Lines of Latitude

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

Which of the following words
means, "half of a sphere"?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Latitude
• Hemisphere

What divides the world into the
Northern and Southern
Hemispheres?

• Hemisphere
• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Northern Hemisphere

_____ lines run the same way on
a map as the Equator.

• Latitude
• Hemisphere
• Longitude
• Prime Meridian

Two important lines of latitude are
_______ and _______.

• Equator and Prime Meridian
• Prime Meridian and Arctic Circle
• Prime Meridian and Tropic of
  Capricorn
• Antarctic Circle and Equator

The Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle,
Tropic of Cancer, and the Equator
are all important lines of latitude.

• True
• False

This line of latitude is just above
the Equator.

• Tropic of Capricorn
• Arctic Circle
• International Date Line
• Tropic of Cancer

The Equator divides the world into the
Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

• True
• False

This line of latitude is just below
the Equator.

• Tropic of Capricorn
• Arctic Circle
• International Date Line
• Tropic of Cancer

This line of latitude surrounds
Antarctica.

• Arctic Circle
• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• Antarctic Circle