Absolute Location

What do globes have that maps don't?

• Lines of longitude

• 3D representation

• Color coding

• Legends

What divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

Which hemisphere is the United States located in?

• Eastern

• Western

• Northern

• Southern

What are lines of longitude measured in?

• Degrees north and south

• Degrees east and west

• Miles

• Kilometers

Which line of longitude is labeled as 0?

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

Where does the Prime Meridian pass through?

• Australia

• South America

• Europe and Africa

• Asia

What is the Tropics?

• Area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn

• Coldest region on earth

• Area north of the equator

• The equator itself

At 20 degrees South and 60 degrees West, which country are you in?

• Africa

• Australia

• South America

• Europe

What coordinates could you write for North America?

• 40 degrees North, 100 degrees West

• 10 degrees South, 70 degrees East

• 30 degrees North, 40 degrees East

• 20 degrees South, 140 degrees East