Draw the angle in standard position: it has its initial side on the x-axis
and moves clockwise to the terminal side. The terminal side is
in the second quadrant, because the angle measure is between (the negative x-axis) and
(the positive y-axis). In particular:
This tells you that the terminal side is above the negative x-axis. To say this another way, the x-axis and the terminal side form a
angle. This is the reference angle.