Geography Quiz

What are the points called that are on each end of the prime meridian?

• North and South Poles

• Equator

• Greenwich and International Date Line

• Prime Points

What is the name of the imaginary line on which the Earth rotates?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Axis

• Tropic of Cancer

What is the name of the imaginary line that runs around the center of Earth?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Arctic Circle

Is the prime meridian at 0 degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude, or 180 degrees latitude?

• 0 degrees latitude

• 0 degrees longitude

• 180 degrees latitude

About how many kilometers is the distance around Earth at the equator?

• 30,000 km

• 40,000 km

• 50,000 km

• 60,000 km

The area around the equator is usually hot. What do you think happens to the temperature at the poles?

• It becomes hotter.

• It remains the same.

• It becomes colder.

• It fluctuates frequently.

Is the United States located in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere?

• Northern Hemisphere

• Southern Hemisphere

The Eastern or Western Hemisphere includes more continents.

• Eastern Hemisphere

• Western Hemisphere

• Both include the same number of continents

• Neither includes any continents

On which continent and in which hemisphere is the South Pole located?

• Antarctica, Southern Hemisphere

• Africa, Northern Hemisphere

• Asia, Eastern Hemisphere

• Australia, Western Hemisphere

Most geographers agree there are really five oceans. Which of the following is not one of the five oceans?

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

• Mediterranean Sea