So Apparently We Have a Quiz Tomorrow

So today we found out we have a quiz which I'm not to worried about because its only on where South American countries are. Anyways today in class we learned about grids/geography. We talked about grids and how geographers use them as a way of describing where things are. We learned that the first written map was created by a Greek stenographer named Eratosthenes and that maps serve two main purposes:

• A reference tool to identify an objects absolute and relative location
• A communications tool to convey the distribution of human activities or physical features   

We also learned about absolute and relative location. Absolute location is a position expressed in degrees, minuets, and seconds of latitude and longitude. Latitude is the geographic coordinate that specifies the north to south position on a map. Longitude is the geographic coordinate that specifies the east to west position on a map. Relative location is a regional position or situation of a place relative to the position of another place.