1. Picturing the World

2. There are 2 different ways to describe where a place is located: by absolute location and relative location

3. Asia and Europe are actually one large landmass.

4. Geographers call these two continents Eurasia

5. Vocabulary Words

6. Absolute location – description of a place using grid coordinates

7. Relative location – description of a place using the relation of one place to another

8. Coordinates – the latitude and longitude address of a place on a map

9. Eurasia – a landmass made up of the continents of Asia and Europe

10. mental map – a map that a person pictures in his or her mind

11. sea – a body of salt water that is part of an ocean, yet is partially enclosed by land

12. Answers

13. MONDAY 1. Relative location
2. Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America; Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Pacific, and Southern Oceans

14. TUESDAY
1. Atlantic, east of North America; Arctic, north of North America; and Pacific Ocean, west of North America
2. Beaufort, Bering, and Labrador Seas

15. 1. The two continents are actually one large landmass.
WEDNESDAY
1. The two continents are actually one large landmass.
2. Australia; Tasman Sea

16. 1. Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, and South China Sea
THURSDAY
1. Philippine Sea, Sea of Japan, Sea of Okhotsk, and South China Sea
2. Italy/Europe; India/Asia; Japan/Asia

17. 1. Black and Caspian Seas; Barents, Mediterranean, and North Seas
FRIDAY
1. Black and Caspian Seas; Barents, Mediterranean, and North Seas
2. Beaufort and Labrador Seas, and the Atlantic, Arctic, and Pacific Oceans