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Latitude and Longitude wscs
  • 1. The globe is divided into segments called
A) degrees
B) minutes
C) measurements
D) latitude
E) longitude
  • 2. Hemisphere means
A) half of a sphere
B) half
C) one quarter of the world
D) eastern
E) northern
  • 3. lines of longitude are also called
A) parallels
B) verticals
C) 180 degrees
D) meridians
E) 90 degrees
  • 4. Lines of latitude are also called
A) 90 degrees
B) 180 degrees
C) meridians
D) parallels
E) verticals
  • 5. zero degrees latitude is the
A) eastern hemisphere
B) equator
C) prime meridian
D) northern hemisphere
E) international date line
  • 6. In 1884, it was agreed that the Prime Meridian would run through the Royal Naval Observatory in which city?
A) Paris
B) London
C) Augusta
D) New York
E) Greenwhich
  • 7. How many degrees of Latitude are there from the equator to the North Pole?
A) 180 degrees
B) 0 degrees
C) 270 degrees
D) 90 degrees
E) 360 degrees
  • 8. How many degrees are there in the Western Hemisphere?
A) 360 degrees
B) 270 degrees
C) 0 degrees
D) 90 degrees
E) 180 degrees
  • 9. The climate zone that is the hottest on the earth is located
A) in Florida
B) near the south pole
C) near the international date line
D) the Indian Ocean
E) near the equator
  • 10. The direction of latitude lines run ___
A) north and south
B) east and west
  • 11. Lines of longitude run in what direction?
A) North and south
B) east and west
  • 12. You measure latitude by finding the number of degrees ---
A) east or west of the prime meridian
B) north or south of the equator
  • 13. Longitude is measured by finding the number of degrees
A) North or south of the equator
B) east or west from the Prime Meridian
  • 14. Fining the absolute location of a place means you
A) have found it's latitude and longitude coordinates
B) given directions
C) used cardinal directions describe where it is.
D) determined the hemisphere it is in
E) found it on a map
  • 15. Geography means
A) earth graph
B) earth writing
C) world map
  • 16. Name of pillar of geography that uses latitude and longitude
A) place
B) movement
C) interaction
D) Location
  • 17. Lines of latitude never meet because
A) they run parallel to each other
B) there would be an earthquake
C) they are spaced far enough apart
D) they have different numbers
  • 18. Lines of longitude meet
A) at the equator
B) at the poles
C) at the tropic of cancer
D) at the tropic of Capricorn
  • 19. Longitude is measured before Latitude
A) False
B) True
  • 20. Longitude lines are used to determine a places climate
A) False
B) True
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