Longitude and Latitude

half of the Earth

• continent

• North Pole

• hemisphere

• hemiearth

Lines of longitude and latitude are measured in ________.

• degrees

• decades

• miles

• kilometers

What is the line that divides the world into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres?

• International Date Line

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

What is the name of the line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

• International Date Line

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

180 degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian is the ________

• Equator

• International Date Line

• Tropic of Cancer

• Tropic of Capricorn

Imaginary lines that measure distance north or south of the Equator

• lines of latitude

• lines of longitude

• lines of distance

• lines of direction

Lines of latitude are also called______.

• North South Lines

• East West Lines

• meridians

• parallels

These lines measure distance east and west of the Prime Meridian.

• Lines of latitude

• Lines of longitude

• Lines of distance

• Lines of direction

Lines of longitude are also called _______.

• parallels

• meridians

• East West Lines

• North South Lines

What is the name of this symbol on a map?

• legend

• intermediate directions

• compass rose

• cardinal directions