Western Hemisphere
  • 1. About 500 years ago, the lands in the Western Hemisphere were often called the ____.
A) Western World
B) Old World
C) New World
D) Middle World
  • 2. What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere?
A) Prime Latitude
B) Western Meridian
C) Prime Meridian
D) Western Longitude
  • 3. Which of these statements about the Western Hemisphere is TRUE?
A) It has less land but more water than the Eastern Hemisphere
B) It has the same amount of land as the Eastern Hemisphere.
C) It has more land but less water than the Eastern Hemisphere.
D) It has the same amount of water as the Eastern Hemisphere
  • 4. Which of the World's oceans is not in the Western Hemisphere?
A) Atlantic
B) Indian
C) Pacific
D) Southern
  • 5. Which of these continents are completely in the Western Hemisphere?
A) North America and South America
B) Europe and Asia
C) North America, South America, Antarctica, and Africa
D) North America, Antarctica, and Africa
  • 6. Which line divides the hemisphere in the Pacific Ocean?
A) Antihemisphere
B) Prime Equator
C) Antimeridian
D) Antiequator
  • 7. True or False: More people live in the North Hemisphere than the Southern Hemisphere.
A) True
B) False
  • 8. True or False: The Prime Meridian is zero Longitude.
A) True
B) False
  • 9. About 82 % of the World's population live in which hemisphere?
A) Southern Hemisphere
B) Eastern Hemisphere
C) Northern Hemisphere
D) Western Hemisphere
  • 10. What is the area above the equator called?
A) Eastern Hemisphere
B) Southern Hemisphere
C) Western Hemisphere
D) Northern Hemisphere
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