MAP SKILLS LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE

The 0 degree line of latitude is the ___________.

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• International Date Line
• Contour line

The 0 degree mark of longitude is known as the ___________ ______________ measure from Greenwich England.

• Equator
• Prime Meridian
• International Date Line
• Contour Line

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

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

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

To locate a place on the earth, you need to look at...

• where the lines of latitude and longitude meet
• the lines of latitude only
• the lines of longitude only
• the compass rose

Latitude and Longitude are measured in______.

• kilometers
• degrees
• miles
• hours

A Hemisphere is half of a sphere.

• True
• False

What shape is the planet Earth?

• hemisphere
• circle
• sphere
• hemicube