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Assignment:
1. Find the relative location of the White Cliffs of Dover in Great Britain. (This means you should state where the Cliffs are in relation to the rest of the island.) Be sure to include the following in your answer.
-Folkestone
-Deal
-The Strait of Dover
2. Give the name and location of an ocean current that a sailor would need to know about when navigating. You do not need to answer in a complete sentence.
3. Give the name and location of the largest ocean in the world.
4. Give the name and location of a sea that has access to an ocean.
5. What strait is located between the tip of South America and the Island of Tierra del Fuego? You do not need to answer in a complete sentence.
-Here's a map that will help you obtain your answer: Map
6. Name the cape that lies farthest to the south in Africa.
7. Name a country in the Eastern Hemisphere.
8. How many miles is it from San Diego to the nearest ocean?
9. What time zone is San Diego in? How many hours away from Greenwich Mean Time is San Diego? Does this amount stay the same throughout the year? Please explain.
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10. Describe the ways that people in the South Pacific navigated the oceans. Tell me what techniques they used to know where they were, how close they were to land, and how they used the stars to navigate, and anything else you think is interesting about Polynesian navigation. (200 words)