Latitude & Longitude

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

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• North Pole
• South Pole

Which letter would you find at 15^oS, 60^oW?

• A
• C
• L
• H

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

To locate a place on the earth, you need to look at...

• where the lines of latitude and longitude meet
• the lines of latitude only
• the lines of longitude only
• the compass rose

North and South America are in what hemisphere?

• Northern
• Southern
• Western
• Eastern

Europe, Asia and North America are in what hemisphere?

• Northern
• Southern
• Western
• Eastern

The invisible line at 0 degrees longitude is called the _________.

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

Latitude lines run from the _____ to the  _______.

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

What shape is the planet Earth?

• Circle
• hemisphere
• sphere
• cone

The equator breaks the Earth into what two hemispheres?

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