Geography Quiz

What are the units of latitude or longitude called?

• Meters

• Degrees

• Kilometers

• Inches

What is the equator?

• A line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole

• An imaginary line that runs around the center of Earth at zero degrees latitude

• A line that divides the Earth into eastern and western hemispheres

• A line that marks the boundary between land and sea

What are parallel lines?

• Lines that meet at the poles

• Lines that are the same distance apart and never meet or cross

• Lines that intersect at the equator

• Lines that form a triangle

What is the prime meridian?

• A line that runs around the center of Earth

• An imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to the South Pole at zero degrees longitude

• A line that marks the boundary between two countries

• A line that runs parallel to the equator

What do coordinates represent on a map?

• The height of a mountain

• The latitude and longitude address of a place

• The distance between two cities

• The depth of the ocean

What is a geographic grid?

• A map of the ocean floor

• The intersecting pattern formed by the lines of latitude and longitude

• A network of roads and highways

• A diagram of the solar system

What are lines of latitude also known as?

• Meridians

• Parallels

• Equators

• Tropics

What are lines of longitude also known as?

• Parallels

• Equators

• Meridians

• Tropics