Week 5: Location

What are numbers and letters on the bottom and side of a grid map?

• coordinates

• scale measurement

• lines of longitude

• lines of latitude

Which imaginary lines go horizontally around the Earth?

• lines of longitude

• the Equator

• lines of latitude

• prime meridian

Which imaginary lines go vertically around the Earth?

• lines of latitude

• the Equator

• the international date line

• lines of longitude

The international date line is _______.

• a line of longitude

• located in the Pacific Ocean

• a line of latitude

• located in the Atlantic Ocean

The Equator passes through which two continents?

• Africa and Europe

• North American and South America

• Asia and Australia

• Africa and South America

Using the alphanumeric grid, what continent is located at G, 18?

• Europe

• Asia

• North America

• Africa

Alphanumeric grids are used to identify ______.

• relative location

• population

• absolute location

• climate

The Prime Meridian divides the Earth into________.

• Eastern and Northern hemispheres

• Eastern and Western hemispheres

• Northern and Southern hemispheres

• Northern and Eastern hemispheres

There are the _____ hemispheres?

• 6

• 4

• 1

• 3