Questions ( Mr. Schick's absence)

I will be answering the following questions on my blog, I will number each one according to its number in the email.

~Eratosthenes  ~ is known for three other things than map making. Those things include Making a calendar that accounted for leap years, devised a system of longitude and latitude, and compiled a star catalog that was composed of 625 stars.

~If it is 10:00 am in Bel Air, what time is it in…

1: Portland, Oregon = 7:00 AM

2: Greenwich, England = 3:00 PM

3: Toronto, Ontario = 10:00 AM

4: The South Pole = 3:00 AM

~ 5 toponyms named after physical features.

1: New Granada

2: New Caledonia 

3: Bismark Archipelago

4: Vanuatu

5: New Holland

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

1: Denali 

2: Philadelphia 

3: Chicago 

4: New York City

5: Seattle

~List five toponyms that are named after a person of prominence

1: San Marino

2: Philippians

3: Cook Islands 

4: Colombia

5: Solomon Islands

~ List five toponyms that have some religious affiliation

1: Sata Fe

2: San Juan

3: St. Paul

4: San Jose

5: San Francisco 

~Give the latitude and longitude for the following cities.

1:Baltimore, Maryland =39.2904° N, 76.6122° W

2:Quito, Ecuador =0.1807° S, 78.4678° W

3:Taveuni, an island in Fiji =16.8414° S, 179.9813
4:Christchurch, New Zealand = 43.5321° S, 172.6362° E
5:Juneau, Alaska = 58.3019° N, 134.4197° W
~Give the definition of Geographic Antipode.
1: The 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 represents the area opposite of it.
~Find the antipode for the following locations
1:Beijing, China = America
2:Bermuda = Hamilton city
3: My House = Augusta, Western Australia