Week 3 Newspaper Quiz

What are vertical lines around the Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole called?

• Lines of latitude

• Lines of longitude

What best shows the location of an unfamiliar place?

• Lines of latitude

• Lines of longitude

• Relative location

• Absolute location

What horizontal lines indicate positions north and south of the Equator?

• Lines of longitude

• Lines of latitude

What line of longitude divides the world into halves?

• Equator

• Time zones

• Prime Meridian

• Compass rose

What are the numbers or letters along the margin of a map?

• Grids

• Time zones

• Locations

• Coordinates

What does climate not affect?

• Trade

• Agriculture

• Latitude

There are six climate zones found on Earth.

• True

• False

What best describes the information presnted on this map?

• time zones

• climate zones

• political boundaries

• absolute location

Which is NOT part of the climate

• average wind

• average population

• average precipitation

• average temperatures

Which city is found at C, 3

• Buenos Aires

• Dayton, OH

• Bogota

• Brazillia