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Locating the Arab Republic of Egypt

4 Choose the correct answer.

1. To locate a country, you have to study .

a. psychology b. geology c. geography

2. A set of coordinates lets us discover .
a. a relative location b. an absolute location c. lines of longitude

3. Egypt is below the continent of Europe and is located in Africa.
a. Western b. Southern c. Northern

4. Egypt is bounded by in the north.

a. Saudi Arabia b. Libya c. the Mediterranean Sea

5. The United States is in the Hemisphere.

a. Western b. Southern c. Northern

5 Answer the following questions.

1. What do geographers use to identify locations?

2. What is the difference between relative and absolute locations?

3. Describe Egypt’s relative location.

4. What is the Earth’s grid system based on?

5. How did the continents’ locations change from past times?

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