Latitude and Longitude Quiz

What is the beginning line of longitude?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Capricorn

• a parallel

What line on a map divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• Prime Meridian

• a line of longitude

• the Equator

• the y axis

An east line of longitude is located to the right of the Prime Meridian.

• True

• False

What is an east/west line on a map or globe that measures distance north or south of the Equator called?

• a line of longitude

• a meridian

• a line of latitude

• a vertical line

What is the name of a north/south line on a map or globe whose distance is measured east or west of the Prime Meridian?

• a line of longitude

• horizontal

• the Equator

• the parallel

What is the correct description of the term hemisphere?

• a three D circular object

• a circle

• a globe

• half a sphere

Where should you start on a map when you are trying to find a specific location on a map using latitude and longitude.

• On any line of latitude

• Where the Equator and the Prime Meridian intersect (cross each other)

• On any line of longitude

• At the top of the map

What line divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

(a)  

Where do lines of longitude appear on a map?

• to the south of the Prime Meridian

• to the east and west of the Prime Meridian

• below the Prime Meridian

• to the north of the Prime Meridian

Where do lines of latitude appear on a map?

• to the west of the equator

• north and south of the Equator

• to the east of the Equator

• none of the above