1. “Getting Oriented”
Geography Activity

2. International Dateline90
North Pole 80
Arctic Ocean 60
Europe 6 40
North America 3
Asia 1
Atlantic
Tropic of Cancer 20
Pacific
Africa 2
Equator___________________________________________________________
Indian
Tropic of Capricorn
South America 4
Australia 7
Prime Meridian
Antarctica 5
180
120 80 40

3. Compass Rose
Intermediate Points
Cardinal Points

4. Important Notes Most of earth’s surface is covered with water.
The smallest continent is Australia. The largest is Asia.
Parallels of latitude circle Earth from west to east.
Meridians of longitude runs from the North Pole to the South Pole.
0 latitude is the Equator.
The North Pole is 90 north latitude and the South Pole is 90 south latitude.
0 longitude is the Prime Meridian
180 longitude is the International Dateline. It is exactly halfway around the world from the Prime Meridian.
231/2 north latitude is the Tropic of Cancer
231/2 south latitude is the Tropic of Capricorn
Everything between those lines are the Tropics