Latitude and Longitude wscs
  • 1. The globe is divided into segments called
A) degrees
B) minutes
C) measurements
D) longitude
E) latitude
  • 2. Hemisphere means
A) northern
B) one quarter of the world
C) eastern
D) half of a sphere
E) half
  • 3. lines of longitude are also called
A) 90 degrees
B) 180 degrees
C) verticals
D) parallels
E) meridians
  • 4. Lines of latitude are also called
A) verticals
B) 180 degrees
C) 90 degrees
D) parallels
E) meridians
  • 5. zero degrees latitude is the
A) equator
B) prime meridian
C) eastern hemisphere
D) northern hemisphere
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) London
B) Paris
C) Augusta
D) Greenwhich
E) New York
  • 7. How many degrees of Latitude are there from the equator to the North Pole?
A) 90 degrees
B) 360 degrees
C) 0 degrees
D) 180 degrees
E) 270 degrees
  • 8. How many degrees are there in the Western Hemisphere?
A) 360 degrees
B) 90 degrees
C) 0 degrees
D) 180 degrees
E) 270 degrees
  • 9. The climate zone that is the hottest on the earth is located
A) near the equator
B) near the south pole
C) near the international date line
D) the Indian Ocean
E) in Florida
  • 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) 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) found it on a map
B) given directions
C) have found it's latitude and longitude coordinates
D) used cardinal directions describe where it is.
E) determined the hemisphere it is in
  • 15. Geography means
A) earth writing
B) earth graph
C) world map
  • 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) there would be an earthquake
B) they have different numbers
C) they are spaced far enough apart
D) they run parallel to each other
  • 18. Lines of longitude meet
A) at the tropic of Capricorn
B) at the poles
C) at the equator
D) at the tropic of cancer
  • 19. Longitude is measured before Latitude
A) True
B) False
  • 20. Longitude lines are used to determine a places climate
A) False
B) True
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