Tourism Geography_T3

How many time zones the earth is divided?

• 22

• 23

• 24

• 25

How many hours represent every 15 degrees of longitude?

• 1 hour

• 15 hours

• 24 hours

• 12 hours

Which of the following line is used as a reference to determine time?

• Equator

• Greenwich Meridian

• Antarctic Circle

• Artic Circle

Center of the longitude is knowns as

• Equator

• Greenwich Meridian

• Antarctic Circle

• Artic Circle

Below are among countries that lie on the prime meridian, zero (0º) degrees longitude, EXCEPT

• United Kingdom

• France

• India

• Algeria

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) originally referred to the mean solar time located at  

         ____________.

•   Time Center, Jordan

• Royal Observatory, London

• US Naval Observatory, America

• Queen Victoria Memorial Clock tower, Malaysia

What is GMT of Malaysia

• +8

• -8

• +7

• -7

"It designates a date change; when the air traveller crosses it, the date changes to either the day before the day ahead."

The following information are referring to ...

• Greenwich Meridian

• Time Zones

• International Date Line

The meridian of 180° longitude, roughly down the middle of the Pacific Ocean is the location of

• International Date Limes

• Time Zones

• Greenwich Meridian

The meridian of 0° longitude, roughly down the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is the location of

• International Date Limes

• Time Zones

• Greenwich Meridian