Geography and Coordinates Guide for Students
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GUIDE TO HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY
Fourth BASIC YEAR
Nombre: _________________________________________________________________________________________________
Landscapes of our America – Recognizing the geographical points.
Objectives: Understand the function of longitude and latitude within a map.
Locate on the map through parallels and meridians geographical points indicating their latitude and
length
Contents: Geographic coordinates; parallel, meridian, longitude, latitude
1. Read carefully and underline the most important parts.
If you look at the globe on the right, you will notice that it is covered
with lines that seem to wrap the Earth like a net around a ball.
In reality, it refers to imaginary lines called parallels and meridians, which never...
you will see drawn on the surface even if you travel in a plane or climb to the top
from a mountain. These imaginary lines were invented to facilitate the
exact location of any point on the earth. Keep in mind that to indicate
The location of any city or mountain does not allow for such indications.
like: 'turn at the corner and walk two more blocks and there it is' or 'walk along'
that side and then cross the river over there, and you're almost there." With data like this
no one would find anything. Therefore, to locate a point on the earth it is necessary
establish latitude and longitude.
Latitude: it is the distance that exists between any point on the Earth and the
Equator line. This distance is measured in degrees and depends on the parallel in
that the point being sought is found.
Remember that there are 180 parallels on the planet; 90 south of the line
from Ecuador and 90 to the north. To further specify the exact location of a
point on the Earth's surface, both degrees of latitude and those of
Longitude is subdivided into minutes and seconds, just like a clock.
for example, Santiago is located at 33º 28' South latitude, while New York is
located at 40º 43' North latitude.
The equator line is parallel 0, or latitude 0º
Longitude: it is the distance that exists between any point on the earth and the
meridian 0° or of Greenwich.
There are 360 meridians on the planet, 180 to the east of the 0º meridian and
180 to the West. When drawn on the planet, they look like orange segments that
from polo to polo.
If we want to locate the city of Arica, we will say that it is located at
70º 19' West longitude, while Rome is located at 12º 29' East longitude.
2. Answer the following questions.
Why is the use of coordinates so important in people's lives?
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Imagine that there were no parallels, meridians, longitude, and latitude; how would this affect your life?
What would happen to commercial trips, land, air, and sea?
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3. Observe the following map and then respond:
1) Indicate in which continent the following geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) are located:
a) 0° latitude; 60° longitude West: ___________________________________
b) 50º North latitude; 100º West longitude:____________________________
You are a captain of a merchant ship that must navigate the oceans of the planet.
we now provide you with your travel plan, which includes the geographic coordinates for
where you should pass.
Procedure:
Mark a point on the map at the location of the cartographic coordinates that we will indicate.
Connect the points with a line to determine the route you should follow.
Coordinates
50° North latitude; 160° East longitude.
20° North latitude; 140° East longitude.
10° South latitude; 160° East longitude.
40° south latitude; 160° east longitude.
40° South latitude; 20° East longitude.
f) 60º South latitude; 80º West longitude.
10° North latitude; 100° West longitude.
50° north latitude; 160° west longitude
Indicate the oceans that you should have crossed.
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Indicate the continents you sailed near:
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Indicate the hemispheres you had to cross on your journey:
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