The top of the Earth is named as north pole.

So,any
N Direction to North is always pointing up.
North and South are opposites

This is the direction between North and East.

NE NorthEast is Opposite of SouthWest

This is the direction to the right when you are

E facinfacing north.East and west are opposites

This is the direction between South and East.

SE SouthEast is Opposite of NorthWest

The bottom of the earth is named as South Pole.

S So,any direction to South is always pointing down.
South and North are opposites

This is the direction between South and West.

SW SouthWest and NorthEast are opposites.

This is the direction to the left when you are facing

W north.West and East are opposites

This is the direction between North and West.

NW NorthWest and SouthEast are opposites.
 Directions are used to describe the
position of any objects or place.

An arrow is the universal symbol for

directions.

Arrows can commonly found in

airport,train stations,road and even
shopping malls.

For example the arrow shown on the

card is pointing to the right.

Two commonly used important

Directions directions are Cardinal and ordinal
directions.
 Cardinal points are the four main points
of the directions, usually seen on the
compass or the map.

There are 4 Cardinal directions :

North,East,South and West.

North is usually abbreviated as N,East as

E,

South as S and West as W.

Cardinal Points

Ordinal points are the points found

between each cardinal directions,also
known as intercardinal directions

There are 4 Ordinal directions : North

West,North East,South East and South
West.

NorthEast is usually abbreviated as

NE,North West as NW

South East as SE and SouthWest as SW.

Ordinal Points