Geography Vocab

What is a hemisphere?

• the continents

• any half of the earth

• the whole earth

What is the imaginary line that divides the earth into the southern and northern hemispheres?

• equator

• prime meridian

• hemispheres

What is the prime meridian?

• divides the earth into eastern and western hemispheres

• any half of the earth

• south america

Latitude lines run ____________ to ___________.

• east to west

• north to south

• up and down

Longitude lines run ______________ and ______________.

• east to west

• side to side

• north and south

Latitude lines MEASURE the distance north or south of the __________________________.

• prime meridian

• hemisphere

• equator

Longitude lines measure the distance east or west of the ____________ ____________________.

• equator

• prime meridian

• hemisphere

What are the names of the FOUR hemispheres?

• northern, southern, eastern, western

• europe, asia, africa, north america

• pacific, atlantic, indian, arctic

Latitude lines are also called _____________________.

• circles

• parallels

• equators

Longitude lines are also called ___________________.

• equators

• meridians

• hemispheres