Latitude and Longitude

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

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• North 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.

Latitude and longitude are measured in ________.

• cups

• gallons

• degrees

• Fahrenheit

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

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• International Date Line

• North Pole

Lines of ______ measure how far from the equator a place is located?

• Longitude
• Latitude

The equator divides the Earth into what two hemispheres?

• Eastern and Southern

• Northern and Southern

• Western and Eastern

• Northern and Western

To locate the exact places on Earth, one must look at: 

• latitude lines only
• the intersecting lines of latitude and longitude
• longitude lines only
• a neighboring area to describe the location

Lines of Latitude can be measured up to what degree?

• 150 degrees
• 180 degrees
• 90 degrees
• 100 degrees

The two imaginary lines of latitude (parallels) that are closest to the equator are called __________ and ____________.

• Arctic Circle and Antarctic Circle
• parallels and meridians
• International Date line and Prime Meridian
• Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn