Map Skills

Which of these BEST describes a line of longitude?

• the line between two states

• the border between cities

• a box of symbols on a map

• a line on a map that runs north and south

Using the picture below, which of the following correctly labels the equator?

• a

• b

• c

• d

Which of the following BEST describes lines of latitude?

• the line between two countries

• a line that runs north and south

• a line that runs east to west

• the prime meridian

The lines that measure the distance of a place north or south of the equator are

• lines of longitude

• lines of latitude

• meridians

• international date lines

What lines are shown on the globe?

• lines of longitude

• lines of latitude

• the Tropic of Capricorn

• the Tropic of Cancer

Using the picture below, which of the following correctly labels the prime meridian?

• a

• b

• c

• d

Which line of latitude divides the world into Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• the prime meridian

• the equator

• the Tropic of Capricorn

• the Tropic of Cancer

What lines are shown on the globe?

• the Tropic of Capricorn

• the Tropic of Cancer

• lines of longitude

• lines of latitude

Which line of longitude divides the world into Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• the prime meridian

• the equator

• the Tropic of Capricorn

• the Tropic of Cancer

Which line is shown on the map?

• meridian

• lines

• the prime meridian

• equator