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