Map Skills

What shape is the planet Earth?

• hemisphere

• circle

• sphere

• hemicube

Latitude and Longitude are measured in______.

• kilometers
• degrees
• miles
• hours

The invisible line at 0° longitude is the _______________.

• equator

• parallel

• Prime Meridian

The invisible line at 0° latitude is the ________.

• equator

• Prime Meridian

• north line

Lines of latitude are also called meridians.

• True
• False

Lines of longitude are also called parallels.

• True
• False

Lines of longitude run north and south.

• True
• False

Lines of latitude run east and west.

• True
• False

What is the name of this line at 0° latitude?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• North Pole

• South Pole

What is the name of the line at 0° longitude?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• North Pole

• South Pole