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I grid. as you learnedabout in Lesson3. Look at Map 1-7.Notice
that eachdegreeof latitudeand longitudeis shown.Find the line
for 40'N latitude.What city is locatedat this latitude?What iine oi
longitudeis closestto this city?We say that Boulderis locatedat
about 40"N latitude, 105'W longitude.Rememberthat when we
write the locationof a placeusinglatitudeand longitude.latitude
is alwayswritten first.
Now look at the city of Delta.What line of latitude is closestto
Delta?What line of longitude runs through Delta?We say that
Delta is locatedat about 39'l\ latitude,108"Wlongitude.This is
Delta's absoiute location. What is the absolute location of
Durango?
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Which line of latitude runs near Pikes Peak?
2. Which line of longituderuns near PikesPeak?
3. Write the locationof PikesPeakusing latitude and longitude.
4. Which line of latitude runs nearestPueblo?
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Which line of longitudeis closestto Pueblo?
6 . Write the location of Pueblo using latitude and longitude.
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What city is near 39"N latitude, 105'Wlongitude?
8. What city is locatedat about 39'N latitude,midway between108"and
109"Wlongitude?
9. Which line of longitude is at Colorado's eastern border?
1 0 . Which line of latitude runs nearestMt. Elbert?
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gss.\iap i-8: Africa to answer the following questions. Be sure always
to begin counting degrees of latitude from the Equator and degrees of
longitude from the Prirne Meridian.
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\\'hat body of water is located at 0' iatitude, 0' iongitude?
2. What bod;- of water is located between 30'N and 40"N latitude?
3. What citv is locateclnear 30"Slatitude,30"Elongitude?
4. In what country do the lines of 10"N latitude, 0" longitude cross?
S. ln what countrv do the linesof 10'Slatitudeand 20"Elongitudecross?
S. Write the approximate location of Cairo, Egypt, using latitude and
longitude. (Remember that the lines of latitucieand longitude on this
map are spaced 10' apart. Give locations to the nearest degree.)
?" Write the approximate location of Kigaii, Rwanda, using latitude and
longitude.
l{. Write the approximate location of Cape Town, South Africa, using
latitude and longitude.
1). Write the approximate location of Abidjan, COte d'lvoire. using iatitude
and longitude.
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