1. Place and Region a) Describe below the Place you are from or another Place im
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1. Place and Region
a) Describe below the Place you are from or another Place important to you in the three (3) main ways:
Name: (and why it has this name? cite source if you looked this up.) ________________
Site:
Situation:
b) What are four(4) Regions your Place belongs to? Use the different types below (again cite source when appropriate):
i)Administrative Region ____________________________________________
ii)A Thematic Region_______________________________________________
iii)A Functional Region______________________________________________
iv)Perceptual Region_________________________________________________
2.Describe how your answers above fit the definitions of each type of region:
Scale:
a) Using the scale bar, roughly, how long is the island of Cuba (in miles)?
b) Using the scale bar, roughly, how far is the island of Anguilla from St. Lucia (in km)?
c) Once you have printed this document, find a ruler and measure the length of Cuba on
the page. ________________ in inches.
Convert your answer to part a) from miles into inches:
(5,280 ft = 1 mile,12 inches = 1 ft) ____________________________
d) Using your answers in part a) and c) , tell me the ratio and written scale of the map?
e) Why did I require you to print this homework for this exercise to calculate the scale?
3. Latitude and Longitude
a) What are the two reference arcs on the global for Latitude and Longitude? (hint: that is to say, what lines are latitude and longitude measured relative to?)
_________________________________ _______________________________
b) For each of the seven(7) continents, describe whether they lie mostly North or South, and East or West from the lines mentioned in part a):
i)____________________ ii)___________________ iii)___________________ iv)___________________ v)___________________ vi)___________________ vii)__________________
c) Google the coordinates of Pyongyang, North Korea and write them here:
_______________________ ______________________________
Click on the google map of Pyongyang, Zoom out, What three countries share a border with North Korea?
4. (10 points) Convert the following coordinates from Degrees-Minutes-Seconds to Decimal Form (or vice versa) SHOW YOUR WORK
and, using google maps, what country is the city in? give 2 bordering countries.
Dubai 25.2048° N, 55.2708° E
Kiev Latitude: 50.4546600° Longitude: 30.5238000°
5.Describe below why knowing your distance (in a 2D plane) from 2 locations (e.g. 2 GPS satellites) doesn’t fully determine where you are.
Use words and a sketch of circles.
6. Why do all 2D maps distort some property of the 3D real world? Use an analogy.
7. Density: Using your ruler, measure the area of the box below, and calculate the density of squirrels per square inch [ #count/in2]. What corner within the box would you say has a high concentration? Low concentration?
Explanation / Answer
The importance of this place:
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