Latitude/Longitude and Time Zones

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

A _______________ is exactly half of the earth.

• Equator
• Hemisphere
• Tropic of Cancer
• Arctic Circle

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

Lines of longitude are also called  ____________.

• Hemispheres
• Meridians
• parallels
• International Date Lines

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