Latitude and Longitude Review

What is the name of the line at 0 degrees latitude?

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• International Date Line
• Arctic Circle

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

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• International Date Line
• Arctic Circle

What is the reason why latitude lines NEVER intersect? 

• They converge at the poles
• They are cool
• They are vertical lines 
• They are parallel

Latitude and longitude are measured in ________.

• inches
• feet
• degrees
• grams

This map shows lines of _ that run from pole to pole on a globe.  These lines are called meridians.

• longitude
• latitude

Latitude lines MEASURE the distance  __________ and ________ of the equator.

• North and South
• East and West

Longitude lines measure the distance _________ and ___________ of the prime meridian.

• North and South
• East and West

Another name for latitude lines is:

• Longitude
• Parallels
• Meridians
• Equator

Another name for longitude lines: 

• Meridians
• Parallels
• Equator
• Prime Meridian

What is the term for when the Earth is split into two equal halves?

• Continents

• Hemispheres

• Subcontinents

• Half-earths