Latitude and Longitude Quiz Review

_________ is the distance north or south of the equator.

• Equator
• Longitude
• Latitude
• Prime Meridian

There are ____ degrees of latitude between the equator and the North Pole.

• 180
• 100
• 50
• 90

There are ____ degrees of latitude between the equator and the South Pole.

• 90
• 200
• 50
• 180

The _______ is at 0 latitude.

• Prime Meridian
• equator
• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn

The area on the earth between the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn is called the

• high latitudes
• middle latitudes
• low latitudes
• arctic

The climate between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is almost always

• cold
• hot or warm
• seasonal
• dry

The starting line for measuring longitude is the ________ _______ and is located at 0 longitude.

• Equator
• Tropic of Cancer
• Tropic of Capricorn
• Prime Meridian

The prime meridian runs through the city of

• New York, New York
• Paris, France
• Greenwich, England
• Cairo. Egypt