Studies Weekly: Week 3: Mapping Skills: World Regions

What are the vertical lines that go around the earth from the North Pole to the South Pole that show how far east or west places are from the prime meridian?

• latitude

• longitude

• hemisphere

• grid

What is the line on the map that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole?

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• prime meridian

• equator

The imaginary lines that run east to west around the Earth are _____.

• latitude

• longitude

• grid

• hemisphere

The imaginary horizontal line that runs from east to west and divides the world in the middle is the _____.

• latitude

• longitude

• equator

• hemisphere

The half of the Earth east of the prime meridian

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

The half of the Earth south of the equator

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

The half of the Earth north of the equator

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern Hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

The half of the Earth west of the prime meridian

• Southern Hemisphere

• Northern hemisphere

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

True or False: The prefix hemi-means half, so a hemisphere is half a sphere.

• True

• False