Location of Atlantic Canada Worksheet

Name: ______Class: ______Date: ______

1) Using various maps in an atlas, find the four Atlantic Canadian provinces and label them on the blank outline map of Canada, North America, and the world.

Unit 01: Atlantic Canada and the Global Community Outcome 9.1 Page: ______2) Provide a description and a drawing to show what lines of latitude are.

Description Illustration

3) Provide a description and a drawing to show what lines of longitude are.

Description Illustration

Unit 01: Atlantic Canada and the Global Community Outcome 9.1 Page: ______4) Using an atlas, locate where the four Atlantic provinces are based on their lines of latitude and longitude. Find the latitude and longitude for the most northerly (A), easterly (B), southerly (C), and westerly (D) points. Put the answer in each box. Put a dot (•) where the four provincial capitals are located on the map and name them in the box next to the map.

Remember: All coordinates in North America are North and West, latitude lines run east and west and measure north or south, and longitude is lines that run north and south that measure east or west.

North: Latitude ______Longitude ______A: North East: Latitude ______Longitude ______

South: Latitude ______Longitude ______

B: West: Latitude ______Longitude ______East

Capital Cities: D: West NS ______

NB ______

PEI ______

NFLD ______C: South 5) Provide a definition for absolute location.

6) Using latitude and longitude, name the absolute location of the following Atlantic Canadian communities:

Community Latitude Longitude Community Latitude Longitude Halifax, NS Saint John, NB Fredericton, NB Summerside, PEI Saint John’s, NL Gander, NL Charlottetown, Yarmouth, NS

Unit 01: Atlantic Canada and the Global Community Outcome 9.1 Page: ______PEI Moncton, NB Edmunston, NB Sydney, NS Corner Brook, NL

7) Name the Atlantic Canadian community using the following coordinates:

Coordinates Location Coordinates Location 53°N, 64°W 55°N, 67°W 51°N, 55°W 49°N, 58°W 46°N, 60°W 54°N, 66°W 45°N, 63°W 46°N, 66°W 47°N, 68°W 46°N, 63°W

8) Provide an absolute location for the provincial legislatures of each of the Atlantic Provinces. Hint: you may need to use Google.

Province Legislature Location

Nova Scotia

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Prince Edward Island

9) Provide a definition for relative location.

10)Describe the relative location of the Atlantic Provinces in relation to Canada, North America, and the world. Hint: You may consider describing the location of the Atlantic Provinces in relation to the following: bodies of water, other nearby provinces and US states, the prime meridian, the equator, Europe, Mexico, Japan, Latin America, Caribbean, and other landforms.

Unit 01: Atlantic Canada and the Global Community Outcome 9.1 Page: ______11)Identify points A to J on the map.

A: ______

B: ______

C: ______

D: ______

E: ______

F: ______

G: ______

H: ______

I: ______

J: ______

12)Name the global location using the following coordinates:

Coordinates Location Coordinates Location 20°N, 100°W 22°N, 79°W 8°S, 145°E 53°N, 2°W 23°S, 135°E 36°N, 136°W 30°N, 110°E 37°N, 96°W 60°N, 95°W 35°S, 66°W

Unit 01: Atlantic Canada and the Global Community Outcome 9.1 Page: ______