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