Time Zone

GMT means

• Greenwich Mean Time

• Geneva Mean Time

• Granada Mean Time

• General Mean Time

Which of the following explains why do we need different time zones?

• Different parts of the earth enter and exit daylight at different times.

• Different places have different time zones.

• Because the earth revolves around the sun.

• Because GMT starts in Greenwich, London.

Which of the following countries has the most number of time zones?

• Russia

• Canada

• Australia

• France

He is a Scotish-born Canadian who proposed a worlwide system of time zones in 1879.

Which of the following countries has only one time zone?

• Brazil

• China

• Mexico

• USA

For questions 6 to 10: Using your Time Zone Map, identify how many hours in front or behind GMT/UTC each of the following countries:

6.Iceland

• 0

• -1

• +1

• -2

Sweden

• 0

• -1

• +1

• +2

Colombia

• -4

• -5

• +4

• +5

Philippines

• +7

• +8

• +9

• -8

United Arab Emirates

• +3

• +4

• +5

• +6