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