1. Massachusetts, Florida, Georgia
Warm - Up (9/25)
Please pick up 4 things from the side table:
A Yellow map pencil
A Red map pencil
The Relative and absolute location notes
The Relative location activity
Once you have picked up all four please glue the 2 pages on page 15 and 16 in your Interactive Notebook.
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On the US map on page 4 of your notebook color and label the following states:
Massachusetts, Florida, Georgia

2. Relative Location
Relative location describes the spatial relationships between and among places
Where something is in relationship to something else

3. Ex: Scotland is north of England

4. What is Wales’ relative location from England?

5. What is London’s relative location from Manchester?

6. The English Channel is _____ of England.

7. Relative Location of the Continents

8. Absolute Location Latitude and longitude define absolute location
Use of a grid to find exact location

9. Lines of latitude
East-west lines which measure distances north and south of the equator
Measured in degrees
Also called parallels

10. Major Lines of Latitude
Locate these on a map
Equator: 0° latitude (halfway between the poles)
Tropic of Cancer: 23 1/2 ° north
Tropic of Capricorn: 23 1/2° south
Arctic Circle: 66 1/2° north
Antarctic Circle: 66 1/2° south
North Pole: 90° north
South Pole: 90° south

11. Lines of longitude
North-south lines which measure distances east and west of the Prime Meridian
Measured in degrees
Also called meridians

12. Major Lines of Longitude
Locate these on a map
Prime Meridian: 0° longitude; runs through Greenwich, England
International Date Line: 180° longitude

13. Hemispheres Halves of the earth (Hemi=half)
Equator creates the northern and southern hemispheres
Prime Meridian creates the eastern and western hemispheres

14. What country is located at 0 degrees and 80 degrees West
What country is located at 0 degrees and 80 degrees West? What city is located at 34 degrees S, 70 degrees W?