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Name:_____________________________ Words we will use: the Equator, the Prime Meridian, Latitude, Longitude, North, South, West, East, Hemisphere Tallinn, Estonia WaKeeny, Kansas Tokyo, Japan Sahara, Egypt Everest, Nepal Long Beach California Quito, Ecuador Tasmania 30N Latitude, 30E Longitude _________________ 39N Latitude, 100W Longitude ________________ 33N Latitude, 118W Longitude _________________ 28N Latitude, 86E Longitude ___________________ 0 Latitude, 78W Longitude ___________________ 40N Latitude, 150E Longitude __________________