Latitude and Longitude Terms

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

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• North Pole
• South Pole

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

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• North Pole
• South Pole

• The map show the lines of longitude.
• The map shows the lines of latitude.

• The map shows lines of longitude.
• The map shows lines of latitude.

Lines of Longitude run from the _____ to the ______.

• East, West
• North, South
• South, East
• North, West

Lines of ______ measure how far from the equator a place is located?

• Longitude
• Latitude

The invisible line at 0 degrees latitude is called the ________. 

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

The equator breaks the Earth into what two hemispheres?

• Eastern and Southern
• Northern and Southern
• Western and Eastern
• Northern and Western

The Prime Meridian separates the Earth into what two hemispheres?

• Northern and Southern
• Western and Eastern
• Northern and Eastern
• Southern and Western

Antarctica, Australia, and most of South America are in what hemisphere? 

• Northern 
• Southern 
• Western 
• Eastern