Location Quiz

Name the world’s five oceans.

• African Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean

• Southern Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, European Ocean.

• Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific ocean Southern Ocean.

• Western Ocean, Southern Ocean, Eastern Ocean, Northern Ocean, Antarctic Ocean.

Name the world’s seven continents.

• Australia, Antarctica, Atlantic, Europe, Asia, Africa, North America.

• North America, South America, Antarctica, South Africa, Africa, Asia, Australia

• North Africa, South Africa, United States, Antarctica, Europe, India, Asia.

• Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America.

How much of the earth is covered by water?

• More than two thirds.

• Two thirds.

• One third.

• More that three fourths

What do we call the horizontal lines that run east and west around the Earth?

• longitude

• meridian

• latitude

• median

What is another name for latitude lines?

• meridians

• parallels

• verticals

• longitudes

What is the imaginary horizontal line that runs around the middle of the world called?

• triopic

• parallel

• middle

• equator

What are the two halves of the Earth separated by the equator called?

• arctic hemisphere, atlantic hemisphere

• hotter hemisphere, colder hemisphere

• northern hemisphere, southern hemisphere

• western hemisphere, eastern hemisphere.

What does the word “hemisphere” mean?

• Half a sphere (circle).

• two spheres

• equator

• dividing line

What is the line on a map from the north pole to the south pole called?

• alpha meridian

• prime numeric

• prime meridian

• vertical longitude

What do we call the vertical lines of longitude that go around the Earth from the north pole to the south pole?

• parallels

• verticals

• latitudes

• meridians