Coordinate System

1. On a map, horizontal lines are lines of _______ and vertical lines are lines of_________.

• A. Arctic and Antarctic

• B. Cancer and Capricorn

• C. Equator and Prime Meridian

• D. Latitude and Longitude

2. The polar circles that are located near the poles of the earth are called the ________ Circle and the ______ Circle.

• A. Arctic and Antarctic

• B. Cancer and Capricorn

• C. Equator and Prime Meridian

• D. Latitude and Longitude

3. The Tropic of ___________ and the Tropic of __________________ are located at the most northern and southern positions where the sun is directly overhead at least once a year.

• A. Arctic and Antarctic

• B. Cancer and Capricorn

• C. Equator and Prime Meridian

• D. Latitude and Longitude

4. The X axis on a map is the __________________ and the Y axis which runs through Greenwich, England is the __________________.

• A. Arctic and Antarctic

• B. Cancer and Capricorn

• C. Equator and Prime Meridian

• D. Latitude and Longitude

5. The International Date Line is a single vertical line which is exactly how many degrees?

• A. 360 degrees

• B. 180 degrees

• C. 90 degrees

• D. 0 degrees

6. Vertical mapping lines on Earth are lines of longitude and are also known as what?

• A. horizontals

• B. meridians

• C. parallels

• D.verticals

7. Horizontal mapping lines on Earth are lines of latitude. They are known as "______________" of latitude.

• A. horizontals

• B. meridians

• C. parallels

• D.verticals

8. It is the starting point for measuring latitude.

• A. Equator

• B. Latitude

• C. Longitude

• D. Prime Meridian

9. As the vertical starting point for longitude, the _________________ is numbered 0 degrees longitude.

• A. Equator

• B. Latitude

• C. Longitude

• D. Prime Meridian

10. Latitude locations are given as __ degrees ________ or __ degrees __________.

• A. North and East

• B. North and North

• C. North and South

• D. North and West