Estelle School
Louisiana History
CH 2, S 1: Louisiana’s Location
Name: ___________________________________________________________
Use the information on pages 37-39 to complete the following statements.
Date: __________________
1. ________________________________ location refers to a specific spot on planet Earth.
2. ________________________________ location explains where a place is in relation to another place or places.
3. If someone asks where you live and you give your street address, you have given your ______________________
location.
4. If you say you live across the street from the library, you have given your _________________________ location.
5. Absolute location can also be described using a ______________ system of lines of ________________________
and ______________________________.
6. _______________________________ (also called parallels) measures a location’s distance north or south of the
equator.
7. _______________________________ measures how far east or west a location is from the prime meridian.
8. ____________________________lies between 28 degrees 55’ and 33 degrees north (N) latitude and between 89
degrees and 94 degrees west (W) longitude.
9. _________________- ______________ states lie east of Louisiana, and __________________- _______________
lie west of westernmost Louisiana.
10. Louisiana joins other states to form the ______________________________United States.
11. One of the boundaries between Mississippi and Louisiana is set near the 31st parallel _______________________
(31 degrees N latitude).
12.
The boundary between Arkansas and Louisiana is set near the 33rd ____________________ north (33 degrees N
latitude).
13. The 94th meridian west (94 degrees W longitude) separate Louisiana and __________________________.
14. The ______________________________ River shapes the upper boundary between Louisiana and Mississippi,
and the _________________________ River forms the lower boundary.
15. The ________________________ _________ _______________________ marks Louisiana’s southern boundary.
16. The ____________________________River, and its reservoir, _____________________ ___________________,
act as the boundary between Louisiana and Texas.