Activity 1: World Grid Systems
Grid Location: K4
Grid Location: D3
Grid Location: G2
Grid Location: J2
Grid Location: E2
Grid Location: G4
Activity 2: Latitude on World Maps
Pacific Ocean
Asia
Indian Ocean
Africa
Atlantic Ocean
South America
Pacific Ocean
30N
30N
40N
60N
30S
30N
20S
Activity 3: Longitude on World Maps
Ghana
Togo (just barely)
Burkina Faso
Mali
Niger (just barely)
Algeria
Spain
France
United Kingdom
140 E
30 E
90 W
75 W
150 E
Bangladesh
India
Bhutan
China
Mongolia
Russia
Activity 4: The Global Grid System
Libreville
Niamey
Monrovia
Cairo
Saudi Arabia
Addis Ababa
Cape Town
Labrador Sea
Mogadishu
Mt. Everest
6 N, 5 W
9 N, 12 E
25 N, 11 E
15 N, 33 E
34 N, 112 W
52 N, 0
42 S, 175 E
19 N, 100 W
35 S, 58 W
35 N, 140 E
Activity 5: World Projections, Distance, and the North Pole
Winkle - Yes
420 miles
About 59 1/3
420 miles in 1 inch x 59.33 inches = 24,918 miles (actually 24,902 miles)
About 79 N, 108 W
Activity 6: Political Legends and Map Symbols
Symbol
Description
Symbol
Description
__E_
Magnetic pole
__F_
Independence date
__B_
Ruin
__A_
Space launch site
__D_
City less than 500,000
__C_
Mountain peak
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Machu Picchu
1947
Kaula Lumpur
French Guiana
Chichen Itza
Tokyo
Bolivia
K 2
Symbol
Description
Symbol
Description
__C_
International Boundary
__E_
Canal
__A_
River
__B_
Space launch site
__D_
Undefined Boundary
Suez Canal, Mediterranean Sea Red Sea
Lesotho
14
England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
0
Undefined Boundary. Nothing and nobody is there, just a lot of desert
Activity 7: Type as a Symbol
No exercises included