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Finding Places on a Map
Good for you! You are following along just fine. Now
you need to learn just one more piece of the puzzle and you will be on
your way home to supper!
With only a little practice, you will be ready to use
the latitude and longitude grid to locate any place on the globe! Ready
to practice?
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Need a tip for the first question? Drag your cursor to
uncover a tip here: 
First put your finger on the point
where the equator and the prime meridian cross. Now move your
finger north to the parallel labeled 40ºN. Next move your
finger west along this parallel to the point where it crosses
the meridian, labeled 80ºW. You’re there!
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Practice Questions
Click to obtain a "Global
Grid Map" that you can print for use in answering these practice
questions.
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The city
located at 40ºN, 80ºW, is Pittsburgh. (North America) |
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The approximate
coordinates of Nairobi, Kenya (located in Africa) are 40ºN, 120ºE. |
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London (in
Europe) is located at 20ºN, 100ºW. |
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The approximate
coordinates of Mexico City are 20ºN, 100ºW. |
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Quito (South
America) is located at approximately 0º, 79ºW. (Tip: a longitude
of 0º means that the location is on the prime meridian.) |
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A city in southern Africa,
Durban, is located at approximately 30ºS, 30ºE. |
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