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World Cities: Longitude and Latitude

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Introduction:
"My first World Cities Quiz was about distance and the second about population. This one is about location by geographical coordinates. It is meant to be an exercise in spatial and geographical visualization and should be played without aids."


1. Each question will give the geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) of a major world city, so major in fact that the cities will be the top ten 2005 population centers of the world (see my Population Quiz). Your job will be to visualize the globe and pick the city out of the four choices. The first world city is located at 118 degrees west longitude and 34 degrees north latitude.
    New York
    Sao Paulo
    Mexico City
    Los Angeles


2. If you used a globe or world map for the first question, you certainly got it right. You also got the idea that the quiz will be more fun without them. The next world city is located at 73 degrees east longitude and 19 degrees north latitude.
    New York
    Jakarta
    Bombay
    Osaka


3. Which major metropolitan area is found at 135 degrees east longitude and 35 degrees north latitude? Coordinates are rounded off, though many of these large cities span over a degree.
    Mexico City
    Osaka
    Jakarta
    Delhi


4. Our fourth city is located at 47 degrees west longitude and 24 degrees south latitude. Which is it?
    Jakarta
    Los Angeles
    New York
    Sao Paulo


5. This city is to be found at 107 degrees east longitude and 6 degrees south latitude.
    Sao Paulo
    Jakarta
    Seoul
    Tokyo


6. This agglomeration, or greater metropolitan area, is at 77 degrees east longitude and 29 degrees north latitude.
    Osaka
    Tokyo
    Seoul
    Delhi


7. This city is to be found by going 140 degrees east of Greenwich and 36 north of the equator; i.e., 140 degrees east longitude and 36 degrees north latitude.
    Jakarta
    Los Angeles
    Bombay
    Tokyo


8. West of the prime meridian and in the tropics, this city is 99 degrees west longitude and 19 degrees north latitude.
    Los Angeles
    Mexico City
    Sao Paulo
    New York


9. If you want to make it here, go to 74 degrees west longitude and 41 degrees north latitude.
    New York
    Mexico City
    Los Angeles
    Chicago


10. The last major city is on the 37th parallel and 127 degrees east of Greenwich (127 degrees east longitude and 37 degrees north latitude).
    Bombay
    Delhi
    Seoul
    Tokyo


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