1. Latitude and Longitude
How do we find places on maps?

2. Latitude What is Latitude? LINES RUNNING HORIZONTALLY
Measured in DEGREES.
EQUATOR = 0 Degrees Latitude.
MEASURE DISTANCES North or South of the Equator.
NORTH POLE = 90 degrees N Latitude
SOUTH POLE = 90 degrees S Latitude.

3. Draw/Label!: LATITUDE DIAGRAM

4. Longitude LINES RUNNING VERTICALLY Called MERIDIANS.
PRIME MERIDIAN in Greenwich, England.
PRIME MERIDIAN = 0 Degrees Longitude.
MEASURE Distances EAST or WEST of Prime Meridian.
180 degrees of East Longitude
180 degrees of west Longitude

5. Draw/Label!: LONGITUDE DIAGRAM