Modern World History

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Basics ReviewMaps, Latitude Longitude

• Modern World History
• Unit 1
• Scott McLetchie
• McGehee School

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Maps Are Cultural Artifacts

• They project a particular societys view of what
  it feels is important and its place in relation
  to the rest of the world

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Anglo-Saxon World Map, c. 1040 CE
Ancient Babylonian World Map, 6th century BCE
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World Map drawn by Muhammad al-Idrisi, 1154 CE,
for King Roger II of Sicily
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Da Ming Hun Yi Tu world map, 1389 CE Drawn for
Hongwu, first emperor of Ming Dynasty
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The Earth Is a Sphere

• Globes are the most accurate way to represent the
  surface of the earth
• Satellite photography allows for high degree of
  accuracy today
• Maps represent three dimensions using only two
  dimensions therefore all maps distort the
  earths surface to some degree

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Just Know It!

• Handout
• Know these locations
• Continents, oceans, seas, rivers, etc.
• Youll add more!

WORLD
EUROPE
AFRO- EURASIA
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Latitude Longitude

• Grid placed upon sphere
• Use it to pinpoint locations
• GPS (Global Positioning Service)

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Latitude

• Begins at Equator (divides earth equally), which
  is 0
• Lines run east-west around earth
• Parallel they never meet
• Measured in degrees north or south of equator
• North and South Poles are 90 N and S

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60 N
30 N
Equator
30 S
60 S
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Longitude

• Lines run from pole to pole
• Each same length, bisects the earth
• Any line of longitude could be 0 - Prime
  Meridian
• 1884 International Commission chooses Greenwich,
  England (suburb of London) to define Prime
  Meridian
• Lines measured in degrees east or west of
  Greenwich

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180
180
0 - Prime Meridian
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Atlas Practice

• What world capital lies on the equator at 0
  latitude, 70W longitude? hint the name of the
  country has to do with the Equator
• What is the latitude and longitude of New
  Orleans? You can round to the nearest whole unit.
• What two major world cities lie on roughly the
  same latitude as New Orleans (within a degree or
  so)?
• hint one is the capital of an African country
• hint the other is the largest city in China
• What ancient city lies at 37N, 122W?
• Pick a city you have visited outside Louisiana
  (preferably outside the United States) and
  determine its latitude and longitude.