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Question		Answer
How did seamen sail before the invention of the tools for navigation? start learning		seamen followed the coastline to keep them from getting lost
what is latitude? start learning		the angular distance of a place north or south of the equator expressed in degrees and minutes
what is longitude start learning		the angular distance of a place east or west of the greenwich meridian expressed in degrees and minutes
what is the equator? start learning		the imigrancy circle equadistant from poles of the earth
what are parrallels of latitude? start learning		circles pararell to the equator running west and east
what are meridians of longitude? start learning		lines drawn from the North Pole to the South Pole
What is the Prime Meridian? start learning		the line drawn from the North pole to the South pole passes through Greenwich, England
What does GPS stand for? start learning		Global Positioning System

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