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Essential Question:
Where in the world is the Philippines?
Essential Question:
Where in the world is the Philippines?
Do you know where you are going?
Compass
Globe vs. Map
 Parts of
the Globe
Titled Earth
Lines of Latitudes
Lines of Longitudes
The Lines of the Globe
Absolute
Location
Absolute Location
Absolute Location
What is the absolute location of
the Philippines?
 Games on Absolute Location
Give the absolute location of the following:
1. Brazil - 15o S, 47o W

2. Canada - 45o N, 75o W

3. China - 35o N, 103o E
4. Athens, Greece - 37o N, 23o E
5. Bangkok, Thailand - 13o N, 100o E
6. Barcelona, Spain - 41o N, 2o E
7. Berlin, Germany - 52o N, 13o E
8. Bombay, India - 19o N, 72o E
 Games on Absolute Location
Give the specific place of the following absolute location:
1. 2o S, 79o W - Guayaquil, Ecuador
2. 23o N, 82o W - Havana, Cuba
3. 60o N, 25o E - Helsinki, Finland
4. 53o N, 10o E - Hamburg, Germany
5. 6o S, 106o E - Jakarta, Indonesia
6. 19o N, 99o W - Mexico City, Mexico
7. 53o N, 3o W - Liverpool, England
Relative location
 How do you describe the relative
location of Holy Angel University?
Relative Location
What is the relative location of
the Philippines?
Landmass:
North- Taiwan
East- Guam, Marianas Island, Islands of Micronesia
West- Indochina Peninsula (Cambodia, Vietnam,
Thailand),
South- Indonesia

Bodies of Water:
North- Luzon Strait, Bashi Channel
East- Pacific Ocean, Philippine Sea (part of the Pacific
Ocean)
West- Indian Ocean, West Philippine Sea, Sulu Sea
South- Celebes Sea
Special Latitudes
 Special Latitudes

• Significance of the Special Latitudes: determine the

climatic zones of the world
• Tropical zone- found between the Tropic of Cancer
and Tropic of Capricorn
• Temperate zone- found between the Tropic of Cancer
and Arctic Circle (North); and between the Tropic of
Capricorn and Antarctic Circle (south)
• Frigid zone (Polar zone)- found between the Arctic
circle and the North Pole (North); and between the
Antarctic Circle and South Pole (south)
 Landforms
&
Bodies of Water
 Landforms
(Products of Folding and Faulting)
 Landforms
(Products of Folding and Faulting)
Cagayan Valley
Central Luzon
Plains
Chocolate Hills
 Mount Mayon

Mayon
Volcano
Taal Volcano
Mount Pinatubo
Mount Apo
 Mount
Dulang-dulang
Mount
Pulag
Bodies of Water
Cagayan
River
 Lake
Kayangan
Pacific
Ocean
Philippine
Sea
Essential Question:
Where in the world is the Philippines?