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23.5° north latitude
Tropic of Cancer
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Another name for Meridians
Longitude
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Name the “Circle of Latitude”Tropic of Cancer
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What is the fifth largest continent?
Antarctica
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Identify this part of a map…
Scale
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How is latitude and longitude measured?
Degrees
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This line divides the earth into the northern and southern hemispheres
Equator
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What is the second largest continent?
Africa
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Gives a locations north and south of the equator
Latitude
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A system geographers use to pin-point a location
Grid
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Identify this part of a map…
Compass Rose
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A pair of numbers used to pin-point a location.
Coordinate
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0° Longitude
Prime Meridian
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North, South, East and West are known as…
Cardinal Directions
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Nicknamed the “land of the midnight sun”
Arctic Circle
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What are the 3 steps of finding latitude and longitude?
S: Find the starting point (latitude – equator or longitude – Prime Meridian)
D: Determine the direction (north/south of Equator or east/west of Prime Meridian)
D: Determine the distance (in degrees)
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What is the third largest continent?
North America
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Name the “Circle of Latitude”
Equator
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What are the four immediate directions?
Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, Southwest
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66° degrees south latitude
Antarctic Circle
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Divides the earth in eastern and western hemispheres
Prime Meridian
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Identify this continent…
Antarctica
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What is the proper way coordinates should be written?
First number is latitude, second number longitude
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Name the line of “Circle of Latitude”
Tropic of Capricorn
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Name the five oceans of the world
Arctic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
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Identify this continent…
Europe
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What is the smallest continent?
Australia
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Identify the continent…
Asia
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0° latitude
Equator
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This line of latitude marks the northern limit of the tropics.
Tropic of Cancer
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Identify this continent…
Africa
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23.5° south latitude
Tropic of Capricorn