Latitude and Longitude

What is the graph made up of?

• A) Circles

• B) Points

• C) Squares

• D) Triangles

Fill in the blank: Each point is expressed as an X value and a Y value with the ___ value written first.

• X

• Y

• Z

• W

What are the horizontal lines on a map called?

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

What are the vertical lines on a map called?

• Longitude

• Latitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

The X axis on a map is known as the _______.

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• International Date Line

The Y axis on a map, which runs through Greenwich, England, is known as the _______.

• Equator

• International Date Line

• Tropic of Cancer

• Prime Meridian

23° NORTH of the equator is the _______.

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

23° SOUTH of the equator is the _______.

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

• Equator

• Arctic Circle

Any location north of the equator is a _________.

• NORTH LATITUDE

• SOUTH LATITUDE

• EQUATORIAL LINE

• PRIME MERIDIAN

Any location south of the equator is a _________.

• SOUTH LATITUDE

• NORTH LATITUDE

• EQUATORIAL LINE

• PRIME MERIDIAN