Special Lines of Latitude

What divides the world into the
Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• International Date Line
• Northern Hemisphere

Which of the following words
means, "half of a sphere"?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Latitude
• Hemisphere

What divides the world into the
Northern and Southern
Hemispheres?

• Hemisphere
• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Northern Hemisphere

_____ lines run the same way on
a map as the Equator.

• Latitude
• Hemisphere
• Longitude
• Prime Meridian

We live in both the Northern Hemisphere and the _________ Hemisphere. Use the map below to
answer the question.

• Southern
• Northern
• Eastern
• Western

An important line of longitude is
________.

• Arctic Circle
• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Antarctic Circle

Two important lines of latitude are
_______ and _______.

• Equator and Prime Meridian
• Prime Meridian and Arctic Circle
• Prime Meridian and Tropic of
  Capricorn
• Antarctic Circle and Equator

The Prime Meridian divides the world
into the Northern and Southern
Hemispheres.

• True
• False

The Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle,
Tropic of Cancer, and the Equator
are all important lines of latitude.

• True
• False

This line of longitude is directly
opposite the Prime Meridian.

• Equator
• Arctic Circle
• International Date Line
• Antarctic Circle