1. Please take out:
MAP II- cities
Review for quiz

2. Latitude
Longitude

3. LATITUDE Distance NORTH & SOUTH of the Equator Equator is 0 degrees
North Pole /South Pole 90° N/S
Arctic/Antarctic Circles ° N/S
Tropics Cancer/Capricorn 23.5° N/S
aka parallels

8. 66.5 ⁰ N
23.5⁰ N
0⁰ N
23.5⁰ S
66.5 ⁰ S

9. The Prime Meridian

10. Another Marker

11. Longitude Distance East/West of the Prime Meridian
Prime Meridian is 0°
International Date Line is 180°
aka Meridians

13. Subdivisions of Latitude
1 degree = 111km = 69 miles
60 parts/degree = minutes
1 minute = 1’ = 1.85 km = 1.1 mile
60 parts/minute = seconds
Ex: Washington D.C.
38° 53’ 23” N

14. Subdivisions of Longitude
1 degree = 111km = 69 miles
only at the Equator
Lines come together/get closer as
you travel North and South
60 parts/degree = minutes
60 parts/minute = seconds
Ex Washington D.C.
77° 0’ 33” W

15. Distance between lines
Does not vary for latitude lines
Lines of longitude get closer as you move toward the poles

16. All longitude lines meet at the pole

17. Washington D.C.
38° 53’51” N ° 0’ 33” W

18. You can pinpoint any location