Five Themes of Geography

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Five Themes of Geography

• 2. Location

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Location

• The specific (absolute) or general (relative)
  positioning of something on Earth.
• Absolute Location determined by using latitude
  and longitude lines.
• Relative Location determined by comparing one
  location with another.

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Relative Location

• determined by comparing one location with
  another.
• described by landmarks, time, direction or
  distance from one place to another and may
  associate a particular place with another.
• Lets Practice!

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Absolute LocationLongitude and Latitude

• A grid system for the entire earth that allows us
  to find the exact location of any city, town, or
  village in the world.

Grid a pattern (square) formed by lines of
latitude and longitude
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Latitude

• Lines extend east and west around the earth and
  measure the distance north and south of the
  Equator (0 degrees).
• Also called parallels because each of them is the
  same distance apart and they never meet.

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Practice Latitude
1. How many degrees south of the equator is
Brasilia? - 15 degrees South 2. What city
is located at 30 degrees North? - New Orleans 3.
What city is the nearest to the equator? What
is its Latitude? - Quito, 0 degrees 4.
Anchorage Alaska can be found at what degree
Latitude? - 60 degrees North
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Longitude

• Lines extend north and south around the earth and
  measure the distance east or west of the Prime
  Meridian (0 degrees).
• Also called Meridians.
• Lines of longitude are not the same distance
  apart everywhere. At the equator lines of
  longitude are far apart, however as they move
  toward the poles they come closer together until
  they finally meet.

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Practice Longitude

• What city is located 15 degrees East?
• - Kinshasa
• What is the Longitude of Manaus?
• - 60 Degrees West
• Which city is located on the Prime Meridian? What
  is its Longitude?
• - Greenwich, England 0 Degrees
• What is the Longitude of St. Petersburg?
• - 30 Degrees East

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Finding Absolute Location(Latitude and Longitude)

• Remember always list Latitude first then
  Longitude.
• Now Lets Practice!
• - use the coordinates (degrees of latitude and
  longitude used to find a specific location) on
  the following webpage to find the oceans, seas
  and continents listed.

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Homework

• The map below is your homework, lets review it.