Add to Table of Contents •Latitude/Longitude Pg. 8 •World Map Pg. 9
Jan 21, 2016
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• Latitude/Longitude Pg. 8• World Map Pg. 9
Latitude/Longitude Pg. 8
One of the Greeks’ primary contributions to oceanography and seafaring is the latitude/longitude system.
Latitude lines run east-west Longitude lines run north-south.
They are numbered in degrees, then minutes and seconds like time. (1degree=1/360 of earth)
Latitude Lines
Longitude Lines
Pg 8 Latitude/Longitude Map• Attach the Latitude/longitude map and use it to
answer these analysis questions.Analysis Questions:1. What is the latitude and longitude of these
points?A EB FC GD H
2. Explain the steps you took to find the answers to question #1.
• Do your summary on the back of your warm-up sheet.
• Work on Latitude and Longitude worksheet. What is not finished is homework.