Class Assignment

Ancient cartography. We all know Eratosthenes made a map of the entire world. Name three other things he is known for.

1.     He devised a mathematical technique, now referred to as the Sieve of Eratosthenes, that provides a straightforward way to find all prime numbers up to a specified integer.

2.     He also may have measured the distances from Earth to both the Moon and to the Sun. 

3.     Eratosthenes became the second head librarian of the famous Library of Alexandria.

Time zones. If it is 10:00 am in Bel Air, what time is it in…

4.     Portland, Oregon - 7:00am

5.     Greenwich, England - 3:00pm

6.     Toronto, Ontario - 10:00pm

7.     The South Pole - 3:00am

Locations and place names.

8.     List five toponyms that are named after physical features.

- Ocean City

- Little Rock 

- Greenland

- Grand Canyon

- Salt Lake City

9.     List five toponyms that are named after Native American places.

- Arizona
- Connecticut
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois

10.  List five toponyms that are named after a person of prominence.

- John Carroll

- St. Louis

- St. Margarets

- Carroll county

- Alexander the Great

11.  List five toponyms that have some religious affiliation.

- John Carroll

- Church

- Cathedral

- Rome

- Islam

Latitude and Longitude. Give the latitude and longitude for the following cities.

12.  Baltimore, Maryland - latitude, 39.2904° N    longitude, 76.6122° W
13.  Quito, Ecuador - latitude 0.1807° S       longitude, 78.4678° W
14.  Taveuni, an island in Fiji - latitude 16.8414° S,  longitude, 179.9813° W
15.  Christchurch, New Zealand - latitude 43.5321° S,   longitude, 172.6362° E
16.  Juneau, Alaska - latitude 58.3019° N,      longitude,  134.4197° W

Antipodes. (Don’t worry, this won’t be on the test. But it’s still cool.)

17.  Give the definition of Geographic Antipode. the antipodes of a region similarly represent the area opposite it.

Find the antipode for the following locations. I suggest www.antipodesmap.com.

18.  Beijing, China - Departamento Conesa, RN, Argentina

19.  Bermuda - Perth, -32.301822, 115.239642 (32° 18' 6.6" S, 115° 14' 22.7" E)

20.  Your house - none, its in water -39.535506, 103.650960 (39° 32' 7.8" S, 103° 39' 3.5" E)