How Interstate Numbers Actually Work
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DownloadThe interstate highway shields hide within them
long forgotten knowledge.
As our great ancestors could navigate by the signs in the sky
before the creation of the compass,
so too before GPS could they navigate by these signs.
Come with me and learn how to navigate the constellations
created across a continent by the
First, are the Interstate Majors beginning with
I-90 from Seattle to Boston the longest and northern-ist of all the I's.
Then the southern-ist Jacksonville, Florida, to Santa Monica, California: I-10.
Interstate Majors that run east-west are double digits ending in zero.
The bigger the northern-er.
So filling in the rest, the next northern-est is San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey: I-80.
And the next southern-est Florence, South Carolina, to Kent, Texas: I-20.
Then Cove Fort, Utah, to Baltimore, Maryland: I-70,
and Little Rock, Arkansas, to Fort Worth, Texas: I-30.
Okay, so that one is the most minor of the Majors,
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Key Vocabulary (14)
Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
A system is a group of parts that work together as a whole. It can be used to describe a set of rules, a computer program, or a part of the body.
extended
"Long road."
The direction that is straight ahead when you are looking at the North Pole. It is one of the four main points of the compass and is usually located at the top of a map.
"The north is important."
South is one of the four main compass points, positioned directly opposite north. It refers to the direction that is to the right of a person facing the sunrise, or the region located in that direction.
"The south is important."
The direction from which the sun rises in the morning. It is one of the four cardinal points of the compass, located opposite the west.
"The east is important."
The direction toward the point of the horizon where the sun sets at the equinox. It is one of the four cardinal points, located opposite to the east.
"The west is important."
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