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  1. How Far Is It?
    Go to http://www.indo.com/distance. Using the information on the web site, find the distances and the direction one would set off in for the following pairs of cities.
    City Pairs:
    1. Portland, OR and Portland, ME
    2. Washington, DC and Baghdad, Iraq
    3. Beijing, China and Taipei, Taiwan
    4. Jakarta, Indonesia to Nairobi, Kenya
  2. USGS National Mapping Information
    Surf over to the US Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System at http://geonames.usgs.gov/index.html. Click on "United States and Territories" and find the geographic locations of the following cities:
    1. Washington, DC
    2. New York, NY
    3. Chicago, IL
    4. Los Angeles, CA
    5. Dubuque, IA
    If you live in Canada, use the Natural Resources Canada site at http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/english/cgndb.html and search for:
    1. Vancouver, British Columbia
    2. Ottawa, Ontario
    3. Montreal, Quebec





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