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THE LOCATION OF AFRICAON THE WORLD MAP Africa is located between 37°N, 35°S, 52°E, and 17°W. Give any two ways of locating Africa on the world map. ✓ By use of surrounding water bodies. ✓ By use of neighbouring continents. ✓ By use of latitudes and longitudes. State any four ways of locating places on a map.

✓ By using the position of the sun. ✓ By using the position of stars. ✓ By using landmarks. ✓ By using compass direction. ✓ By using grid reference. State any three ways the sun can help people to locate places.

✓ By following the movement of the sun.

✓ By identifying where the sun rises and sets.

✓ By identifying the position of the sun at different times of the day.

Grid Reference What is grid reference? ✓ Grid reference is the way of locating places on a map using latitudes and longitudes. Lines of latitude/latitudes ✓ Lines of latitude are imaginary lines drawn on a map or globe from East to West.

✓ They are also called Parallels.

Give the reason why lines of latitude are also called Northings.

✓ They increase their degrees northwards.

What is latitude? ✓ Latitude is the distance of a place North or South of the Equator.

Name the major line of latitude marked 0o ✓ Equator Give the reasons why the Equator is marked O0.

✓ Equator is the starting point of other lines of latitude.

✓ Equator is the midpoint of the world.

✓ Equator is the centre line on the globe.

✓ Equator divides the world into two equal hemispheres.

State any two reasons why the Equator is regarded as the major line of latitude.

✓ It divides the world into two equal hemispheres.

✓ It is the starting line of other latitudes.

Apart from Equator, name any other four important lines of latitude.

✓ The tropic of cancer 2312N.

✓ The tropic of Capricorn 2312S.

✓ The Arctic Circle 66o12N.

✓ The Antarctic Circle 66o12S.

What do we call an area between tropic of cancer and tropic of Capricorn? ✓ Tropical region.

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