2. How do we get there?
There are two ways to answer this question…if
you would like to determine a place’s location
relative to someplace else, then you are looking
at its Relative Location.
For example:
My apartment building is just east of the Saturday
Market. Or
Meet me at the Starbucks that is next to the park.
Or India is located west of Bangladesh and south
of Nepal.
3. How do we get there?
• Another way to answer this question is by
giving an absolute location. An absolute
location is the specific coordinates of a
place on the earth.
For example: Vancouver, British Columbia is
located at 50 degrees North and 127
degrees West.
4. Relative Location
• For now, we are going to focus on
Relative location. Specifically, we would
like you to be able to refer to places on a
map in terms of where they are located
relative to other places…AND we want
you to use your cardinal and intermediate
directions correctly.
5. A Quick Review…
Cardinal Directions: Intermediate directions
• North • Northeast
• South • Northwest
• East • Southeast
• West • Southwest
6. Your Task
• Open to your MAP SKILLS page in your SS file, and
create a subheading for Relative Location.
• Use a classroom desk atlas to answer the following
questions about relative location. Feel free to ask your
table mates for help if you need it.
• There are two sets of questions. We’ll review the
answers to the first set together in 5 minutes and then
move on to the second set.
7. Questions
Use the map on page 68 and 69 to fill in the
blanks using the cardinal directions:
1. Tennessee is _________ of Kentucky.
2. Georgia is __________ of Florida.
3. Ohio is ___________ of Pennsylvania.
4. Colorado is __________ of Utah.
5. Oregon is __________ of California
8. Questions
Using a map or maps of your choice, write three
sentences using the cardinal directions and
three sentences using the intermediate
directions. You may use countries, cities or
physical features. Please list the map you
used for each sentence you write.
Example:
1. Map—p. 112
Sentence: Bolivia is northeast of Chile.
9. Intermediate Directions- p. 112
1-Bolivia is ______________ of Chile.
2-Argentina is _______________ of Brazil.
3-Peru is _________________ of Bolivia.
4-Venezuela is __________ of Colombia.
