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