Western Hemisphere
  • 1. About 500 years ago, the lands in the Western Hemisphere were often called the ____.
A) Old World
B) New World
C) Western 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) Western Meridian
B) Western Longitude
C) Prime Latitude
D) Prime Meridian
  • 3. Which of these statements about the Western Hemisphere is TRUE?
A) It has the same amount of land as the Eastern Hemisphere.
B) It has the same amount of water as the Eastern Hemisphere
C) It has more land but less water than the Eastern Hemisphere.
D) It has less land but more water than the Eastern Hemisphere
  • 4. Which of the World's oceans is not in the Western Hemisphere?
A) Atlantic
B) Pacific
C) Indian
D) Southern
  • 5. Which of these continents are completely in the Western Hemisphere?
A) Europe and Asia
B) North America and South America
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) Antimeridian
C) Antiequator
D) Prime Equator
  • 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) Northern Hemisphere
B) Western Hemisphere
C) Southern Hemisphere
D) Eastern Hemisphere
  • 10. What is the area above the equator called?
A) Eastern Hemisphere
B) Western Hemisphere
C) Northern Hemisphere
D) Southern Hemisphere
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