| Name ________Jim Lynch________ GEO 100-02, Map Exercises, 20 pts |
Dr. Rodrick A. Hay Due 9/21/04 | A. Identify the geographic features located at the following coordinates: | |||||||||
| 1. 47° 30' N, 19° 05' E (city) | _______Budapest_______ | ||||||||||
| 2. 34° 03' N, 118° 14' W(city) | ______Los Angeles______ | ||||||||||
| 3. 20° 00' N, 38° 00' E (sea) | ________Red Sea_______ | ||||||||||
| 4. 37° 50' S, 145° 00' E (city) | _______Melbourne______ | ||||||||||
| 5. 36° 35 N, 118° 18' W (mountain) | _Mt. Whitney_ how tall is it? _14,494'_ | ||||||||||
| B. Find the lat-long coordinates of the following places (closest degrees and minutes) | |||||||||||
| 6. Lusaka, Zambia | ______15° S, 28° E_____ | ||||||||||
| 7. Bogota, Columbia | ______5° N, 74° W_____ | ||||||||||
| 8. New York, N.Y. | _____41° N, 74° W_____ | ||||||||||
| 9. Tierra Del Fuego (island) | ______54° S, 68° W_____ | ||||||||||
| 10. Baghdad, Iraq | ______33° N, 44° E_____ | ||||||||||
| C. Scale, etc, | |||||||||||
| One inch on the map represents 15,000 inches on the ground. Express this written scale as a: | |||||||||||
| 11. representative fraction | _______1 / 15,000______ | ||||||||||
| 12. ratio scale | _______1 : 15,000______ | ||||||||||
| 13. graphic scale |
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| 14. Lines of longitude are called | _______Meridians______ | ||||||||||
| 15. Line of latitude are called | _______Parallels_______ | ||||||||||
| D. Wrong Coordinates: Change these coordinates to their proper form. | |||||||||||
| 16. 91° N | ________89° N________ | ||||||||||
| 17. 182° W | ________178° E________ | ||||||||||
| 18. 23° 75' S | _______24° 15' S_______ | ||||||||||
| 19. 120' N | _________2° N_________ | ||||||||||
| 20. 215° 83' E | ______143° 37' W______ | ||||||||||