Vocab Review: Latitude and Longitude

What line of latitude is located at 0 degrees?

• Equator
• Tropic of Cancer
• Arctic Circle
• Prime Meridian

What line of longitude is located at 0 degrees?

• Equator
• Tropic of Cancer
• Arctic Circle
• Prime Meridian

Which direction do lines of latitude run?

• east and west
• north and south
• east and south
• west and north

Which direction do lines of longitude run?

• east and west
• north and south
• east and south
• west and north

What is cartography?

• the study of the Earth's surface, its atmosphere and its features

• the study and practice of making maps

• the average weather in a place over many years

• the study of the human past

Lines of Longitude measure how far from the _______ a place is located.

• Equator
• International Date Line
• Prime Meridian
• Tropic of Cancer

A _______________ is exactly half of the earth.

• Equator
• Hemisphere
• Tropic of Cancer
• Arctic Circle

What is the International Date Line?

• A line that separates the eastern and western hemispheres of the earth

• A line that marks the boundary between two time zones

• A line that marks the change of calendar date

Which map projection makes land near the poles seem gigantic (like Antarctica and Greenland)?

• Lambert
• Mercator
• Robinson
• Eckert IV

A geographer who makes maps:

• Cartographer

• Distortion

• Projection