longitude in everyday life?
31 When stating the absolute location, you alaways give the longitude first?