Latitude and Longitude Solution

Name ___________________________ Period __ 1. Lines of latitude are drawn in an East-West direction. 2. Lines of longitude are drawn in an North-South direction. 3. The intersection of Longitude and Latitude lines help us find the exact or absolute location of places. 4. Lines of latitude measure distance North and South of the equator. 5. Lines of latitude are also known as parallels. 6. Lines of longitude are called meridians. 7. They measure distance East and West of the Prime Meridian. 8. Longitude and Latitude lines measure distances in degrees. 9. Degrees are further divided into minutes. 10. The symbol for degrees is  The symbol for minutes is  11. The equator divided the planet into North and South hemispheres. 12. The different ways of presenting a round Earth on flat maps are called map projections . 13. Conic projections are designed as if a cone has been placed over the globe. It retains almost true shapes and sizes of land masses. 14. Flat-plane maps are those that appear to touch the globe at one point such as the North or South Pole. They show true area but distort shapes. 15. The shortest distance between any two places is called the great-circle route. This is not a straight line on a flat map because the world is round. 16. Define: compass rose; A directional indicator on maps that has arrows pointing in all four principal, or cardinal, directions. 17. Define: Contiguous; means connecting or bordering and is often used to refer to the “lower” 48 states as the “contiguous United States”. Name ___________________________ Period __ Latitude and Longitude Directions: Circle the one that the statement applies to, Longitude or Latitude. (8 points each) The Equator Longitude Latitude They run from the North to the South Pole Longitude Latitude They are not all the same size Longitude Latitude They are all the same size Longitude Latitude They are labeled as either East or West Longitude Latitude They are labeled as either North or South Longitude Latitude Prime Meridian Longitude Latitude They are all parallel to each other Longitude Latitude They only go up to 90° Longitude Latitude Greenwich Longitude Latitude Answer the following questions in a complete sentence. (10 points each) You travel to 90° North Latitude. Where are you? I am at the North Pole. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ Name one country you will pass through if you travel along the Prime Meridian. I will pass through England. __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________