Absolute location

navigators use lines of latitude and lines of longitude to locate places. Lines of latitude run east and west. Lines of longitude run north and south around the world. These lines create an imaginary graph paper on the Earth. They make it possible to find an exact point, even in the middle of the ocean.
Latitud lines tell us how far we are from the Equator, and longitude lines tell us how far east or west we are from prime meridian.
Many maps today include degrees of latitude and longitude.
When the magnetic compass was brought to Europe, made expeditions easier


questions:
1.- What is the function of lines of latitude and longitude?
Their function is to help us to locate precise spots in the map

2.- Which imaginary lines run North and south?
Longitude lines

3.- Which imaginary lines are based on the equator?
Latitude lines

4.-Explain what is meant by an absolute location
Absolute location is an exact and not wrong point in the map,

5.- In your opinion, Which invention was more important: the astrolabe or the magnetic compass?
The magnetic compass
why? Because it works any time, any weather, and any places