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Latitude and Longitude wscs
  • 1. The globe is divided into segments called
A) minutes
B) longitude
C) latitude
D) degrees
E) measurements
  • 2. Hemisphere means
A) eastern
B) half
C) northern
D) half of a sphere
E) one quarter of the world
  • 3. lines of longitude are also called
A) 90 degrees
B) meridians
C) 180 degrees
D) parallels
E) verticals
  • 4. Lines of latitude are also called
A) 180 degrees
B) meridians
C) verticals
D) parallels
E) 90 degrees
  • 5. zero degrees latitude is the
A) northern hemisphere
B) eastern hemisphere
C) prime meridian
D) equator
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) Greenwhich
E) New York
  • 7. How many degrees of Latitude are there from the equator to the North Pole?
A) 270 degrees
B) 360 degrees
C) 0 degrees
D) 180 degrees
E) 90 degrees
  • 8. How many degrees are there in the Western Hemisphere?
A) 0 degrees
B) 90 degrees
C) 180 degrees
D) 270 degrees
E) 360 degrees
  • 9. The climate zone that is the hottest on the earth is located
A) near the international date line
B) near the equator
C) the Indian Ocean
D) in Florida
E) near the south pole
  • 10. The direction of latitude lines run ___
A) east and west
B) north and south
  • 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) 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) used cardinal directions describe where it is.
B) have found it's latitude and longitude coordinates
C) given directions
D) found it on a map
E) determined the hemisphere it is in
  • 15. Geography means
A) earth graph
B) world map
C) earth writing
  • 16. Name of pillar of geography that uses latitude and longitude
A) Location
B) movement
C) interaction
D) place
  • 17. Lines of latitude never meet because
A) they have different numbers
B) they run parallel to each other
C) there would be an earthquake
D) they are spaced far enough apart
  • 18. Lines of longitude meet
A) at the tropic of cancer
B) at the tropic of Capricorn
C) at the poles
D) at the equator
  • 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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