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A specific spot on the earth

• Absolute
  Location

• Relative
  Location

Where a place is in relation to
another place

• Absolute
  Location

• Relative
  Location

Parallel lines, measuring a
location on earth’s surface
north or south of the equator

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

0 degree line of latitude dividing the
Earth into Eastern and Western
Hemispheres

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

Meridian lines, measuring how
far east and west a location is
from 0 degrees longitude
(Greenwich, England)

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

imaginary line on the
Earth’s surface that is
everywhere equally distant
from the North and South
Poles.
0 degree line of latitude dividing the
Earth into Eastern and Western
Hemispheres

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

Segment of the worldwide system for standardizing time.Begin at the Prime Meridian and circle the
Earth-going East One hour per zone 24 time zones around the Earth

• Time Zones

• International
  Date Line

• Location

• Place

The position (absolute or
relative) of people and
things on Earth’s surface

• Time Zones

• International
  Date Line

• Location

• Place

Imaginary line, located
mainly on the 180 ° meridian
that marks the divide where
the date changes by one day.

• time zone

• International
  Date Line

• Location

• Place

A name given to a location
because of its unique or
distinctive characteristics

• Time Zones

• International
  Date Line

• Location

• Place