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ICSE Solutions for Class 9 Geography - Geographic Grid: Latitudes and Longitudes

ICSE Solutions for Class 9 Geography – Geographic Grid: Latitudes and Longitudes ICSE Solutions for Class 9 Geography – Geographic Grid: Latitudes and Longitudes                                                                  Exercises I. Short Answer Questions  Question 1. What is a geographic grid ? Answer: The network of the latitudes and the longitudes is known as a geographical grid. Question 2. Who devised the lines of latitude and longitude ? Answer: Eratosthenes, the Greek philosopher, first time devised the lines of latitude and longitude. Question 3. What are lines of latitude and longitude ? Answer: The latitudes are the parallel circles with respect to the equator reducing in length northwards and southwards and the poles are the points only. On the other hand longitudes are ...