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Room #_________________
Google Earth: Absolute Location
Vocabulary: What do these words mean?
1. absolute location____________________________________________________________________________
2. relative location___________________________________________________________________________
3. latitude lines____________________________________________________________________________
4. longitude lines____________________________________________________________________________
Directions: We will be using Google Earth to find the absolute location of different areas. Please make sure to
complete this worksheet as we travel the world! J
1. What is the latitude and longitude of Simonds Elementary School?
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Latitude
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Longitude
2. What is the latitude and longitude of San Jose, CA?
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Latitude
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Longitude
3. What is the latitude and longitude of Times Square, New York?
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Latitude
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Longitude
4. What is the latitude and longitude of Buenos Aires, Argentina?
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Latitude
Longitude
5. What is the latitude and longitude of Juneau, Alaska?
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Latitude
Longitude
6. What is the latitude and longitude of Madrid, Spain?
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Latitude
Longitude
7. What is the latitude and longitude of Rome, Italy?
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Latitude
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Longitude
8. What is the latitude and longitude of _______________________?
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Latitude
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Longitude
9. What is the latitude and longitude of _______________________?
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Latitude
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Longitude
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EUROPEAN EXPLORATION AND TRADE
Use three different colors on your map to represent Marco Polo, Bartolomeu Dias, and Vasco da Gama.
Label the key box at the bottom with each color.
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Add a compass rose to the map. Draw one line on your map to show each explorer’s route. Using all capital letters, label the continents of AFRICA, EUROPE, and ASIA. Using uppercase and lowercase letters, label China, India, Songhai, Portugal. Label the Cape of Good Hope Draw latitude lines in blue color pencil, draw longitude lines in red color pencil Label the latitude lines and longitude line at 0, 25, 50, and 75 degrees. Map Key (or Legend): Marco Polo’s route from Venice to China Bartolomeu Dias’s route from Portugal to the Cape of Good Hope Vasco da Gama’s route from Portugal to India