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