Human Geography Class Assignment - Monday, October 15
I am unable to be in class today. Your in-class assignment is to answer the following questions in your blog. This assignment is worth 10 points, and should be completed during the class period. Obviously, you can use the Internet. Please work quietly and independently. No computer game-playing allowed. If you don’t finish the assignment in class, it’s homework.
Ancient cartography. We all know Eratosthenes made a map of the entire world. Name three other things he is known for.
I am unable to be in class today. Your in-class assignment is to answer the following questions in your blog. This assignment is worth 10 points, and should be completed during the class period. Obviously, you can use the Internet. Please work quietly and independently. No computer game-playing allowed. If you don’t finish the assignment in class, it’s homework.
Ancient cartography. We all know Eratosthenes made a map of the entire world. Name three other things he is known for.
- 1. He found the circumference of the Earth to be nearly 250,000 stadia (25,000 miles)
- 2. Prime numbers
- 3. Mathematical method is now called the Sieve of Eratosthenes.
- 4. Portland, Oregon. 7am
- 5. Greenwich, England. 1pm
- 6. Toronto, Ontario. 9am
- 7. The South Pole. 10am
Locations and place names.
- 8. List five toponyms that are named after physical features. Swaledale, Willesden, Croydon, Abington, Portsea island
- 9. List five toponyms that are named after Native American places. Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa
- 10. List five toponyms that are named after a person of prominence. Lincoln, NE, Jackson, MS, Madison, WI, and Jefferson City, MO. Monrovia, Liberia
- 11. List five toponyms that have some religious affiliation.Bethlehem (Penn.), St. Charles (M0.), San Jose (Cal.), San Juan (P.R.), Sata Fe (N.M) -- (Holy Faith)
- 12. Baltimore, Maryland, 39.2904 degrees N, 76.6122 degrees W
- 13. Quito, Ecuador, 0.1807 degrees S, 78.4678 degrees W
- 14. Taveuni, an island in Fiji, 16.8414 degrees S, 179.9813 degrees W
- 15. Christchurch, New Zealand, 43.5321 degrees S, 172.6362 degrees E
- 16. Juneau, Alaska, 58.3019 degrees N, 134.4197 degrees W
Antipodes. (Don’t worry, this won’t be on the test. But it’s still cool.)
- 17. Give the definition of Geographic Antipode. In geography, the antipode of any spot on Earth is the point on Earth's surface diametrically opposite to it; the antipodes of a region similarly represent the area opposite it.
- 18. Beijing, China
- 19. Bermuda
- 20. Your house
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