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1. 45°N / 1400W 4. 400N / 80 0W
2. 35°N / 135°W 5. 45°N / 70 0W
3. 45°N / 1300W 6. 35°N / 65°W
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What Will They Be?

Directions: Place a dot at each of these latitude and longitude points on

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1. 45°N / 105°W 9. 5°N / 105°W
2. 400N / 11 OOW 1O. 10°N / 1OooW
3. 35°N / 115°W 11. 15°N / 95°W
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5. 25°N / 125°W 13. 25°N / 85°W
6. 200N / 1200N 14. 30 0N / 90 0W
7. 15°N / 115°W 15. 35°N / 95°W
8. 10°N / 11OOW 16. 400N / 1000W
Draw a line to connect the dots in order. What have you drawn?________

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1. 45°N / 85°W 3. 35°N / 65°W
2. 35°N / 85°W 4. 45°N /65°W
Connect the dots. What have you drawn? _____________________

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Using Lines to Draw a State

Directions: Place a dot on the grid for each point given, The first two have
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1, 3BoN / 99°W 10, 31°N / 104°W 19, 2BoN / 97 1/2°W
2. 3Bo N / 102°W 11. 30 0 N / 104°W 20. 29°N / 96 1/2°W
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4. 34°N / 102°W 13. 30 0 N / 102°W 22. 31 0 N /94°W
5. 34°N / 104°W 14. 30 0 N / 101 °W 23 . 33°N / 94°W
6. 34°N / 106°W 15. 29°N / 101 °W 24. 35°N / 94°W
7. 33°N / 105 1/2°W 16. 2BoN / 1000 W 25. 35°N / 96°W
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Draw a line to connect all of the dots in order. What state did you draw?

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Casey's Island

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Directions: Use the map above to answer the questions below,

1, The whales are between which two lat,i tude I'ines?
2, The coast guard station is located between which longitude lines? ____
3, If the whales go north to 55°N latitude, what will they hit? _ _ _ _ __
4, The boats must cross what longitude lines to get to the sunken ship? ___

5, If you draw a latitude line at 35°N, what will you cross? ________
6, If the whales cross 90 0 E longitude, what will they reach? _ _ _ _ _ __
7, Name the items crossed by the 55°N latitude line, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __

8, Which longitude lines cross Casey's Island? ____________

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State Search
Which state is roughly between the coordinates given? After locating the
state, color it on the map as directed.

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1. 45°N /50 oN 105°W / 115°W orange
2. 400N /45°N 75°W / 80 0W tan
3. 44°N /50 oN 67°W / 700W red
4. 25°N /30 oN 80 0W / 85°W yellow
5. 400N /45°N 90 0W / 95°W gray
6. 30 0N /35°N 85°W / 90 0W green
7. 43°N /47 °N 87°W / 93°W blue
8. 3 JON /36°N l04°W / lO9°W pink
9. 36°N /38°N 82°W / 89°W It, green
10. 36°N / 39°N 76°W / 84°W gold
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12. 41 °N /45°N 104°W / 1 1 lOW It. blue
13. 36°N /41 oN 90 0W / 95°W brown

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See the U.S.A.

Use the coordinates to plan a trip across the U.S.A.

Directions: Write the name of the city closest to the intersection .

1. Your ·~rip begins at 400N / 105°W, the Mile-High City.
2. You fly over the Rocky Mountains to 45°N / 125°W.
3. Now, to 35°N / 105°'0/ in New Mexico.
4. Next, stop is Texas, the city of ... 30 0N /95°W.
5. It's Mardi Gras time at 30 0N /90 0W.
6. Then, fun in the sun and the Atlantic Ocean 25°N / BOoW. _ _ _ _ __
7. To the Gateway Arch in the city of . . 400N / 90 0W.
B. The Steelers play foo·~ball here-4001\J / BOoW.
9. l\Jext, to the capital of New York-400N /75°W.

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Plotting North American Cities

Directions: Use the lines of latitude and longitude to determine the

approximate coordinates of the North American cities on the map above.
Write the coordinates for each city in the blanks.

Latitude Longitude Latitude Longitude

1. Seattle 6. St. Louis

2. Kingston 7. Toronto

3. Dallas 8. New York

4. Vancouver 9. Monterrey
5. Managua 10. Chicago

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Four States
Use with page 303.
City Coordinates
1. Salt Lake City, Utah 41 0N 11l2°W
2. Tucson, Arizona
3. Santa Fe, New Mexico
4. Oak Creek, Colorado
5. Wilcox, Arizona
6. Cripple Creek, Colorado
7. Las Cruces, New Mexico
8. Albuquerque , New Mexico
9. Meeker, Colorado
10. Saint George, Utah

Coordinates City
1. 33°N 1109°W Glenwood

2. 41 °N 1 112°W
3. 39°N 1 108°W
4. 31 ON 1 111 oW
5. 37°N 1 1100W
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7.33 1/2°N 1 107oW
8. 39°N 1112 1/2°W
9. 351/2°N 11081/2°W
10. 33°N 1111°W

Approximate Coordinates State

32°N 1 36°N and 11 OOW 1 114°W
36°N 1 400N and 11 OOW 1 114°W
32°N 1 36°N and 104°W 1 108°W
36°N 1 400N and 104°W 1 108°W

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Name the City

Directions: Use the coordinates given below to locate each of the cities.
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4, 36°N 96°W

5, 3rN 122°W

6, 33°N 112°W

7, 39°N 90 0W

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Locating Places in Western Europe

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1. Name the four countries on this map.

2. One inch equals miles on the map.

3. Which parallel line crosses both Portugal and Spain? _____________
4. Which two parallel lines cross France? _________________
5. Name the country directly north of France. _______ __________ _
6. Place the city of Barcelona on the northeastern coast of Spain about

225 miles south of the 45°N parallel.

7. Place the city of Paris in the north-central part of France about 75 miles
south of the 50 0N parallel.
8. Place Lisbon on the western coast of Portugal about 75 miles south of

the 400N parallel.

9. Place Madrid in the center of Spain about 50 miles north of the 400N

parallel.

10. Place Brussels near the northcentral part of Belgium about 50 miles north
of the 50 0N parallel line.
11. Place Toulouse in the southwestern part of France 100 miles south of the
45°N parallel.

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Where in Europe?

Directions: Estimate and write the coordinates and countries for these
European cities using the map on page 307. The first one has been done for
you.

City Latitude Longitude Country

1. London 52°N 0° United Kingdom

2. Belgrade
3. Warsaw
4. Stockholm
5. Athens
6. Helsinki
7. Paris
8. Munich
9. Copenhagen
10. Oslo
11. Glasgow
12. Prague
13. Bern
14. Hamburg
15. Dresden
16. Dublin
17. Rome
18. Budapest
19. Vienna
20. Amsterdam

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Latitude and Longitude Lines

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Directions: Use the map above to answer

the questions below.
1. The equator is latitude.
2. All of America is above the equator.
3. Is Mexico north or south of the equator? __________
4. Name one state located west of the 1400W meridian.
5. Is the United States located above or bellow the equator? ___________
6, Is Peru east or west of the 60 0 W meridian? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _____ _ __
7, Peru is Ilocated between the equator and the_ _ _ _ _ _ _ latitude line.
8. Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana are all located between

the 50 0 W meridian and the meridian.

9. All of Canada is located above which parallel- 60 0 N or 400N? _ _ _ __

10, Name the longitude lines which pass through Argentina. ______________
11, Name the two longitude lines which pass through Mexico, _ _ __ _ _ ~

12, Is most of Colombia north or south of the equator? __________________

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Pinpointing North American Cities

Use a globe or map to identify the city that is located at each set of
coordinates. Write the name of the city on the blank and in the correct
location on the map. There may be some slight variance in the degrees.
City Latitude Longitude City Latitude Longitude
1. 25°N 80 0W 6. 19°N 99°W
2. 39°N lO4°W 7. 51 °N 114°W
3. 50 0N 97°W 8. 33°N 84°W
4. 23°N 82°W 9. 42°N 83°W
5. 37 °N 122°W 10. 46°N 71 0W

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