Geography Quiz

What are large continuous (nonstop) landmasses called?

• Oceans

• Continents

• Hemispheres

• Equators

What covers over 70% of the earth's surface?

• Continents

• Oceans

• Latitudes

• Longitudes

What is an invisible, horizontal line around the earth that measures the distance north or south from the Equator?

• Longitude

• Prime Meridian

• Latitude

• Hemisphere

What is an invisible, vertical line around the earth that measures the distance east or west from the Prime Meridian?

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Equator

• Hemisphere

What is marked as 0° Latitude?

• Prime Meridian

• Hemisphere

• Equator

• Compass Rose

What is marked as 0° Longitude?

• Equator

• Prime (Greenwich) Meridian

• Hemisphere

• Latitude

What is a half of the earth when divided in the middle called?

• Hemisphere

• Equator

• Latitude

• Longitude

What is a symbol that shows directions on a map or globe?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Hemisphere

• Compass Rose