Your Name:________________

Date:____________________________________________

SINCE MANY ON YOU ARE GOING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND KNOWING HOW TO USE A MAP IS SOMETHING THAT YOUR STUDENTS NEED AN EXERCISE LIKE THIS COULD BE USEFUL. IF YOU ARE JUST TAKING THIS CLASS LOOK AT THIS AS EASY POINTS

FIND ABSOLUTE LOCATION OF THE FOLLOWING CITIES. (If a two cities have the same name go with the most famous--1 pt each)-Remember degrees, and minutes in both Latitude and Longitude

 1. Atlanta____________________________________________________________

 2. Boston____________________________________________________

 3. Denver____________________________________________________

 4. Quebec____________________________________________________

 5. Houston____________________________________________________

 6. Vancouver____________________________________________________

FIND RELATIVE LOCATION OF THE FOLLOWING CITIES. (What I am looking for is the region, this one might depend on the atlas your are using, or any good description. Perhaps the country, state or province, or if it is on a body of water. Perhaps it is near a major city. Is it near a border of some other state, province or country. This is a little open ended. (1 pt. each)

 7. St. Louis-_________________________________________________________________

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8. Montreal_________________________________________________________________

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9. San Francisco______________________________________________________________

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10. Winnipeg________________________________________________________________

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11. Tampa____________________________________________________________________

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12. Victoria (This one you might ask)____________________________________________

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13. Saskatoon_________________________________________________________________

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14.Ciudad Juarez____________________________________________________________

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The next section needs a ruler or compass. Depending on the scale of the map, try to use the best map possible.You can use Miles or Kilometers, but be consistent. Use a straight line measurement. Depending on where you start measuring some distance may vary five miles or so

 15. St. Louis to Kansas City______________________________

 16. San Francisco to Los Angeles______________________________

 17. Washington D.C. to Richmond______________________________

 18. Philadelphia to Pittsburgh______________________________

 19. Toronto to Montreal______________________________