Week 20-SS-Weekly StudiesGeography Quiz

What is relative location?

• A specific point on the Earth's surface

• A general description of where a place is

• A place near the equator

What is absolute location?

• A general description of where a place is

• The exact coordinates of a place

• A place near the equator

The __________ is the imaginary line in the middle of the globe that divides the Northern and Southern hemispheres.

• A. longitude

• B. latitude

• C. Equator

• D. Prime Meridian

We label a grid map with letters and numbers.

• A. True

• B. False

What is located in grid C3 on the map?

• Shasta

• Nevada City

• Feather River

• San Francisco

Find G5 on the map?

What do longitude and latitude lines help us find?

• relative location

• new friends

• absolute location

• missing toys

Why do we divide the world into imaginary lines?

• It's a fun thing to do.

• We do it for mapping purposes.

• Our teacher said to do it.

• We don't use imaginary lines on maps.