GED Social Studies Terms

________ is a location's distance north or south of the equator.

• Longitude

• Latitude

A location's distance east and west of the prime meridian is ______.

• Latitude

• Longitude

The imaginary line that divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres is _________.

• Prime Meridian

• Equator

_______ is the study of Earth.

• Longitude

• Equator

• Geography

• History

The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States under which president?

• George Washington

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

The line of zero degrees longitude running through Greenwich, England is the _________.

• Equator

• International Dateline

• Prime Meridian

_______ is a line of longitude that circles the earth, passing through both the North and South Poles.

• Equator

• Longitude

• Meridian

• Latitude

__________ is an imaginary line that's about 180 degrees longitude and runs through the Pacific Ocean.

• Prime Meridian

• Latitude

• International Date Line

• None Of The Above

_________ was the African American surveyor who helped carry out French Engineer Pierre L'Enfant's plan.

• Benjamin Banneker

• Kobe Bryant

• Aaron Burr

• Alexander Hamilton

This is a land that is surrounded by water from all sides. Bahrain is an example of an island in the Arab world

• Island

• Ocean