Geography Review Quiz

The study of the Earth and its people is called

• geography

• cartography

• both

Name the imaginary line that divides the earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Tropic of Cancer

Lines that run north to south are called lines of

• longitude

• latitude

Lines that run from east to west are called lines of

• longitude

• latitude

What is located at 0 degrees latitude?

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

How much of the Earth is covered by land?

• 20%

• 75%

• 25%

• 30%

Which hemisphere do we live in?

• none

• eastern

• western

• southern

a person who makes map is called a

• geographer

• map maker

• cartographer

location of the Prime Meridian

• 0 degrees

• 0 degrees latitude

• 0 degrees longitude

All lines of latitude are parallel.

• True

• False