Lat/Long

What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?

• Prime Meridian
• Equator
• North Pole
• South Pole

What is the name of the line at zero degrees longitude?

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• North Pole
• South Pole

What is the approximate location of G?

• 100^oW, 40^oN
• 40^oN, 100^oW
• 40^oS, 100^oW
• 40^oN, 100^oE

Which of the following letter is at approximately 60 degrees S, 40 degrees W? 

• A
• D
• E
• H

• The map shows the lines of longitude.

• The map shows the lines of latitude.

• The map shows lines of longitude.
• The map shows lines of latitude.

Lines of latitude and longitude may both be used to:

• show distances from the Greenwich Meridian

• locate places on earth

• calculate local time

• show distances north and south of the Equator

Horizontal lines that measure north/ south of equator:

• longitude

• latitude

Vertical lines that measure east/ west of prime meridian:

• Latitude

• Longitude

North and South America are in what hemisphere?

• Northern
• Southern
• Western
• Eastern