Chapter 2 SS Review

The _______ is the exact location of a place on Earth.

• absolute location

• equator

• northern hemisphere

The _______is the line that runs horizontally (left to right) around the center of the Earth.

• absolute location

• equator

• northern hemisphere

The equator divodes the earth into the _______ and _________ hemispheres.

• northern and southern

• prime meridian

• exact location

The _________ runs vertically (up and down) between the North Pole and South Pole.

• northern and southern

• prime meridian

• exact location

The _________ and __________ are part of a system to identify absolute location.

• northern and southern

• prime meridian and equator

• grid

The _________ are imaginary circles that run around Earth parallel to the equator.

• meridians of longitude

• parallels of latitude

• grid

The _________ are imaginary half circles that run between between the geographic North and Souht Poles.

• meridians of longitude

• parallels of latitude

• grid

The lines of longitude and latitude form a ______ around the earth's surface.

• meridians of longitude

• parallels of latitude

• grid

Georgia is in the __________ hemisphere.

• western

• Northern

• grid

The United States is located in the _____hemisphere.

• southern

• northern

• eastern